Subject: Destiny's Child

• Bay Area Contestants Bust Out of American Idol Auditions at Parc 55 Hotel

  September 11, 2008

• Last Night: Adele at The Warfield

  Adele The Warfield January 29, 2009 Better than: Watching Amy Winehouse frolic a step away from death. British singer/songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (known simply as Adele) totes a voice that's dripping with old soul, yet she's only 20. When she took to the stage last night at the Warfield, that voice sounded as crisp, clear and pitch-perfect as it does on her debut album 19 (so named for her age at the time of its recording), a tone that outclasses performers more than twice her age.

  January 30, 2009

• History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

  January 14, 2009

• Rap and Bullshit

  Today’s R&B is pure garbage.

  January 7, 2009

• Beyoncé

  I Am ... Sasha Fierce  (Columbia/Music World)

  November 26, 2008

• Vallejo Rapper Soldier Hard Brings Home Iraq's Harsh Realities

  January 30, 2008

• The most egregious holiday money grabs in music history

  December 12, 2007

• Kelly Rowland

  Ms. Kelly (Columbia)

  August 8, 2007

• Welcome to MySpace, Whoever You Are

  This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

  January 17, 2007

• Diamond in the Rough

  February 8, 2006

• Journalism 101

  Dear Reactionaries: If you think the New Times merger spells trouble for local music, read this column

  November 9, 2005

• Hear This

  The final farewell of Destiny's Child, the return of Olivia Tremor Control, and some girl named Kelly Clarkson

  August 31, 2005

• Get Started as a Bedroom Musician

  Learning to make music can make for a new you in the new year

  January 19, 2005

• Cliché-Free Zone

  Don't expect to see bling at the S.F. Hip Hop DanceFest

  November 17, 2004

• House of Tudor

  Comic Neil Hamburger tells lame, awkward anti-jokes. What's so funny about that?

  August 13, 2003

• House of Tudor

  January 1, 2003

• What Becomes a Legend Most

  November 13, 2002

• The Monster Mash-up

  2 Many DJ's is never enough

  September 25, 2002

• Powers Off

  July 24, 2002

• Persistent Visions

  This season's cinema demands attention

  May 15, 2002

• Pop Philosophy

  What Bush's choices for inauguration music say about the next four years

  January 24, 2001

• We're No. 1

  September 13, 2000

• Reviews

  July 7, 1999

• J. Valentine

  July 8, 2009