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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    R.I.P. Robin Gibb: One of the Golden Voices of Disco Dies at 62

    It doesn't happen very often, but now and then a song or album comes along that perfectly captures the mood of a historical moment and embeds itself into the consciousness of a generation. It happened with for the Beatles with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, and it happened for the Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Homophobia Is Probably Caused by Supressed Homosexuality, Study Says

    You know how people know you're gay? Because of your raging homophobia.At least that's what a new study by researchers at the University of Rochester, the University of Essex, England, and UC Santa Barbara suggests.Their paper, titled "Parental autonomy support and discrepancies between implicit and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Prefuse 73 at 1015 Folsom, Warm Leatherette at Sub/Mission, Lee Burridge at Public Works, and Daniel Bell at the EndUp

    Let's face it: It's St. Patrick's Day this weekend. An amateur hour if there ever was one, it's a rare holiday that compels even the most mild-mannered to get absolutely hammered. While there's nothing wrong with that, here are some non-St. Paddy's options that ought to keep you busy while the city' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    The Dance-Punk Pioneers of ESG Are Calling It Quits: Their Journey Through the Bronx, the Haçienda, Paradise Garage, and S.F.

    It's 2006, electroclash is on its last legs, and Mezzanine is just three years settled into its locale on Jessie street. The buzzword on everyone's lips is no wave, a rediscovered genre of art music from '80s New York that plays with the form and structure of punk, disco, and hip-hop. Looking to cap ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 4, 2012

    What a Boar

    It's 2006, electroclash is on its last legs, and Mezzanine is just three years settled into its locale on Jessie street. The buzzword on everyone's lips is no wave, a rediscovered genre of art music from '80s New York that plays with the form and structure of punk, disco, and hip-hop. Looking to cap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Plaid on Its New Album, the Persistent Influence of Detroit Techno, and How to Not Repeat Yourself Musically After 20 Years

    Plaid: Never a duo to get caught in a box.​ British electronic duo Plaid, made up of Ed Handley and Andy Turner, has been navigating the digital obliques of melodically askew, syncopated beats since 1991. This Friday, it will bring the music of its new album, Scintilli -- Plaid's first non-sou ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 2, 2011

    Fresh Eats: Drink of the Week: Moonraker at Bar Agricole

    Plaid: Never a duo to get caught in a box.​ British electronic duo Plaid, made up of Ed Handley and Andy Turner, has been navigating the digital obliques of melodically askew, syncopated beats since 1991. This Friday, it will bring the music of its new album, Scintilli -- Plaid's first non-sou ... More >>

  • Music

    October 26, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Plaid: Never a duo to get caught in a box.​ British electronic duo Plaid, made up of Ed Handley and Andy Turner, has been navigating the digital obliques of melodically askew, syncopated beats since 1991. This Friday, it will bring the music of its new album, Scintilli -- Plaid's first non-sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Drink of the Week: Moonraker at Bar Agricole

    Lou Bustamante​The beauty of making cocktails from old recipes is more than the rediscovery of forgotten flavors. It's also in the mysteries that inevitably come with their creation-- finding or making substitutions for unavailable liqueurs and spirits, deciphering archaic measurements, and tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Bouncer Finds Solace from the Weekend Apocalypse at Elephant and Castle

    From this week's Bouncer column: Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my feelings are tied to the weather. The fog and drizzle can cover the whole city and my mood like a wet wool blanket. Even t ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 13, 2011

    "2012 — The Musical!": S.F. Mime Troupe Big on Idealogy, Short on Entertainment

    From this week's Bouncer column: Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my feelings are tied to the weather. The fog and drizzle can cover the whole city and my mood like a wet wool blanket. Even t ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

    From this week's Bouncer column: Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my feelings are tied to the weather. The fog and drizzle can cover the whole city and my mood like a wet wool blanket. Even t ... More >>

  • Music

    April 20, 2011

    Go! Team: Show Preview

    From this week's Bouncer column: Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my feelings are tied to the weather. The fog and drizzle can cover the whole city and my mood like a wet wool blanket. Even t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    A Man of Letters

    From this week's Bouncer column: Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my feelings are tied to the weather. The fog and drizzle can cover the whole city and my mood like a wet wool blanket. Even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Bouncer Gets Robbed While Drinking at the Attic

    ​Here's another weird thing that went through my mind. With a little detective work, I figured out the break-in had happened about an hour earlier. I immediately tried to remember where I had been during that time, and what I was doing -- and, gentle reader, I was of course at a bar, for happy hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    The Best Barleywine? Our Panel Picks a Winner

    Jesse Friedman/Beer and NoshAmerican barleywine daddy Fritz Maytag, at the Anchor Brewery he once owned.​What began more than three decades ago as a small-batch specialty beer made by a local beer hero has grown thunderously into perhaps the most cult-acclaimed craft beer style in America: the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Worse Than Sarah Palin, 7-Eleven Sees the Light, and Cuddling Chickens

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Paul McCartney's one-legged ex who everyone hates, Heather Mills, is turning out to be a kinda coo-coo-for-Cocoa-Puffs activist. In a good way. I think. Anyway, she owns a chain of vegan restaurants in England ... More >>

  • Film

    December 8, 2010

    "The King's Speech": Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter humanize the House of Windsor

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Paul McCartney's one-legged ex who everyone hates, Heather Mills, is turning out to be a kinda coo-coo-for-Cocoa-Puffs activist. In a good way. I think. Anyway, she owns a chain of vegan restaurants in England ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    In Which Nick Cave Humors One Terrified and Overcaffeinated Writer, Discusses Grinderman and Deep Fried Apple Pie

    Deirdre O'CallaghanThat's Nick on the left, with fangs put away for the moment.​Confession: We, like many others, are terrified of Nick Cave. As excited as one would be to interview the demon prince of Australian rock ahead of tonight's Grinderman show at the Warfield, we also ran into considerabl ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 10, 2010

    'Equus': Theater Review

    Deirdre O'CallaghanThat's Nick on the left, with fangs put away for the moment.​Confession: We, like many others, are terrified of Nick Cave. As excited as one would be to interview the demon prince of Australian rock ahead of tonight's Grinderman show at the Warfield, we also ran into considerabl ... More >>

  • Film

    October 13, 2010

    "Tamara Drew": Stephen Frears and Gemma Arterton go plastic in rural England

    Deirdre O'CallaghanThat's Nick on the left, with fangs put away for the moment.​Confession: We, like many others, are terrified of Nick Cave. As excited as one would be to interview the demon prince of Australian rock ahead of tonight's Grinderman show at the Warfield, we also ran into considerabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Download A Rare!!! Mixtape!!! From Bay Area Crazy Person Lil B

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2010

    The xx takes a victory-lap tour of the U.S.

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Organ Donor

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    This Is the Situation

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    Football, or Soccer, or Whatever

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Africa Abroad

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    When a Sunflower Is Not a Sunflower

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2009

    In the Loop

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2009

    Murder Most Foul

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2009

    All Town, No Gown

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    In the Loop

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    The Sound and the …

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    30 Century Man

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    I Can't Think Straight

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Prim, Proper, and Totally Perverted

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    And the Band Played On

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Brideshead Revisited

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    Savage Grace

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Bastard Out of England

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    So Not Dead

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2007

    Career Opportunities

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2007

    In Their Element

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2007

    Poets Invade S.F.

    Just... wow.​I think we can all agree that Berkeley-based loudmouth Lil B is full of surprises: last week he released a splashy watercolor Hallmark card of an album called Rain In England; this week he's dropping MF Based, a "rare" (how does that work, exactly?) mixtape of half-baked freestyles de ... More >>

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Very Bad Things

    Bouncer contemplates the worst thing she's ever done at the Eagle Tavern

  • Dining

    May 4, 2005

    Banquet de Luxe

    The grand French tradition, updated, at a redecorated temple of cuisine

  • Dining

    October 20, 2004

    Reality Check

    Everyone can find something to like at Sydney's Home

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    May 17, 2000
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    November 24, 1999
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