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The Columbine Effect: Why Hollywood Is Keeping the Story Alive

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Five Reasons Tyler, the Creator Suuucks

The first time we saw Tyler the Creator's video for "Yonkers," we were totally blown away. It was sharp, it was dark, it was infectious, it was crazy different. We immediately got all excited about this new rapper and his collective, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All... until we realized they' ... More >>

MTV at 30: The Top 10 Most Controversial Music Videos (NSFW)

via Flickr​As MTV celebrates its 30th birthday, it seems poised for a calm middle-aged life in a nice neighborhood, where it can safely raise Jersey Shore and Teen Mom into even more reliable moneymakers. But it wasn't always that way: Before it gave up on music, MTV swept through American hou ... More >>

Early Cannes Report: Troubled Parents, Troubled Kids Aplenty

via Flickr​As MTV celebrates its 30th birthday, it seems poised for a calm middle-aged life in a nice neighborhood, where it can safely raise Jersey Shore and Teen Mom into even more reliable moneymakers. But it wasn't always that way: Before it gave up on music, MTV swept through American hou ... More >>

'Machine gun'used in 101 California Shootings seen in Potrero Hill

Not quite the scene in Potrero, but close?​Alarm swept through The Snitch's world headquarters today, when we read a report in which San Francisco police warned of a suspect toting a "machine gun" in Potrero Hill.A 29-year old man was robbed at gunpoint at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on 23rd Street near ... More >>

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up

Not quite the scene in Potrero, but close?​Alarm swept through The Snitch's world headquarters today, when we read a report in which San Francisco police warned of a suspect toting a "machine gun" in Potrero Hill.A 29-year old man was robbed at gunpoint at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on 23rd Street near ... More >>

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Safe House

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Last Night: The Black Lips, Nobunny, and Personal & the Pizzas

​The Black Lips, Nobunny, Personal & the PizzasThursday, Jan. 21, 2010Great American Music HallThe Black Lips are excellent purveyors of their own mythology. Labeling themselves as "flower punk" or even "the kings of psychedelic garage rock," the young Atlanta foursome have worked hard to crea ... More >>

Belgian Angst

​The Black Lips, Nobunny, Personal & the PizzasThursday, Jan. 21, 2010Great American Music HallThe Black Lips are excellent purveyors of their own mythology. Labeling themselves as "flower punk" or even "the kings of psychedelic garage rock," the young Atlanta foursome have worked hard to crea ... More >>

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A Tale of Two Movies

After decades in development hell, how Gus Van Sant finally got Milk.

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Evie's Waltz

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Sk8ter Boi

Gus Van Sant returns to disaffected youth and shoestring budgets in Paranoid Park.

Counter-Intuitive Christmas Miracle Number 2: Religion Doesn't Cause Religious Violence!

Gus Van Sant returns to disaffected youth and shoestring budgets in Paranoid Park.

Mute Manson

The Antichrist Superstar sticks around with little artistry to offer

Bang Bang, Game Over

New play explores whether violent videogames create killers

Breaking Down Walls

A liberal intellectual and a right-winger on Death Row discover they have much in common

School Daze

Bully takes you back to the battlefield of high school.

No Way Out

Last Days follows the final spiral of a tormented musician

Cut-Up

Barbara Alexandra Szerlip's sculptures dismantle books to show them off

Teen Spleen

Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls

Reps Etc.

Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls

Multiplying by Zero

Ben Coccio's mock documentary gratuitously rehearses the school shooting scenario

Elephant, Man

Gus Van Sant explores the American high school

Cinema Synergy

Combining moviegoing with appropriate meals increases our pleasure

Reps Etc.

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Expensive Tastes

Rap duo Zion I can't stop being innovative, no matter what the costs

Letters to the Editor

Week of October 23, 2002

Columbine Harvester

Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself

California Loved

Roger Troutman and his family brought funk to West Coast hip hop and influenced everyone from Ice Cube to Tupac Shakur. Then his older brother put four bullets in him.

American Pie

Eighteen-year-old novelist Nick McDonell is poised to become the new voice of his generation

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor celebrates "Indie-Pendence Day," Germanic shock rock, and Cheap Trick covers

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor smiles upon the Angry White Male Tour

Mumble & Peg

Mumble & Peg

American Ply

Pay It Forward shoves its proactive propaganda down our throats until it stays down, but good

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Spy vs Spite

The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

Why We Fight

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love -- or at least respect -- Third Eye Blind

South to the Future

High School Students Sabotage Security Bar Codes

Reel World

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Potty Mouth, the Movie

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Savage Love

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Get Me Outta Here

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Stage

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Slap Shots

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