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Frisco

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Live Review, 5/11/12: S.F. Symphony Looks Back at the City's Colorful Past in 'Barbary Coast'

    San Francisco Symphony: Barbary Coast and Beyond Friday, May 11, 2012 Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Your grandparents' (but maybe not your great-great grandparents') symphony. When you hear there are gonna be banjo pickers and fiddlers on the stage, you tend to expect a high-lonesome hoedown o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    In Defense of General Tso's and the Whole U.S. Friggin A.

    Alex HochmanOur new national dish?​ Last week, SF Weekly's Jonathan Kauffman penned a column lamenting the introduction of the Chinese-American staple General Tso's Chicken to Beijing. Well color us red, white, and blue, but any country lucky enough to have this foodstuff shoved down its throat sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Umami Burger is Coming! Umami Burger is Coming! But Is it Any Good?

    ​There is a wave of hysteria around the local arrival of Los Angeles-based chain Umami Burger. They've got tattooed buns, secret magic spices, and ridiculously long waits for the same dish that McDonald's is selling for $3 -- all things that typically make people go crazy for something.I believe t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2011

    Horror in a Fedora

    ​There is a wave of hysteria around the local arrival of Los Angeles-based chain Umami Burger. They've got tattooed buns, secret magic spices, and ridiculously long waits for the same dish that McDonald's is selling for $3 -- all things that typically make people go crazy for something.I believe t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Merle Haggard vs. San Francisco: Five Songs in Which Country's Best Works Through His Issues With the Bay

    The Hag will make you eat that gee-tar, hippies​Merle Haggard may contain multitudes, but he tends to feel just one of those multitudinous things at a time - and to feel it so hard and pure that he seems to have forgotten all the previous things he's felt that might not square with it. Perha ... More >>

  • Music

    August 3, 2011

    All Shook Down Isn't Your Average Music Fest

    The Hag will make you eat that gee-tar, hippies​Merle Haggard may contain multitudes, but he tends to feel just one of those multitudinous things at a time - and to feel it so hard and pure that he seems to have forgotten all the previous things he's felt that might not square with it. Perha ... More >>

  • Film

    August 3, 2011

    "Rise of the Planet of the Apes": Origin Story Shines When Apes Are Onscreen, Falters with Humans

    The Hag will make you eat that gee-tar, hippies​Merle Haggard may contain multitudes, but he tends to feel just one of those multitudinous things at a time - and to feel it so hard and pure that he seems to have forgotten all the previous things he's felt that might not square with it. Perha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Misguided Bacon Slam Comes to Thirsty Bear

    ​San Francisco Bacon Takedown Where: Thirsty Bear Brewing Company, 661 Howard (at 3rd St.), 974-0905 When: Sun., July 10, noon Cost: $15 The rundown: We're squeamish about this bacon cooking slam, but not because we don't love bacon. In the wake of last week's publication of Mother Jones' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    L.A. Rhymeslinger Dom Kennedy on Why He's the Best Kennedy After Bobby

    Ich bin ein accomplished rapper​Few rappers would have the audacity to rhyme over a Biggie beat, much less have the skill to do it well, but... well, Los Angeles mainstay Dom Kennedy is audacious and talented. To wit, he likes to refer to himself as the Best After Bobby -- download the mixtape of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Emperor Norton's Jazz Band Looks, Sounds Nothing Like Buddy Holly

    Emperor Norton's Jazz Band: Apparently they have a thing for Weezer​Denatured cover of the week--nay, the year so far: when the hepcats of Frisco sextet Emperor Norton's Jazz Band played on Sunday at Amnesia, as they do the first Sunday of each month, they unveiled a sterling NoLa-jazz cover of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Download A Free Mix in Honor of Laughing Squid's 15th Anniversary

    Hey! Do you like cat videos and robot in-jokes and urban derring-do and painfully topical mashups and groaningly pop-culture-referential T-shirt designs and straight-up geek bliss? Don't front like you don't! Remember where you live?Well, Scott Beale was way ahead of you fifteen years ago when he s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Grab A Bat-Ass Beat Tape From SF Producer Edison at 900Bats

    What's new in the Bat Area -- excuse me, the Bay Area -- right now? Enclosed find some new sounds for the weekend courtesy of Frisco beatsmith Edison, who peddles grimy skip-hop jams made from a monome done up like a lunchbox. Here he/it is in action: Not that Edison needs any particular reason t ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 21, 2010

    Fresh Eats: SFoodie recommends fried chicken, tortas, and pre-Prohibition beer

    What's new in the Bat Area -- excuse me, the Bay Area -- right now? Enclosed find some new sounds for the weekend courtesy of Frisco beatsmith Edison, who peddles grimy skip-hop jams made from a monome done up like a lunchbox. Here he/it is in action: Not that Edison needs any particular reason t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Chicken and Waffle at Frisco Fried

    John BirdsallHouse Special two-piece fried chicken and waffle ($5.99, $1 extra for the breast).​Thursday, July 15, 2010 John Birdsall​Hard to believe Frisco Fried has been open only six months. At 2 p.m. yesterday, the Bayview soul-food restaurant felt like the kind of place that define ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    The Honor Roll Crew's Top Dancers, Players & Pleasures

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Film

    April 14, 2010

    Macho meets homo in the laudable but terrible "La Mission"

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 10, 2010

    New Restaurants

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 3, 2010

    New Restaurants

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 24, 2010

    New Restaurants

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 17, 2010

    New Restaurants

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 10, 2010

    New Restaurants

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Articles

    November 4, 2009

    New biker club in town is Hells Angels affiliate

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Police say new biker club in town is Hells Angels affiliate

    ​Headed up by Trackademicks, The Honor Roll Crew is a creative collective of eight Bay Area-based MCs, singers, producers and DJs. They bring a fresh approach to hip-hop, as exemplified by critically acclaimed late-'09 releases by Track ("Enjoy What You Do") and Spank Pops (Beautiful Noise).  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    "We All We Got" Moving in July

    Frisco's Finest: SelassieTonight (Wednesday, June 24) is the last We All We Got at Levende Lounge. The local open mic talent showcase -- in many respects, a sort of low-key, urbanized version of "American Idol" -- will be reappearing at the Blue Macaw beginning July 24. The reason for the move? Lev ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    The High Tide time capsule

    Frisco's Finest: SelassieTonight (Wednesday, June 24) is the last We All We Got at Levende Lounge. The local open mic talent showcase -- in many respects, a sort of low-key, urbanized version of "American Idol" -- will be reappearing at the Blue Macaw beginning July 24. The reason for the move? Lev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Hey, FOX News: San Francisco Has Enough Problems. Don't Pin Oscar Grant's Killing on Us.

    They 'report,' we decideConspiracy theories are not our thing. But considering the vitriol directed against San Francisco by FOX news' talking heads, it's a bit harder to shake off the above headline as a mere copy editor's boo-boo. To wit: Oscar Grant, who hailed from Hayward, was shot to death at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Frisco Disco Shuts Down, Blames Transfer

    They 'report,' we decideConspiracy theories are not our thing. But considering the vitriol directed against San Francisco by FOX news' talking heads, it's a bit harder to shake off the above headline as a mere copy editor's boo-boo. To wit: Oscar Grant, who hailed from Hayward, was shot to death at ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    We score an exclusive interview with the Olympic torch

    They 'report,' we decideConspiracy theories are not our thing. But considering the vitriol directed against San Francisco by FOX news' talking heads, it's a bit harder to shake off the above headline as a mere copy editor's boo-boo. To wit: Oscar Grant, who hailed from Hayward, was shot to death at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Last Night: Justice at the Concourse at SF Design Center

    They 'report,' we decideConspiracy theories are not our thing. But considering the vitriol directed against San Francisco by FOX news' talking heads, it's a bit harder to shake off the above headline as a mere copy editor's boo-boo. To wit: Oscar Grant, who hailed from Hayward, was shot to death at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    The San Francisco 100: The Best 'Baghdad by the Bay' Songs, Ever

    They 'report,' we decideConspiracy theories are not our thing. But considering the vitriol directed against San Francisco by FOX news' talking heads, it's a bit harder to shake off the above headline as a mere copy editor's boo-boo. To wit: Oscar Grant, who hailed from Hayward, was shot to death at ... More >>

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    Beat Box

    S.F. gives a big ol' "Funk You" to Burning Man

  • Music

    May 30, 2007

    Mark Twain would never have settled for the suburbs

    S.F. gives a big ol' "Funk You" to Burning Man

  • Culture

    August 30, 2006

    Night+Day San Francisco

    By Julianne Balmain and Kate Chynoweth

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Psyched! Helios has some love for sale!

    By Julianne Balmain and Kate Chynoweth

  • Listen Up

    March 15, 2006

    Some of My Best Friends Are Records

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

  • Home Entertainment

    February 15, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of February 14.

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

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    Christmas for in-betweeners at the Black Magic Voodoo Lounge

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

  • Dining

    December 14, 2005

    Feeling Crabby

    Must we love everything about S.F. -- even the Dungeness?

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Six Best Bookstores

    Must we love everything about S.F. -- even the Dungeness?

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Get the scoop on SF's Emperor Norton

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2003

    Candy Land

    A nonpareil new show

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2003

    Skits and Skin

    Is it getting hot in here?

  • Music

    March 12, 2003

    Saint in the City

    MC Pitch Black finds spirituality in the San Francisco streets

  • Music

    November 7, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Gypsy caravans, heavily shellacked starlets, and eccentric emperors

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from April 4, 2001

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Legoland Solves All Your Problems

  • Calendar

    July 29, 1998

    Night + Day

    Legoland Solves All Your Problems

  • Music

    May 22, 1996

    Recordings

    Legoland Solves All Your Problems

  • Music

    May 17, 1995

    Recordings

    Legoland Solves All Your Problems

  • Calendar

    April 19, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Legoland Solves All Your Problems

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