Charles Manson

Weekend Guide: What to do Saturday Night!

Last Night: Grinderman at Great American

Runaway Train (Part II)

Tricia Sullivan fled her southern Oregon hometown and the confines of her family in April. Arriving in San Francisco, she melded with the street community of young castoffs, misfits, and rebels. Phoning home, she lied and told her dad she was in New Yor

Bark Ode

Tricia Sullivan fled her southern Oregon hometown and the confines of her family in April. Arriving in San Francisco, she melded with the street community of young castoffs, misfits, and rebels. Phoning home, she lied and told her dad she was in New Yor

Barred for Life

Desperate prison lifers turn to Charles Carbone when trying to navigate the unfair process of parole denials

Sondheim Kills Me

Desperate prison lifers turn to Charles Carbone when trying to navigate the unfair process of parole denials

Apocalypse Now

A sharp, revelatory multimedia show casts a blinding light on the tragic events of today

Troublesome Pastimes

One local busybody collects letters from serial killers. Another attacks environmentalists. Guess which one's misguided.

Get Out of Jail Free

In the process of taking down the city's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.

Repertory Film Listings

In the process of taking down the city's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave.

Record Dork

Delving deeper than you ever wanted to go. This week: cult leaders and their tunes, starring G.I. Gurdjieff.

All Together Now

Devendra Banhart's latest indicates his neo-folk movement may just be hitting its stride

English Invasion

Watch for billboard "improvements" by American pop artist Ron English

The Black Metal Arts

This town has one of the most thriving metal scenes in the world. Local faves Ludicra offer tips on how to cash in on that action.

Lucifer, Arisen

A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*

*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*

*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo

A Cut Above

For sheer carnage, Saw shreds the competition

The Anton Newcombe Massacre

An underground band self-destructs in the hands of its damaged leader

Making the Cine

Lights, camera, acción

What a Dick

My favorite funny, great big mess

Heaven Help Us

Take an infernal excursion

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Take an infernal excursion

Aphex Twin

26 Mixes for Cash

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

26 Mixes for Cash

D-Styles

Phantazmagorea

Radar Bros.

And the Surrounding Mountains (Merge)

The Frogs

Racially Yours (Four Alarm)

Artjournalism

Bruce Conner, the greatest artist you don't know, uses our Peter Byrne for image-honing purposes. We use Conner to get you to pick up the paper.

Digital Dystopias

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Night Crawler

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

The Camera Loves Them

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Reviews

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Dog Bites

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Night + Day

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Dog Bites

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

Unspun

Ian Kerkof's "Wasted"

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Night+Day

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Time Bomb

Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed an S.F. cop in the name of revolution.

Seen In San Francisco: Shrine to Swarthy, Manson Look-Alikes?

Click on picture for disturbingly large version​It takes a lot to throw a San Francisco pedestrian for a loop -- our favorite example is how a bearded man wearing a colorful, flowing dress and pushing a conga drum on wheels turned nary a head. Yet the above scene was indeed jarring. At first thoug ... More >>

Works by Manson Family pal Bobby BeauSoleil’s Orkustra compiled on double album

Click on picture for disturbingly large version​It takes a lot to throw a San Francisco pedestrian for a loop -- our favorite example is how a bearded man wearing a colorful, flowing dress and pushing a conga drum on wheels turned nary a head. Yet the above scene was indeed jarring. At first thoug ... More >>

Killer Groupie Samantha Spiegel

Click on picture for disturbingly large version​It takes a lot to throw a San Francisco pedestrian for a loop -- our favorite example is how a bearded man wearing a colorful, flowing dress and pushing a conga drum on wheels turned nary a head. Yet the above scene was indeed jarring. At first thoug ... More >>

Sundance dominated by cults and the uncertain future

Click on picture for disturbingly large version​It takes a lot to throw a San Francisco pedestrian for a loop -- our favorite example is how a bearded man wearing a colorful, flowing dress and pushing a conga drum on wheels turned nary a head. Yet the above scene was indeed jarring. At first thoug ... More >>

Daytime Trauma

Click on picture for disturbingly large version​It takes a lot to throw a San Francisco pedestrian for a loop -- our favorite example is how a bearded man wearing a colorful, flowing dress and pushing a conga drum on wheels turned nary a head. Yet the above scene was indeed jarring. At first thoug ... More >>