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  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Celebrate Four Years of Debaser With This Exclusive Boyz n the Hood-Themed Mix

    Editor's note: Ahead of the four-year anniversary of beloved '90s party Debaser, we invited party DJs Jamie Jams and Stab Master Arson to make a mix of some of the songs we can expect to hear at Saturday's party. What follows is their mix and commentary. By JAMIE GUZZI Hip-hop historians note that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: The Food Network Craps Out

    Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off, a one-hour show about the debt ceiling, Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. There used to be only A and B-list celebrities, divided by movies and television. Then te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    An Albany Kid Reflects on Hometown Punks Rancid: "That's My America"

    Rachel TejadaRancid​ It's probably no coincidence that it began two years ago, when I was living in New York and constantly homesick for the West Coast. Someone would put a Rancid song, generally "Roots Radicals" or "Time Bomb," on the odd punk-heavy bar jukebox, and a wave of pure, adolescent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The Summer Anthem: Does It Get Better or Worse with Age?

    ​We pop music critics are wired in such a way that articulating a love for Aja and Scott Walker is significantly less difficult than articulating the love for the person we share a toothbrush with. We're a revolting phylum, I know. However, one notable exception is Rolling Stone editor Rob Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Ten Worst Celebrity Cookbooks

    The must-have celebrity accessories change as frequently as the daily fro-yo flavors. Move over small dogs, adopted children, and Birkin bags, this is the age of celebrity cookbooks. Eva Longoria, G Pal, Sheryl Crow (author of If It Makes You Healthy), and of course Bon Appetit coverwoman Gwyneth, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Candy Thefts Subside at Besieged City Cafe

    Coolio! He was available! ​After months of brazen, near-daily candy thefts by the same group of sugar-craving miscreants, the staff at the City Cafe is enjoying a relatively crime-free week. Workers at the City College eatery told SF Weekly that, last week, they were finally mad as hell and not go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    World Series: The Look-Alikes Edition

    This may explain the misplays in right field...​Everything that could be said about the World Series has pretty much been said. The Giants have done no wrong, they're in a commanding spot, but things can change quickly. So we feel entitled to bring up that, yes, Vlad Guerrero is a dead ringer for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Menomena, Suckers, and Tu Fawning Play Lots of Things at Once at Great American Music Hall

    Menomena​Menomena Suckers Tu Fawning September 14, 2010 @ Great American Music Hall Better than: Combing through Pat Metheny's man-fro to get a glimpse of his instrumental clusterfuck.Whatever happened to musicians playing just one instrument? These new music school grads- ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Blondie: Show Preview

    Menomena​Menomena Suckers Tu Fawning September 14, 2010 @ Great American Music Hall Better than: Combing through Pat Metheny's man-fro to get a glimpse of his instrumental clusterfuck.Whatever happened to musicians playing just one instrument? These new music school grads- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Wednesday's Pick: Blondie at the Fillmore

    Blondie​The Fillmore8 p.m., $55Decades after Blondie's '70s breakthrough, the band's New Wave music is still vital: frontwoman Debbie Harry's 2007 single "Two Times Blue" delighted more than just a Today Show audience, and 2004's The Curse of Blondie was a credible impression of electroclash. Sinc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Gone Clubbin' at Debaser: Blunts and Broads in Dive Bars

    Matthew Davis​You could blame Debaser's recent run-in with Internet flame wars (pt. 1 and pt. 2) for the massive line that stretched outside during the '90s club night at The Knockout on Saturday. But the truth is that people really like to dance to classic hip-hop on the weekends, and when Debase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    'Foodie's Paradise' Proves Street-Food Vendors are the New Rap Stars

    Adobo Hobo may be famous on Filipino TV, but the Crème Brûlée Cart is a rap icon in the making, apparently. Fatty Boomblatty's "Foodie's Paradise" song and video immortalizes the fiery sugar salesman to the tune of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." As it turns out, the video was shot as part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Coolio In The Kitchen: 'It's Time To Cook Biatch!'

    Adobo Hobo may be famous on Filipino TV, but the Crème Brûlée Cart is a rap icon in the making, apparently. Fatty Boomblatty's "Foodie's Paradise" song and video immortalizes the fiery sugar salesman to the tune of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." As it turns out, the video was shot as part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Global Warming Bites Bender's Shiny Metal Ass With Unreleased Futurama Movie

    Adobo Hobo may be famous on Filipino TV, but the Crème Brûlée Cart is a rap icon in the making, apparently. Fatty Boomblatty's "Foodie's Paradise" song and video immortalizes the fiery sugar salesman to the tune of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." As it turns out, the video was shot as part of ... More >>

  • Film

    January 8, 2003

    Straining Day

    Narc desperately struggles to prove its grit

  • Film

    October 9, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    Narc desperately struggles to prove its grit

  • Holiday

    November 21, 2001

    Holiday Highlights 2001

    Holiday Event Lisitngs

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    That Was the Wit That Was

    Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Year in Lists

    Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

  • Calendar

    October 21, 1998

    Night + Day

    Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

  • Music

    September 23, 1998

    Live

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    Nuthin' But a She Thing

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

  • Music

    March 11, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

  • Music

    June 11, 1997

    Recordings

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

  • Music

    June 19, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

  • Music

    January 3, 1996

    Albums

    Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

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