Groucho Marx

TV Noir Festival: Atomic-Age Paranoia Par Excellence at Roxie

Shock G 'Fesses Up About Humpty Hump

Digital Underground in 1989​Rap ruses get no better than Humpty Hump. The alter-ego of Digital Underground's leader Shock G, Humpty's mythology has him wearing a fabulously-personalized Groucho Marx-style nose to cover up horrific facial scars incurred during a (fictional) accident with a deep-fat ... More >>

Q & A w/ Sugar and Gold

Wes Rowe​Based on the buzz around Sugar and Gold, it's no surprise that they hail from a city that enjoys all things fabulous: ours. Their sophomore release Get Wet! is disco-pop perfect for this summer's parties. Disco-synth inspired tracks like "Feels like Fire" and "Stay Soft" are guaranteed to ... More >>

Few Show For California Redwoods' Football Opener -- But Fans Still Manage to Have Fun (Legally and Illegally)

Jim HerdThere is grandeur in this view of life...​Text by Joe Eskenazi. Gorgeous photos by Jim Herd. In the many months between when we first reported the inception of the San Francisco-based United Football League up to the moment we wandered into a largely abandoned AT&T Park for the Saturda ... More >>

Safe Bet: Newsom's Pot Shots at Longer Parking Meter Hours Mean You'll Be Suffering More on Muni

Jim HerdWhoosh! There goes your parking revenue! ​As first reported on Streetsblog and then this morning in the Chronicle, Mayor Gavin Newsom has made clear that he's no fan of alleviating Muni's revenue headaches by extending parking meter hours. Muni's pledge to study the merits of extended park ... More >>

Not even the great Larry David can salvage Woody Allen's shtick in Whatever Works

Jim HerdWhoosh! There goes your parking revenue! ​As first reported on Streetsblog and then this morning in the Chronicle, Mayor Gavin Newsom has made clear that he's no fan of alleviating Muni's revenue headaches by extending parking meter hours. Muni's pledge to study the merits of extended park ... More >>

Loosely Rewritten (If That) Copy From a Cigarette Company On Examiner.com: Insert Quip About 'The Future of Journalism' Here

Where there's smoke, there's ... more shenanigans from Examiner.comThe other day, thanks to Google Alerts, I stumbled across an Examiner.com article about the Top-10 places to meet men in San Francisco. This isn't a need for me personally -- and I feel for the woman who resorts to surreptitiously ch ... More >>

Naught Funny

A Greek classic gets turned into a screwball comedy.

Girl Gone Wilde

Is Salome a comedy, a tragedy, or both and neither at once?

Crash Test Dummy

The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap

Creature Discomforts

Drawing an indistinct parallel between a 10th-century Islamic fable and modern politics

Brothers in Charms

Minnie's Boys is worth reviving, despite its original flop

Reps Etc.

Minnie's Boys is worth reviving, despite its original flop

Reps Etc.

Minnie's Boys is worth reviving, despite its original flop

Hidden Treasure

Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

Who's That Girl?

Pushy's Madeline Minx wants to be both Madonna and Woody Allen

Sights and Sounds

A small show at SFMOMA produces big thrills

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

Full Speed Ahead

House DJ Hyper D moves from behind the scenes to behind the turntables

Say Cheesecake

The Cheesecake Factory

A Puff of Smoke

Paul Wesolowski knows the secret word: Groucho

Bananas

Paul Wesolowski knows the secret word: Groucho

Buttheads

A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

Up Tempo

All in the Timing delivers on its sit-back-and-laugh terms

Oriental to Occidental

The twain meet at Orocco, a supper club for the '90s

Savage Love

The twain meet at Orocco, a supper club for the '90s