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  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    SF Sketchfest: Proops, Pepitone, Peretti -- and (Surprise!) Robin Williams -- Master Set List

    The concept of Set List is simple. Yet to most comedians (even the most seasoned) the idea represents a yawning hell's mouth of the purest terror. Set List requires that each comic take the stage without any prepared material. Each is given a list of five or six topics. Using each of those topics in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    S.F. Trumpeter Bill Ortiz on Playing with Souls of Mischief, Covering Gil Scott-Heron, and Touring with Sheila E.

    "Souls of Mischief brought me in initially to replace a sample that was going to cost them too much to clear!" So says San Francisco-born trumpeter Bill Ortiz with a laugh as he recalls his contribution to the Bay Area rap quartet's cherished debut album '93 'Til Infinity. Ortiz's playing can be hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Blow Gage with Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project's Seriously

    ​Listen to this while high: Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project's Seriously. ​ Behind the buzz: The subject line of the publicist's email mentioned something about Tom Waits' saxophonist, but the magic name of Ralph Carney dispelled any incipient attack of the whatevs. I mean, we're not talking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Juke Hunt Finale: The Best Jukeboxes in San Francisco

    You saw it coming...​Over the past few months, we've found treasures and trash in San Francisco bars: Old school jukeboxes with surprisingly sincere music picks, and sad little boxes we  urge you to skip. It's all come to this: The juke hunt winners distilled into a single list, the best offe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Which Bar Has North Beach's Best Jukebox?

    The juke at Tosca​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what denote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Crunk's Not Dead, the Haberdash, Kelley Stoltz, Godwaffle Noise Pancakes and More

    Jenna Riot plays El Rio this Friday​Let's get cultured, San Francisco. Put on your leopard-skin pill-box hat and paint the town red. But before you brave those cruel streets, check our list of cheap things to do this weekend for less than the cost of a quality whiskey sour. Here are ten things fo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2010

    Mingus Amungus keeps the jazz great's wild tendencies alive

    Jenna Riot plays El Rio this Friday​Let's get cultured, San Francisco. Put on your leopard-skin pill-box hat and paint the town red. But before you brave those cruel streets, check our list of cheap things to do this weekend for less than the cost of a quality whiskey sour. Here are ten things fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Tussle's Nathan Burazer Says the Band's Music is Like a Spider Goat

    Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview

    Jim Marshall -- used with permission​San Francisco's Jim Marshall is a man who, literally, shot thousands of rock stars. And it wasn't a good thing -- it was a great thing. He caught Janis Joplin backstage with that little bottle of SoCo. He was the chief photographer at Woodstock. He shot Bill Ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll -- and It's MINE. S.F. Photographer Sues Bill Graham Archives to Get Back His Famed Shots

    San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Film

    November 19, 2008

    Arthouse movie listings for November 19-25

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    May 16, 2007

    Paying Homage to a Master

    Moran and Monk: jazz's

  • Culture

    April 11, 2007

    Conscientious Objector

    Sadly, the city's most prestigious theater company disappoints again

  • Holiday

    November 23, 2005

    Holiday Gift Guide

    Sadly, the city's most prestigious theater company disappoints again

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2005

    Beginner's Mind

    Tuttle's magical minimalism

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Tuttle's magical minimalism

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Tuttle's magical minimalism

  • Listen Up

    March 17, 2004

    Jazz But Not Least

    What's that you say? You've forgotten that this town has an immense, thriving jazz scene? Well, shame on you.

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    Norah Jones

    Feels Like Home

  • Music

    July 16, 2003

    They Called Me Frank

    The life and good times of balladeer Larry Ching

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2003

    Sun King

    The hokum of hippies or a boon to jazz progress? You decide.

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2002

    San Francisco Dreamin'

    Photographer Bert Katz captures the faces of S.F., from dominatrixes to doctors

  • Film

    August 14, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    Photographer Bert Katz captures the faces of S.F., from dominatrixes to doctors

  • Music

    February 6, 2002

    The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

    Trumpeter Nicholas Payton gives Louis Armstrong a vivacious overhaul

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    Hear This

    Legendary Jazz drummer Max Roach demonstrates his solo percussive talents

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    Brave New Whirl

    Guitarist Shan Kenner sees the future of music -- in a live jazz/ electronica hybrid

  • Music

    April 18, 2001

    Hear This

    Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra

  • Music

    April 11, 2001

    Sex and the single sea dweller

    Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra

  • Music

    January 10, 2001

    Hear This

    Dave Douglas and Charms of the Night Sky

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Day Glo Abortions; Sunshine; Nina Simone

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2000

    Pagan Lounge

    Rosin Coven

  • Music

    June 21, 2000

    Buena Vista Social Club

    Presents Omara Portuondo
    (World Circuit)

  • Music

    May 10, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    eX-Girl; Blues Fuse; Grrlyshow

  • Music

    April 26, 2000

    Riff Raff

    The Way You Wear Your Past

  • Music

    March 22, 2000

    Sex Mob

    Solid Sender

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    Hear This

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    August 4, 1999

    Hear This

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Calendar

    April 21, 1999

    Night & Day

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    April 14, 1999

    Riff Raff

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    January 20, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    October 1, 1997

    Riff Raff

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Riff Raff

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Calendar

    January 22, 1997

    Slap Shots

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    October 23, 1996

    Recordings

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    September 18, 1996

    Recordings

    The Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Kim Nalley

  • Music

    September 11, 1996

    What Wynton Doesn't Hear

    Lester Bowie explains

  • Music

    June 19, 1996

    The Essence of Jazz

    Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

  • Calendar

    July 26, 1995

    Night+Day

    Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

  • Music

    May 10, 1995

    Samples

    Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

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