David Lowery

Camper Van Beethoven at 25: from warm beer to funny ideas

Some of My Best Friends Are Records

SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

Hear This

Break out the Pucker shots and vomit bags: Camper Van Beethoven is turning 21

Geek Chic

Stanford Junior MC Lars Horris may not unseat Eminem, but, with luck, he might be the next "Weird Al"

Hear This

Brooklyn's Mink Lungs exhale rock that suffers from a delightful identity crisis

Shock and Brouhaha

Why San Francisco is better than Austin, even during the South by Southwest music festival

Mac Attack

Camper Van Beethoven's long-lost version of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album resurfaces -- and inspires a reunion

Laura Minor

Salesman's Girl (HighTone)

Stalker Fiction

Camden Joy turned Cracker's David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he's real -- and really angry.

Letters

Welcome to Newark, Calif.; Apparently, Ali, We Didn't Hit You Hard Enough; Natural Selection; Invasion of the Dot-Com Parasites; They Aren't All Millionaires; So, You Think We Should Start Paying Silke?; Cursing Those Who Curse the Morg

Happier Campers

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Riff Raff

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Reel World

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Recordings

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

The year SXSW film broke

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup