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Listen to Morrissey's New Single, "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"

We haven't heard much from Morrissey since his glorious visit to S.F. last year, so it was a pleasant surprise to hear Morrissey's new single from his upcoming album, Years of Refusal. The track for "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" continues Moz's trademark juxtaposition of pensive lyrics matche ... More >>

It May Not Be Trendy, But Berkeley's Cheeseboard Does Pizza Right

aloveletteraway via FlickrThe essence of CaliAs for the pizza wars of the Bay Area, our attitude is, Flame on! Let us just go on record as saying that the apotheosis of all that is great about California's big, sloppy love affair with Italian and Mexican cuisines is evident in the corn, cilantro, co ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

aloveletteraway via FlickrThe essence of CaliAs for the pizza wars of the Bay Area, our attitude is, Flame on! Let us just go on record as saying that the apotheosis of all that is great about California's big, sloppy love affair with Italian and Mexican cuisines is evident in the corn, cilantro, co ... More >>

Being unfaithful to San Francisco at Murphy's Pub

aloveletteraway via FlickrThe essence of CaliAs for the pizza wars of the Bay Area, our attitude is, Flame on! Let us just go on record as saying that the apotheosis of all that is great about California's big, sloppy love affair with Italian and Mexican cuisines is evident in the corn, cilantro, co ... More >>

Uneasy Riders

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club dishes disappointments

Goy Gevalt

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Den of Iniquity

A gay "bear" learns to parent his nephew in a delightful Spanish drama

BeatBox

Aesop Rock makes the unintelligible, well, entertaining; the legendary Shapeshifters shuffle up from L.A.

Hear This

All-star MCs line-up for the "Cali Comm 2004" tour; Sondre Lerche is one more reason to love Norway

I Am the Eggman

Breakfast out -- one of life's little luxuries and great pleasures

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Breakfast out -- one of life's little luxuries and great pleasures

Blowin' Smoke

Biker Boyz is furious, but it ain't fast, which is a real drag

Zoom Lens

Life's a Beach

Reviews

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Recordings

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Letters

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Gay Marriage Fail: The Twittersphere Responds to Prop. 8 Ruling

Twitter's Fail WhaleWe've been live-tweeting the Prop. 8 happenings over at @SF_Weekly for the past few hours but have also been keeping a close eye on the response from our fellow twits. Here's a sampling of the mixed (but predictable) sentiments: @roxaloxa: California fails, sad day. @ginatrapa ... More >>

The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Torte reform: Not sure if this means we live in the most litigious society ever or the stupidest. Slashfood left us slackmouthed with news that a woman in Cali tried to sue Quaker Oats parent PepsiCo because she felt the word "berries" implied th ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Beto

DJ Beto is the perfect subject for a DJ Q&A. He's a Latin Musicologist who digs through bug-filled crates in Central and South America in order to find the choice cuts from Costa Rica, Columbia, Cuba, and beyond. When Beto gets retro, he's feeling mambo jazz and classic salsa, and he's busy on a ... More >>

Kamala Harris Benefit Announced

Cali's Next Top Cop? Kamala D. Harris It takes a lot of cojones to stand up for what you think is right in the political world, especially when faced with high-level pressure. Though she's generated controversy and made a few formidable enemies in law enforcement circles, SF DA Kamala Harris ... More >>

El Mundo de Mando: The Great Taco-Burrito Smackdown

Mando Rayo: Which one roolz?Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) is in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of Bay Area-style flavor. We've asked him for a blog-by-blog account of his findings in the MIssion and beyond. Got a tip for Mando? Leave a ... More >>

El Mundo de Mando: A Texas Taco Blogger's Crawl Through the Mission

Mando Rayo The holy trinity at Taqueria Pancho Villa.Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) was in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of S.F. flavor. How did the Mission stack up to taco culture in Central Texas? Read on, homie. Ahh, San Fra ... More >>

Early Bird Special: 54 Mint

Jen Siska54 Mint's caprese salad.​An early taste of SF Weekly's Wednesday food review. This may be a city whose obsession with thin-crust shows no sign of cooling, but newcomer 54 Mint (16 Mint at Jessie) isn't exactly willing to pander. No, the still-new Italian restaurant in Mint Plaza's s ... More >>

Fish & Farm's Chad Newton: The SFoodie Interview

C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.​Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated ... More >>

Think You Could Survive on $4 a Day? Here's Your Chance to Find Out

clementine gallot/Flickr​It's a dare meant to get you thinking: Could you eat on just $4 a day? Next week, the Hunger Challenge will be asking folks to do just that. Four bucks is the average amount a food stamp recipient in Cali gets for daily sustenance -- tough to imagine surviving (not to ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ravenous: Mission Loc@l's Brooke Minters took up the San Francisco's Food Bank Hunger Challenge last week. Think you could eat on $4 a day, the typical amount a food stamp recipient receives in Cali? Minters does the sensible thing: With $28 for the week, ... More >>

Track(s) of the Day: Music Awards Nominees (Electronic/DJ)

​Once again we're spotlighting tunes by this year's nominees for SF Weekly's annual music awards. The full ballot can be viewed and voted upon here and the winners will be announced at our big party at Ruby Skye on Thursday, Oct. 15, with performances by Wallpaper., Loco Bloco, and Lazer Sword. (T ... More >>

Hot Meal: Ryan Kat at Bruno's

J. BirdsallThe BBQ Pork Rib Plate: A successful mashup of snarl and finesse.​In July, Ryan Ostler and Kat Zacher wadded up their aprons and split from The Broken Record, where they'd racked up critical hype as independent kitchen operators at the rough-edged Excelsior bar. They're back, this t ... More >>

Flora Chef, Sweet Adeline Baker Collaborating on Pizza and Frozen Custard Concept

Andrew B./YelpThe former Spud's in South Berkeley will offer N.Y.-style pizzas with Cali toppings.​Looks like South Berkeley is set to become Ground Zero for the next wave of Bay Area pizza frenzy. Hot on the heels of Emilia's (2995 Shattuck at Ashby) comes word of Addie's Pizza Pie, a collabo ... More >>

Early Bird Special: Nombe

Lara HataSkewered: Izakaya-style grilled meats at Nombe.​An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review. Big duh: Street food was huger than Jesus in San Francisco this year, which is why the November launch of Mission District izakaya joint Nombe (2491 Mission at 21st St.) made tot ... More >>

Bar Tartine Redux at Mission Street Food Spin-Off Commonwealth

jbeasla/Mission MissionThe designer of Range is on board for the interior remake of the old El Herradero space. ​Here's the first thing you need to know about Commonwealth, the Mission restaurant due to drop in early summer, whose co-owner is Mission Street Food founder Anthony Myint. Though t ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ DJ Platurn (Oakland Faders)

​Plenty of turntable junkies claim DJing is in their blood. But DJ Platurn's love for the dancefloor actually was passed down through family lines. The Icelandic music head grew up the son of a DJ, so by the time he moved to Oakland he was ready to spin on his own. He's been a regular at Luka's Ta ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Freeway and Jake One, DaVinci, Freddie Gibbs, J-Billion, and Jern Eye

DaVinci​Freeway and Jake One, DaVinci, Freddie Gibbs, J-Billion, and Jern Eye Friday, April 2, 2010 Mezzanine Better than: most overstuffed hip-hop bills. It was opening weekend, and Top Billin' put together a searing line-up at the Mezzanine that pitted Bay Area emcees against well-represented ... More >>

Beer Dinners, or the Fine Art of the 'Brew Fixe'

Jesse Friedman/Beer & Nosh​There's no steadfast rule to putting together a beer dinner except, duh, you should have good food and pair it with good beer. Beyond that, they come in all shapes and sizes, meaning number of courses and the hit your wallet will take. Proving attending one doesn't ... More >>

Spurned Varietal Tells Wine Writer to Go to Hell

The man (right) who fell out of love with Pinot.​Our favorite morsels from the blogs. The blogosphere is a cruel place. That must've occurred to local wine writer W. Blake Gray earlier this week, after the response to his clever piss-off post about falling out of like with Pinot Noir. Gray, ... More >>

Zero Zero's Bruce Hill and the Zen of Pizza Making

John BirdsallBruce Hill and his all-important ember shovel.​If you thought San Francisco had reached pizza saturation, think again. On Wednesday, Bruce Hill's Neapolitan pizzeria Zero Zero will begin firing pies in the former Azie space at 826 Folsom (at Fourth St.). Hill's no pizza virgin. ... More >>

The B³ Burger

John BirdsallBurger ($10), with fried Petaluma egg ($1) and Manchego cheese ($3).​Friday, August 20, 2010 ameer n./Yelp​This is a damn good burger. Kevin Ahajanian, fitted with the Keller halo from time spent at Bouchon, has stacked up something with the bones of Cali quintessential. Th ... More >>

Grub Limps In, Locavore Sources Softly

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Tablehopper Marcia G. pulled up to the curb yesterday with a trunk full of opening news. First, she laid to rest that palpably unsettled feeling hanging over the Mission: Yeah, Grub (758 Vale ... More >>

Nopa Chef Designs Guest Sandwich for Pal's

Luis Chong​The Laurence Jossel-wich at Pal's Where: Pal's Takeaway, inside Tony's Market, 2751 24th St. (at Hampshire), 203-4911 When: Wed., Jan. 26, 11 a.m. till it's gone The rundown: The Wednesday guest-chef series is back after an extended holiday break at scrappy little Pal's, this we ... More >>

From Basics To Based: Grab One Hour of 'Dope' Bay Area Rap

Swag!​Believe it or not, "Digital Underground" used to mean something other than that secret server farm 400 feet beneath South Park. Want proof? This just in from the Good Records blog, via Tumblin' Erb: Cities of Dope, an expertly mixed and surprisingly instructive hour of Bay Area rap.Jonny Pay ... More >>

The Tenderlions on Signing Boobs, Misspelling Their Original Name, and DJing Vs. Performing

The Tenderlions​When someone pictures a tender lion, they probably imagine a cuddly creature licking its paw, or even Simba from the Lion King, with his huge doe eyes and innocent face. Well, we can attest that S.F. duo Tenderlions have pretty much the same characteristics, except they know how to ... More >>

S.F. at SXSW: Six Bay Area Artists to See in Austin

The Tenderlions​When someone pictures a tender lion, they probably imagine a cuddly creature licking its paw, or even Simba from the Lion King, with his huge doe eyes and innocent face. Well, we can attest that S.F. duo Tenderlions have pretty much the same characteristics, except they know how to ... More >>

"New California Writing 2011": Interesting Times for the Golden State Make Good Reads

The Tenderlions​When someone pictures a tender lion, they probably imagine a cuddly creature licking its paw, or even Simba from the Lion King, with his huge doe eyes and innocent face. Well, we can attest that S.F. duo Tenderlions have pretty much the same characteristics, except they know how to ... More >>

Is Kreayshawn's Success Built on the Denigration of Black Women?

Kreayshawn.​ It's been a big week/day in Kreayshawn news, so bear with us. As the recent Columbia Records signee chats about her favorite sex positions and weed strains with a fascinated blogosphere -- DMPC: Whats your favorite sex position? K: That's naughty! My favorite sex position would ... More >>

Mistah Fab, T-Pain, and the Cataracs Conspire for a Pop Breakthrough with "City Lights"

T-Pain and Mistah Fab​Here's another maverick move from Oakland's Mistah Fab. It's called "City Nights," and it's a radio-friendly pop rave up featuring the Auto-Tuned likes of T-Pain and production by the Cataracs (whom you may know from last summer's "Like a G6"). Here Fab ditches the two ... More >>

An Interview with EMA: 'Any Time You Say Something That Shocks Even You ... That's a Good Sign'

Erika M. Anderson​ You could call the sound recordings that Erika M. Anderson makes "music" -- they bear a fair resemblance to some of the more creative strains of indie rock -- but even she's not sure that's what her sound art is. And that disregard for the rules of pop music may be the best ... More >>