Subject: Grandmaster Flash

• The Beach Boys, Blue Scholars, Tegan & Sara -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Sunday, July 22

  July 22, 2007

• Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist

  July 18, 2008

• Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Mr. E

  One of the most respected DJs to grace the Bay Area, Miguel Escobedo has been manning the decks for over two decades. The resident DJ for San Francisco's Rock the Bells tour stop, he's one of the most sought out vinyl spinners when national artists are looking for local support. Coming up in the game with fellow homeboys the Beat Junkies and Sake 1 at hip hop's peak in the 1990's, Mr. E, as he's known, recently sat down for a Q&A session at his restaurant, Papalote (the man can make bomb M

  December 5, 2008

• Recordings

  April 12, 1995

• Schools of Thought

  May 31, 1995

• Keeping It Real

  August 30, 1995

• Grandmaster Flash spins his story in new autobiography

  June 25, 2008

• Life After Dark

  Godfather Mel Cheren's eternal dance floor

  June 13, 2007

• 'Round the clock hipsters are so passé

  November 29, 2006

• The French and the Fuckers

  August 23, 2006

• Mixtape Shmixtape

  January 18, 2006

• BeatBox

  The Team declares "It's Gettin' Hot"; rappers Guru and Kool Keith get smooth and batshit crazy, respectively

  September 14, 2005

• Bouncer

  Looks like Popeye, sounds like a 12-piece drum kit, rivets us. Must be Kid Beyond.

  October 13, 2004

• BeatBox

  Hip hop harbingers Tackhead take to the Independent; French fun is the name of the game at "Diabolik."

  September 15, 2004

• House of Tudor

  The godfather of hip hop graces S.F. with his presence, as do some Filthy Thieving Bastards

  January 7, 2004

• Cinematic Treasure

  November 12, 2003

• Say Hallelujah!

  November 12, 2003

• Breaking Out

  August 21, 2002

• Reps Etc.

  July 3, 2002

• The Music Man

  April 17, 2002

• Peace Out

  The members of gay act Rainbow Flava don't want to change hip hop -- they just want some respect

  January 3, 2001

• Got Live If You Want It

  August 23, 2000

• Changing the True School

  Berkeley's Zion I is out to prove that hip hop and drum 'n' bass aren't strange bedfellows

  June 14, 2000

• Dig the New Breed

  Live Human proves that turntablism can learn a thing or two from jazz -- or is it the other way around?

  March 22, 2000

• Review

  DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid's Subliminal Minded -- The EP

  December 1, 1999

• Night & Day

  August 11, 1999

• The Re-Rebirth of Cool

  May 5, 1999

• A Cut Above

  It took a move from New York for Vinroc to become a world champion DJ

  December 2, 1998

• The House of Tudor

  October 15, 1997

• Reviews

  September 24, 1997

• Slap Shots

  August 27, 1997

• The Laws of Entropy

  Davis' DJ Shadow breaks it down

  February 7, 1996

• Recordings

  November 22, 1995

• Recordings

  November 15, 1995

• Try Not to Lose Your Head

  November 14, 2007