Hurricane Katrina

Recent History Writ Large

Battlehooch on Visiting Abandoned Amusement Parks, Signing Names in Blood, and Getting Covered in Goo

Lydia White​Don't be fooled by its goofy demeanor and goofier name -- Battlehooch means business. Since signing a pact to form officially in 2007, the group has released an EP and two full-length LPs, toured the country, and even created a video series around its adventures. Band members have ... More >>

"Face of Our Time": Photos of Africa Show Life as It Is, with No Exoticism

Lydia White​Don't be fooled by its goofy demeanor and goofier name -- Battlehooch means business. Since signing a pact to form officially in 2007, the group has released an EP and two full-length LPs, toured the country, and even created a video series around its adventures. Band members have ... More >>

Building It Out

Lydia White​Don't be fooled by its goofy demeanor and goofier name -- Battlehooch means business. Since signing a pact to form officially in 2007, the group has released an EP and two full-length LPs, toured the country, and even created a video series around its adventures. Band members have ... More >>

Lil B's I'm Gay: More Bashful Than Expected

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

Share Yourself

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

Storm Warning

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

Fall Arts: Master painters, iconic photographers, and real geniuses

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

"Treme": New HBO series from "The Wire" creators

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

Street wishes: The homeless have resolutions too

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

Nice Doggie!

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

New Orleans is breeding ground for Nicolas Cage's Bad Lieutenant

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

The Yes Men Fix the World is a cheerful quest for social justice

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

The New Mayer of Soul

​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

HUM525: Hitting the Books

Your required reading for the fall semester.

Rebecca Solnit argues that disasters bring out the best in humanity in A Paradise Built in Hell

Your required reading for the fall semester.

Our Five Favorite Food Mascots from S.F.

Scott Beale/laughingsquid.comWe miss the Doggie Diner doggies.1. The prep cook doggies at Doggie Diner (R.I.P.)These pups from the defunct local chain were and are so beloved that they've had a great afterlife, including a historical Web site, a storied road trip slash documentary, and even landmark ... More >>

Dancing to Fado

Scott Beale/laughingsquid.comWe miss the Doggie Diner doggies.1. The prep cook doggies at Doggie Diner (R.I.P.)These pups from the defunct local chain were and are so beloved that they've had a great afterlife, including a historical Web site, a storied road trip slash documentary, and even landmark ... More >>

SF Weekly's Seven-Day Dish

If you happened to be in the market for a deep-fried turkey in San Francisco last week, chances are you came across the name of Yats (2545 24th St. at Utah). The Potrero Hill purveyor of "New Orleans Original Po' Boys" is new in town and operates lunch service out of a tiny kitchen at Jack's Club. T ... More >>

In Deep

If you happened to be in the market for a deep-fried turkey in San Francisco last week, chances are you came across the name of Yats (2545 24th St. at Utah). The Potrero Hill purveyor of "New Orleans Original Po' Boys" is new in town and operates lunch service out of a tiny kitchen at Jack's Club. T ... More >>

The Knux: From street warfare to soirées with socialites

If you happened to be in the market for a deep-fried turkey in San Francisco last week, chances are you came across the name of Yats (2545 24th St. at Utah). The Potrero Hill purveyor of "New Orleans Original Po' Boys" is new in town and operates lunch service out of a tiny kitchen at Jack's Club. T ... More >>

Feds to Katrinians: Go Spork Yourselves

If you happened to be in the market for a deep-fried turkey in San Francisco last week, chances are you came across the name of Yats (2545 24th St. at Utah). The Potrero Hill purveyor of "New Orleans Original Po' Boys" is new in town and operates lunch service out of a tiny kitchen at Jack's Club. T ... More >>

R.E.M.

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Why? Has a Stalker, Pt. 7

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George A. Romero Sips A Bloody, Talks 'Diary of the Dead' with SF Weekly

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And You, Too?

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Disaster Shots

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CD Review: Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil

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Jesus Diaz y Su QBA, Ozomatli, Horn of Dagoth -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, August 7

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Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

The Call of Katrina

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

Keeping the beat in New Orleans: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

Weird and Wonderful

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

A True Horror Classic

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

The Man Who Would Be Feinstein

So you've never heard of Christopher Dahl. He'd still like to be your U.S. Senator.

OutKast

Idlewild

Corrective Lenses

On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a historic look at New Orleans

Mr. Lif

Mo Mega (Definitive Jux)

Tower of Babble

Bill O'Reilly wants terrorists to bomb Coit Tower because we're a bunch of sissies. Whose side are you on?

Robert's Rocket?

Fine art, low brow

Body and Soul

A California-influenced Southern joint invigorates a gritty neighborhood

Twenty-one DJs raise money for Katrina, Studio Z hosts "Castle: The Ultimate House," and "Non-Stop Bhangra" lives up to its name

A California-influenced Southern joint invigorates a gritty neighborhood

S.F. Hosing Authority

City government promised Katrina victims a haven, then it gave some of them the shaft

My Life Is a Musical

Infiltrator turns San Francisco into the backdrop of his very own Broadway production!

You Know What It Means

To miss New Orleans -- so feast on authentic N.O. turtle soup, crawfish étouffée, and jambalaya right here in North Beach

FEMA -- a Four-Letter Word?

The only quiz in the world that will tell you if you're an apologist for the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina response

Katrina Benefits

The only quiz in the world that will tell you if you're an apologist for the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina response

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The only quiz in the world that will tell you if you're an apologist for the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina response

Go West

Join Kanye and the rest of the music community in sharing your thoughts about Dubya's response to Katrina

Stupid White Tricks

It's often embarrassing to be a middle-class Caucasian in San Francisco. Last week it was excruciating.