Cheech and Chong

Live Review, 8/25/12: The '80s Babies and Their New Faves Rule Rock The Bells

Rock The Bells Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 Shoreline Amphitheatre Better than: Partying with your own demographic Rock The Bells is the only annual hip-hop festival to manage the difficult feat of attracting a truly diverse and multi-generational crowd. In its fifth year in the Bay Area (and ninth ove ... More >>

Twilight Circus on the Origin of His Moniker and the Rise of Dub Music into the Mainstream

With 25 years of experience in the worlds of dub and reggae music, Ryan Moore, aka Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, has taken his musical abilities worldwide, to places like hazy Triad-ridden buildings in Canada and makeshift studios in Jamaica. Working with notable reggae artists such as Sly Dunba ... More >>

Laughter and Other Drugs

On the Unifying Power of Angry 9/11 Songs: "It's Like Attending a Memorial"

Toby Keith at Shoreline last month.​ It's a scene that's played out innumerable times since 2002 -- and with the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 here, it will now be executed with even more patriotic fervor and bicep-flexing machismo. Behold, a Stetson-wearing, sleeveless Toby Keith, his American ... More >>

Kid Koala Talks Losing Bets, Growing Up on Vinyl, and His Favorite Muppet

Kid Koala​There's not much more endearing than a DJ who loves music and muppets. Hailing from Montreal, Kid Koala is known for his whimsical personality and ability to take listeners on a journey with music fit for psychedelic hip hop dreams, sans the acid. Currently on the Ninja Tune label and pr ... More >>

Get High on Motor City: Here's Detroit Rock 'N' Roll and the Fat Buds To Go with It

​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>

Film Showtimes for the week of August 4-10, 2010

Arthouse movie listings for the week of April 14-April 20, 2010

Method Man vs. Redman: tale of the tape

Arthouse movie listings for August 5-11, 2009

This Police Report Brought to You By the Letters P, O, and T and the Number 420

Much has been written in this space about the dubious wisdom of belaboring our law enforcement professionals with the duty of busting marijuana users -- and then tossing said users into our overcrowded prison system. It's a worthwhile argument: Police reports leading up to the July 4 weekend for jus ... More >>

SF Gov InAction Fire Sale: Supes Sell Their Legacies Off for Pennies on the Dollar

By Benjamin Wachs Come on down to San Francisco, boys and girls, where the deals are hot, hot, HOT! That's right, I'm Crraaaaaaazy Gavin Newsom, and this week everything must go! We have an ENORMOUS deficit looming up after the holidays and our entire inventory must be cleared out! No deal t ... More >>

Cheech & Chong Add SF Date to Reunion Tour

Still Smokin’

True Bromance

Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express.

Del and Devin

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Killer Joe

This visceral punch to the privates has produced some strong reactions

This and That

Renewing the energy of the classic double act

Meat Beating? The beating of nuts? What the hell is going on here?

Repertory Film Listings

Reeferzilla Meets NIMBY-Ra

And unfortunately it's not science fiction. It's San Francisco politics, and the winner used some interesting jujitsu.

BeatBox

Mu brings the techno stompdown to Rx; Mighty hosts a hip hop jammy-jam block party

Three Women Scorned

Irish playwright isn't in love with love

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Underground Mission

Craig Baldwin: mad genius

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Chef Flower Power

The Hippy Gourmet serves up '60s philosophizing with his seafood Newberg

Zoom Lens

The annual Berlin & Beyond Festival of new German-language cinema

Letters to the Editor

Letters from March 14, 2001

SF Weekly Wammies 2000

Your choices of the top local bands

Reefer Madness

Brenda Blethyn carries on in the best tradition of British movie humor in the pot-centric Saving Grace

Mecklin

Chain Chain Chain

The Dude's Big Score

The Men of la Mantra

San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs