Hunter S. Thompson

Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Sharon Jones, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Dylan

Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Sharon Jones, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Dylan

Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Sharon Jones, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Dylan

10 Known (and Little-Known) Facts About Paul Oakenfold (And Free Tix!)

Viva La Oakey: Paul Oakenfold10. In the late '70s, at the age of 21, Paul Oakenfold snuck into Studio 54 and met Cher and Donald Trump. 9. While living in New York, he was influenced by house music pioneer Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage. 8. In the '80s, he served as A&R for the UK's Champion ... More >>

Art House

Viva La Oakey: Paul Oakenfold10. In the late '70s, at the age of 21, Paul Oakenfold snuck into Studio 54 and met Cher and Donald Trump. 9. While living in New York, he was influenced by house music pioneer Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage. 8. In the '80s, he served as A&R for the UK's Champion ... More >>

Beyond Gonzo

Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Movie Marathon

The S.F. International Film Fest starts this week and keeps going year-round.

Find Out What's Behind It

The S.F. International Film Fest starts this week and keeps going year-round.

American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition Among This Week's DVD Releases

The S.F. International Film Fest starts this week and keeps going year-round.

The Year of Living in High Resolution

How SF can have the best year ever in '08.

Doc Block

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson Proves Good Bathroom Reading

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Notebooks From the Underground

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Gonzo: A Brutal Chrysalis

An interesting if reckless look at a lesser-seen side of Hunter S. Thompson

Killer Reads

An interesting if reckless look at a lesser-seen side of Hunter S. Thompson

Sneaking Into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Shows

Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains how (but not why) running for prez became so miserable

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains how (but not why) running for prez became so miserable

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 2, 2005

The Duke of San Francisco

Hunter S. Thompson is dead. Long live Hunter S. Thompson

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Simon Finn's wacky '70s Brit-folk gets a second chance; the Album Leaf soaks the Independent in psychedelic ambience

Reps Etc.

Simon Finn's wacky '70s Brit-folk gets a second chance; the Album Leaf soaks the Independent in psychedelic ambience

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Simon Finn's wacky '70s Brit-folk gets a second chance; the Album Leaf soaks the Independent in psychedelic ambience

Dog Bites

Can Dog Bites achieve a creative breakthrough under the tutelage of a Sylvia Plath-lookin' chick?

American Pie

Eighteen-year-old novelist Nick McDonell is poised to become the new voice of his generation

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

The House of Tudor

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Night+Day

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Hinkle, Hinkle, Little Star (Part II)

There are two joys in life - making things and breaking things - and pirate journalist Warren Hinkle has excelled at both

Hinckle, Hinckle, Little Star (Part I)

There are two joys in life -- making things and breaking things -- and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

Slap Shots

There are two joys in life -- making things and breaking things -- and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

Writer Admits She Spun Crazy-Ass Nonsense For Examiner.com -- And Didn't Get Caught Until Lawyers' Letters Showed Up

Over at Examiner.com, bloggers are paid based on how much Web traffic their articles generate. So the paper's -- now very ex- -- "L.A. Parenting Examiner" noted that, while the truth may be stranger than fiction, fiction gets more hits. In a letter earlier this month to the media-centric Web site Fi ... More >>

You Are Here

Over at Examiner.com, bloggers are paid based on how much Web traffic their articles generate. So the paper's -- now very ex- -- "L.A. Parenting Examiner" noted that, while the truth may be stranger than fiction, fiction gets more hits. In a letter earlier this month to the media-centric Web site Fi ... More >>

One of Us. One of Us.

Over at Examiner.com, bloggers are paid based on how much Web traffic their articles generate. So the paper's -- now very ex- -- "L.A. Parenting Examiner" noted that, while the truth may be stranger than fiction, fiction gets more hits. In a letter earlier this month to the media-centric Web site Fi ... More >>

Paul Addis, Who Torched the Burning Man, Has New Solo Show

​Paul Addis is back, and he's ready to crash the system. Remember back in 2007, when Burning Man suffered from a case of premature burn? The guy responsible for the arson was local performer/provocateur Paul Addis. At the time, he was about to embark on a tour of Gonzo: A Brutal Chrysalis--his o ... More >>

Exclusive: NastyNasty's 'Lazer Soul' DJ Mini-Mix

Luba RonissNastyNasty​Jasper Reeder is San Francisco lazer-bass aficionado NastyNasty, a vital asset to our city's increasingly vibrant electronic music landscape. He contributes his speaker-wobbling tracks to a handful of labels, including local institution Frite Nite, and can be seen regularly r ... More >>

Do You Feel Drained?

Luba RonissNastyNasty​Jasper Reeder is San Francisco lazer-bass aficionado NastyNasty, a vital asset to our city's increasingly vibrant electronic music landscape. He contributes his speaker-wobbling tracks to a handful of labels, including local institution Frite Nite, and can be seen regularly r ... More >>

The Five Dumbest Songs About Weed (To Blame For Prop 19's Failure)

​There might be no excuses in rock 'n' roll, but politics, as we've heard this week, is made of little else. Pundits and the wonkocracy hint that Prop. 19's failure, like every other Election Day disaster, was due to the hordes of scared-shitless elderly voters driven to the polls last Tuesday by ... More >>

Ibogaine has helped addicts kick meth and heroin. Is it the trip that does the trick?

​There might be no excuses in rock 'n' roll, but politics, as we've heard this week, is made of little else. Pundits and the wonkocracy hint that Prop. 19's failure, like every other Election Day disaster, was due to the hordes of scared-shitless elderly voters driven to the polls last Tuesday by ... More >>

Hallucinations Made Clear

​There might be no excuses in rock 'n' roll, but politics, as we've heard this week, is made of little else. Pundits and the wonkocracy hint that Prop. 19's failure, like every other Election Day disaster, was due to the hordes of scared-shitless elderly voters driven to the polls last Tuesday by ... More >>

Speed Dating at the Library -- No, Really

Wonder, wonder, wonder no more: Kathleen McGowan wrote The Book of Love​In San Francisco, libraries serve many more purposes than they do in other towns -- in which they're mainly used by 14-year-olds to loudly check their Facebook accounts until the librarian boots them out. Here they serve as de ... More >>

Newsom Baby Arrives ... and His Name Isn't Weird

Hunter S. Thompson makes "Hunter" a pretty cool name​Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel announced the arrival of their new baby boy, Hunter Siebel Newsom. We hear mother and son, who was born yesterday morning, are doing well. So congrats ... on giving him a normal name. Aft ... More >>

It Ain't Easy Being Green -- Even in San Francisco

In 2003, Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez came tantalizingly close to knocking off Gavin Newsom in the mayor's race. It was the political equivalent of Chuck Wepner taking Ali to the final round. The campaign was the crowning moment for the Green Party, nationwide. To restate Hunter S. Thompson's ... More >>

Reading S.F. the Riot Act

In 2003, Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez came tantalizingly close to knocking off Gavin Newsom in the mayor's race. It was the political equivalent of Chuck Wepner taking Ali to the final round. The campaign was the crowning moment for the Green Party, nationwide. To restate Hunter S. Thompson's ... More >>

Literary Fireworks

In 2003, Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez came tantalizingly close to knocking off Gavin Newsom in the mayor's race. It was the political equivalent of Chuck Wepner taking Ali to the final round. The campaign was the crowning moment for the Green Party, nationwide. To restate Hunter S. Thompson's ... More >>

Italian Duo Crookers on Naming Albums While Tipsy, and Their North American Tour

Giorgio Calace​It's been awhile since we've heard from Italian duo Crookers, but this year they're back with the non-Hunter Thompson-related-album Dr. Gonzo. Producing music together since 2003, Phra and Bot may be best known in mainstream music for their "Day N Nite" remix of then little-kno ... More >>

The Right to Be Deranged

Giorgio Calace​It's been awhile since we've heard from Italian duo Crookers, but this year they're back with the non-Hunter Thompson-related-album Dr. Gonzo. Producing music together since 2003, Phra and Bot may be best known in mainstream music for their "Day N Nite" remix of then little-kno ... More >>

"The Rum Diary": Giddy, High-Speed Tale Never Hits Full Velocity

Giorgio Calace​It's been awhile since we've heard from Italian duo Crookers, but this year they're back with the non-Hunter Thompson-related-album Dr. Gonzo. Producing music together since 2003, Phra and Bot may be best known in mainstream music for their "Day N Nite" remix of then little-kno ... More >>