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  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

  • Music

    October 15, 2008

    The Bay Area Maverick

    Lyrics Born is proof that going against the grain can work out in the long run.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Lyrics Born

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  • Film

    August 15, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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    August 1, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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  • Film

    July 25, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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  • Film

    July 18, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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  • Film

    June 27, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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  • Film

    June 20, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

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  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Reeling the Out Sound In

    What the Bay Area's world-class improvisational music scene is doing to put more butts in the seats

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Highway to Sell

    Is a musician's dream gig a post at Guitar Center? We spent a day on the job to find out.

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of September 22, 2004

  • News

    January 7, 2004

    Guitar Dreams

    Adrian Freed's decades-long desire to marry music and technology is finally going public. Will anyone listen?

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    Expensive Tastes

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

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    After the Series, Mumm's the Word

    Bubbly and baseball, plus a quirky collection of 78 RPM records

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of August 14, 2002

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of May 1, 2002

  • Music

    December 5, 2001

    Sound Advice

    Grandiloquent pop, fetching dogheads, and primordial ambience

  • Music

    December 5, 2001

    Slack Keys and MP3s

    Two Bay Area collectors put the spotlight on vintage Hawaiian music

  • Music

    May 2, 2001

    Collective Cacophony

    Five years after its last album, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 returns with its oddball humor and loopy art rock intact

  • Music

    October 11, 2000

    Digging Up Roots

    How Chris Strachwitz sparked a music revolution by releasing obscure, vernacular music

  • News

    April 26, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published April 26, 2000

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Whither the Avant-Garde?... To Suburbia, Of Course!

  • Music

    March 1, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Mark Eitzel at Hotel Utah, Clit Stop, Arhoolie Records' 40th Birthday

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Trojan Horse

    In a city that loves to hate chain stores, plans for a new Pottery Barn in the Castro are scarcely raising a peep. The neighborhood may regret it.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Jamba Liar

    One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

  • Calendar

    May 19, 1999

    Night & Day

    One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

  • Music

    May 12, 1999

    One-Hit Wanderer

    Since moving to the Bay Area a decade ago, Alec Palao has diligently tracked the history of local bands before the Grateful Dead (yes, such bands existed)

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Letters

    Since moving to the Bay Area a decade ago, Alec Palao has diligently tracked the history of local bands before the Grateful Dead (yes, such bands existed)

  • Music

    February 3, 1999

    Chasing History

    For 40 years, Arhoolie Records' Chris Strachwitz has worked to make unknown roots music (almost) famous

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    No More Free Ride?

    Sierra Club wants BART parkers to pay

  • News

    July 8, 1998

    The One ... the Only ... Circus Redickuless

    Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

  • Music

    July 16, 1997

    Swamped

    Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

  • News

    July 9, 1997

    Letters

    Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Letters

    Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    State and National Candidates

    Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Light in the Attic's West Coast Retail Tour

    In the old days of the music industry, label staff loaded up their station wagons with vinyl albums and promotional goodies, and set off on Odyssey -like road trips across America, stopping at every mom'n'pop retail shop along the way. The goal was to establish direct, personal relationships with re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Non-Profit Extends Services to Offer Affordable, Professional Attire to the Unemployed

    When Kathy Miner started her apparel and image consulting non-profit 14 years ago, she catered to low-income people looking for jobs. The non-profit, A Miner Miracle, provided them with free consultations on wardrobe and hair, as well as free new outfits and hairstyles. Over the years, Miner -- a fo ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    Adjust Your Television

    The YouTube-ification of public-access TV in S.F. is about to begin – and the old cast of kooky cable programmers doesn’t like it one bit.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Bay Area News Project Changes Name to 'Bay Citizen'; Starts Hiring

    ​As of this afternoon, the Bay Area News Project, the F. Warren Hellman-funded bid to reinvent the metro newspaper, has a new, Pulitzer Prize-winning managing editor, a new Web site, and a new name, "The Bay Citizen," with the slogan,  "News/Culture/Community." The new managing editor is Stev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Jermaine Grosse, Mental Patient Charged With Taxi Theft: Did He Pick Up Fares?

    Jermaine Grosse, impromptu cabbie​A few more details have come to light regarding Jermaine Grosse, the San Pablo man who followed up an involuntary psychiatric hold in a Martinez hospital by allegedly stealing the cab he was transported home in. Since Grosse allegedly made off with the cab on Satu ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 27, 2011

    "New California Writing 2011": Interesting Times for the Golden State Make Good Reads

    Jermaine Grosse, impromptu cabbie​A few more details have come to light regarding Jermaine Grosse, the San Pablo man who followed up an involuntary psychiatric hold in a Martinez hospital by allegedly stealing the cab he was transported home in. Since Grosse allegedly made off with the cab on Satu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Authentic Japanese Not-Very-Sweet Cakes Available in SF

    Jaz Banga​When I lived in Tokyo, and later New York where I actually ate even more Japanese food, I always felt Japan fell down on dessert. It didn't seem to be part of the food culture. When dessert was presented at all, it wasn't sweet enough for my tooth. A reader's letter espousing the virtue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene

    Brian Lew Cliff Burton playing live with Metallica for the first time at the Stone in San Francisco, 1983​ See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and L ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Assessing Metallica After 30 Years and Four Nights at the Fillmore

    Brian Lew Cliff Burton playing live with Metallica for the first time at the Stone in San Francisco, 1983​ See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Is Animal Slaughter on Urban Farms Becoming a Problem? One Group Thinks So

    NO Slaughter​If you go to farmers' markets in the East Bay, you may have seen them: A group of activists from Neighbors Opposed to Backyard Slaughter handing out flyers raising concerns about Oakland's new Urban Agriculture Policy. "The last thing I want my daughter to see or hear are the sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    President's Day Weekend: Another Carmaggedon?

    Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the founding fathers than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 until 5 a.m. on Tuesda ... More >>

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