Isaac Hayes

Coffy Break

Lost in the Night: Dancing Among Drag Zombies at SOME THING's Anniversary Party

Kahley Avalon EmersonLittle Miss Hot Mess and Mona G. Hawd sing "Mack the Knife"​ SOME THING The Stud Jan. 14, 2012 Better than: Being gored to death by a pack of zombies. San Francisco has a rich history of drag performance. Look back, and the founding of organizations like the Internationa ... More >>

The Top 50 Songs To Get High To

As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

S.F.'s Hot Pocket Covers Jay-Z and Kool & The Gang, Doesn't Dig the Sunset

Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

Gold Sounds

Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

Oscar Wild: The Academy Awards bring the crazy

Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

He’s Gonna Git You, Sucka

Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

Notes On a Funk Revolution

EKAphotographyStanding in the Shadows of Funk: Bnai RebelfrontHaving just spent the past three nights at Yoshi's SF for the "We Got the Funk" series--featuring emerging neo-funksters Punk Funk Mob, Bnai Rebelfront, and Greg Scott--I've come to some realizations. Funk is forever. While classic funk ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for April 1-7, 2009

EKAphotographyStanding in the Shadows of Funk: Bnai RebelfrontHaving just spent the past three nights at Yoshi's SF for the "We Got the Funk" series--featuring emerging neo-funksters Punk Funk Mob, Bnai Rebelfront, and Greg Scott--I've come to some realizations. Funk is forever. While classic funk ... More >>

Blues Brothers

Soul Men pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac.

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Paul Costuros a.k.a. Special Lord B.

Soul Men pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac.

Friday: Bernadette Peters with the San Francisco Symphony

Soul Men pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac.

Brains And Eggs, The White Boy Boogie

Soul Men pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac.

Rare Sly Stone, Soul Music Film Clips at SF Public Library

Soul Men pays fitting tribute to the late Bernie Mac.

Out of the Shadow

The DJ who works out of S.F. has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique. Find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by a local hyphy sound.

Mixtape Shmixtape

In which we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Boyz N the Studio

Hustle & Flow is short on action, long on scenes of recording

Good Times

Reliving the decade we never had

Reps Etc.

Reliving the decade we never had

Film It Yourself

The Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema: an ideal reality check

One Nation, Under Funk

DJ Motion Potion's populist approach to spreading the funk has got dance-floor denizens hot, bothered, and coming back for more

Buffy Band

Spike the Vampire has a posse

Various Artists

Black & Proud Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

House of Tudor

Horror heaven, soulful documentaries, and organ-drenched boogie

Reps Etc.

Horror heaven, soulful documentaries, and organ-drenched boogie

Most Soulful Young Jazz Artist

Ledisi

Holiday Highlights 2001

Holiday Event Lisitngs

Reel World

Why a drop in tourism could mean unexpected trouble for local arts groups

Mutha's Day

Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft

Potty Mouth, the Movie

Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft

Mega Watts

Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft

The Fandom Menace

Living on the sidewalk for a month. Sleeping with Wookiees. $300 action figures. The new Star Wars isn't just a movie. It's a force that's with us.

Noisemakers

Living on the sidewalk for a month. Sleeping with Wookiees. $300 action figures. The new Star Wars isn't just a movie. It's a force that's with us.

Baby, It's Him

How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

Heavy on the Lite

How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

One-Shot Wonder

How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

The Book of Lists

SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

Recordings

SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

Suffocated Love

Maxinquaye probes the soul-snatching sounds of Tricky and Martine