Chad

Australia's Gotye on Taking His Offbeat Pop to the Top of the U.S. Charts

Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Is Officially Less of an Asshole Than He Used to Be

​Chances are you hate Nickelback -- or at least profess to. Have you ever met anyone who told you they liked Nickelback? I haven't. But somebody, somewhere is buying their records. If they weren't, the band would've quit already (unless its members are still going just to spite the world -- which ... More >>

Nick Balla: 'I'd been planning for years on doing a Hungarian restaurant'

Chad RobertsonNick Balla, now of Bar Tartine.​ Nicolaus (Nick) Balla made his reputation in San Francisco cooking in Japanese restaurants. The CIA grad ran a restaurant in Michigan before moving out to San Francisco, where he worked in Ozumo before becoming the opening chef of O Izakaya Lounge an ... More >>

"Terri": Winningly Sweet and Strange High School Film

Chad RobertsonNick Balla, now of Bar Tartine.​ Nicolaus (Nick) Balla made his reputation in San Francisco cooking in Japanese restaurants. The CIA grad ran a restaurant in Michigan before moving out to San Francisco, where he worked in Ozumo before becoming the opening chef of O Izakaya Lounge an ... More >>

How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

Mom and Fops: The Troubling World of 'Yeth Yeth Yeth' Explained

Chadwick Donald Bidwell, Dee Kessler, and small infant human​In addition to their titles as frontmen of two of the Bay Area's best underhyped bands, Dee Kessler (Thee More Shallows) and Chadwick Donald Bidwell (Ral Partha Vogelbacher) -- known together as Fops -- can both claim the decidedly un-r ... More >>

Happy Meal Ban: Middle Schoolers Write to Supes, Critique Toys

Here's what I think you should say, kids​Six dozen students at a middle school in Brentwood, a suburb 55 miles to the east, wrote to San Francisco City Hall Oct. 15 to voice views on Supervisor Eric Mar's proposed ban on Happy Meal toys, which is scheduled to be heard at today's board meeting.Unli ... More >>

Chad Newton's Post-Fish & Farm Projects Might Land Outside S.F.

Jesse Friedman/FlickrChad Newton.​Scoop reported yesterday on the impending departure of Fish & Farm's Chad Newton, to collaborate with Farm founder Franz Klein on a project twofer: replicating the takeaway lunch biz American Box, and launching the classic barbecue concept Parcel. When we spok ... More >>

Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ My First Earthquake

Braden Kowitz​Channeling the best of the 80's and the current wave of synth pop, My First Earthquake blends speedy guitars, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard melodies with singer Rebecca Bortland's sassy lyrics about meat pies, vowel usage, and afternoon tea. Three out of the four members of M ... More >>

Last Night: Annie's Last Laugh

Annie's Social Club, the quirky SOMA dive bar whose stage was home to some classically unconventional San Francisco live shows, is closing on New Year's Eve. Everyone is sad to see Annie's go, but the loss is hitting local comics particularly hard. Chad Lehrman and Jeff Cleary, founders of local onl ... More >>

The State Reunion and Tribute to Headline 2009 Sketchfest

SF's annual Sketchfest never fails to please the comedy nerds. After months of wondering how they could possibly outdo last year's Kids in the Hall tribute, the annual festival of hilarity recently announced the reunion of the seminal comedy troupe, The State. Their early-90s television show on MTV ... More >>

Bart Davenport

Palaces (Antenna Farm)

Baghead

Palaces (Antenna Farm)

YouTube Cofounders Throw A Steaming Pile Of PR At Oprah

Palaces (Antenna Farm)

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Chad VanGaalen

Skelliconnection (Sub Pop)

Reps Etc.

Skelliconnection (Sub Pop)

Headbanging for Jesus!

Infiltrator gets booked on a Christian talk show

Reps Etc.

Infiltrator gets booked on a Christian talk show

When He Was Cruel

Neil LaBute tries

to be nice but

comes off very savage

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Take Ral of Me

Tracking down the mysteries behind Ral Partha Vogelbacher's cinematic break-up album

East Meets Fest

Middle Eastern and African offerings

The Mix

Night Tripping

Capsule Reviews

April; Beau Travail; But Forever in My Mind; Bye Bye Africa; Charisma; Darkness and Light; First Person Plural; Hamlet; Journey to the Sun; Kikujiro; The Letter; Missing Boy; Moloch; Set Me Free

House Of Tudor

Les Nubians, Andrea Parker, Stereo Total, House of Horror, and Cloyne Court Haunted Hotel

Cruisified

Les Nubians, Andrea Parker, Stereo Total, House of Horror, and Cloyne Court Haunted Hotel

Industrial Revolution

Youth Industry offers more than food and shelter to homeless kids

Pictures of Millie

Portrait of the North Beach icon as an old woman