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T-Pain DataSF = Tinny Voiced Do-Gooder Web Apps?

There's an app for that...​Calling all computer-whiz nerds: not one, but two Bay Area-based Web application contests were announced this week. First, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been helping to promote the DataSF App contest, which challenges entrants to create civic-minded applications b ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Nathan Rapport

DJ and promoter Nathan Rapport's ears have been spoiled. He lived in Detroit long enough to enjoy the riches of techno's epicenter, and now when he hits a gay club, the dude does not want to hear ten million variations on the Kylie remix. Back in the Motor City he threw queer parties called SASS wit ... More >>

Last Night: Sarah Brightman at the HP Pavilion

Brightman Visits Dark Side in Her Partially Gothic Show - Chirpily Sarah Brightman San Jose HP Pavilion December 17, 2008 Review by Meredith Brody; Photos by Janine Kahn It was a dress that did it. Or, more accurately, it was a photograph of Sarah Brightman in a completely mad dress, a layered, r ... More >>

Wallpaper brings the ‘80s party as it spoofs a new decade of greed

Brightman Visits Dark Side in Her Partially Gothic Show - Chirpily Sarah Brightman San Jose HP Pavilion December 17, 2008 Review by Meredith Brody; Photos by Janine Kahn It was a dress that did it. Or, more accurately, it was a photograph of Sarah Brightman in a completely mad dress, a layered, r ... More >>

Rogue Wave

A grown-up indie-pop band emerges with a stunning sophomore album

The 40-Year-Old Solo Artists

Bob Mould and Paul Weller each have new records that prove they're as vital as ever -- without their old bands

Mind Games

Shane Carruth's Primer goes back to the future, and it's a weird, wild ride

Dog Bites

The thrill of Beach Blanket Babylon auditions

OK Then

The thrill of Beach Blanket Babylon auditions

Trannyshack Reno or Bustier

An extreme road trip that's never just a drag

Reps Etc.

An extreme road trip that's never just a drag

This Month in Movie Land

An extreme road trip that's never just a drag

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not

a pejorative

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped,

the Folksmen turn it

way down from 11

Music

Spinal Tap tapped,

the Folksmen turn it

way down from 11

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

SF Weekly Wammies 2000

Your choices of the top local bands

They'll House You

British house duo Basement Jaxx took inspiration from America. Now they're prepared to conquer it.

Dog Bites

British house duo Basement Jaxx took inspiration from America. Now they're prepared to conquer it.

Riff Raff

British house duo Basement Jaxx took inspiration from America. Now they're prepared to conquer it.

Stage

British house duo Basement Jaxx took inspiration from America. Now they're prepared to conquer it.

Quadraphonia

The Flaming Lips want you to play all four of their new CDs -- at the same time

Murder at the Pink Tarantula

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

Stage

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

C.R.U.S.H. (Part I)

Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

Slap Shots

Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

Dead Sea Scrolls

Deciphering the psychedelic dream-rock of Angel'in Heavy Syrup and the cryptic noise-pop of Dead C

Slap Shots

Deciphering the psychedelic dream-rock of Angel'in Heavy Syrup and the cryptic noise-pop of Dead C