Subject:

Jack Kerouac

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2012

    Eat to The Beat: DJ-Assisted Weekend Brunches Still in Swing

    The trend of brunch served with a side of music has been cooking in the Bay Area for a few decades now; old club kids might remember Boogie Buffet, a weekly Sunday party in San Francisco held in the mid-Nineties where food was set to a chic beat. Today, like waffles and syrup, it's still a great com ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2012

    Gaming the System

    The trend of brunch served with a side of music has been cooking in the Bay Area for a few decades now; old club kids might remember Boogie Buffet, a weekly Sunday party in San Francisco held in the mid-Nineties where food was set to a chic beat. Today, like waffles and syrup, it's still a great com ... More >>

  • Music

    May 30, 2012

    Bouncer Takes the Disneyland North Beach Ride at Vesuvio

    The trend of brunch served with a side of music has been cooking in the Bay Area for a few decades now; old club kids might remember Boogie Buffet, a weekly Sunday party in San Francisco held in the mid-Nineties where food was set to a chic beat. Today, like waffles and syrup, it's still a great com ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 9, 2012

    An Incendiary Life Remembered

    The trend of brunch served with a side of music has been cooking in the Bay Area for a few decades now; old club kids might remember Boogie Buffet, a weekly Sunday party in San Francisco held in the mid-Nineties where food was set to a chic beat. Today, like waffles and syrup, it's still a great com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    The Beat Museum Finally Gets a '49 Hudson Like the Car in On the Road

    Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing finds each week. The day Jerry Cimino opened the Beat Museum in North Beach, he put out a sign: The museum w ... More >>

  • Film

    December 15, 2010

    "The Fighter": Boxer biopic falls through the ropes

    Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing finds each week. The day Jerry Cimino opened the Beat Museum in North Beach, he put out a sign: The museum w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2010

    Beat Crazy

    Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing finds each week. The day Jerry Cimino opened the Beat Museum in North Beach, he put out a sign: The museum w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Dolores Park Renovation Sparks Paltry Offline Response: There's No 'PBR' in Democracy

    GreenkoziNot fueling civic activism in the real world, apparently...​We at The Snitch had best come clean on something to start off: You can count us among those who sometimes wish a meteor would crash directly into Dolores Park on a Saturday afternoon, annihilating at a stroke every fixed-gear bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Tosca's 90th Birthday Party: Cappuccino, the Culterati, and Gavin

    M. LaddIt was a mix of the sliver-haired and the sliver-tongued.​Last night was the 90th birthday party for North Beach institution Tosca Café (242 Columbus at Jack Kerouac Alley). By 6:30 p.m., the bar was crowded with silver-haired neighborhood denizens, journalists, and the local culterati ... More >>

  • Music

    November 11, 2009

    Beat It at Vesuvio Cafe

    M. LaddIt was a mix of the sliver-haired and the sliver-tongued.​Last night was the 90th birthday party for North Beach institution Tosca Café (242 Columbus at Jack Kerouac Alley). By 6:30 p.m., the bar was crowded with silver-haired neighborhood denizens, journalists, and the local culterati ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2009

    Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, and a bad actress pay tribute to Kerouac’s Big Sur

    M. LaddIt was a mix of the sliver-haired and the sliver-tongued.​Last night was the 90th birthday party for North Beach institution Tosca Café (242 Columbus at Jack Kerouac Alley). By 6:30 p.m., the bar was crowded with silver-haired neighborhood denizens, journalists, and the local culterati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Plan Kerouac Tribute Show in S.F.

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Pay Tribute to Jack Kerouac

    ​When I interviewed Ben Gibbard back in 2007, he'd been holed up in the same cabin where Jack Kerouac wrote his famed book Big Sur. Gibbard was in Big Sur writing material for what would become the next Death Cab For Cutie record, but he was also part of the documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: ... More >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2009

    Zen and the Art of Nose Maintenance

    ​When I interviewed Ben Gibbard back in 2007, he'd been holed up in the same cabin where Jack Kerouac wrote his famed book Big Sur. Gibbard was in Big Sur writing material for what would become the next Death Cab For Cutie record, but he was also part of the documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

    ​When I interviewed Ben Gibbard back in 2007, he'd been holed up in the same cabin where Jack Kerouac wrote his famed book Big Sur. Gibbard was in Big Sur writing material for what would become the next Death Cab For Cutie record, but he was also part of the documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Framing the Truth

    ​When I interviewed Ben Gibbard back in 2007, he'd been holed up in the same cabin where Jack Kerouac wrote his famed book Big Sur. Gibbard was in Big Sur writing material for what would become the next Death Cab For Cutie record, but he was also part of the documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

    Oh it may have looked like summer yesterday, but tomorrow it's supposed to rain. So those plans of bonfires at the beach may have to wait until the real summer comes along. In the meantime, there's plenty of cheap stuff to do indoors this weekend. Take a look at our top ten.1. Frankenstein L.I.V.S., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/19

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    How High?

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    SFWeekly's 7-Day Dish

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 31, 2007

    Swapaholics

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2007

    One for the Team

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    Jack Kerouac's writing still influential for rock icons 50 years after On the Road

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Summer Guide

    June 27, 2007

    And the Beat Goes On

    An interview with Alan Kaufman

  • Summer Guide

    June 27, 2007

    Notebooks From the Underground

    This is the summer to put pen to paper

  • Music

    October 11, 2006

    The Hold Steady

    Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    Ramblin' Gamblin' Men

    David Dondero and Adam Gnade hit the road

  • Film

    January 25, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    David Dondero and Adam Gnade hit the road

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    Hear This

    Tom Russell pays homage to "real goddamn American character"; Dengue Fever takes you to Cambodia and back

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2005

    You Grow, Girl

    Plant your spring garden

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Plant your spring garden

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2005

    The Long Run

    A reason to race

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    BeatBox

    "Real People" is a breath of fresh air at the Oxygen Bar; Ghostface Killah proves he's Wu Tang's No. One.

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2003

    Bright Lights

    City Lights Bookstore turns 50, and we can hardly contain ourselves

  • Culture

    May 28, 2003

    Straight From the Fridge

    This 25-year-old play about Beats sticks too close to biography to be cool

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2003

    Hit the Road, Jack

    The life and times of a dead Beat, in Visions of Kerouac

  • Film

    April 16, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Commentary by Gregg Rickman

  • Music

    September 13, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Welcome to Brutal Planet

  • Dining

    September 6, 2000

    Real San Francisco

    Hyde Street Bistro

  • Dining

    May 31, 2000

    The Luddite Eats

    Paragon

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2000

    On Another Road

    Clark Coolidge

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Chronicle of a Theft Foretold

    It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

  • Music

    September 15, 1999

    History Takes a Beating

    Two new CDs devoted to Kerouac and Ferlinghetti show what's good -- and bad -- about romanticizing the beats

  • Calendar

    August 26, 1998

    Night Crawler

    Two new CDs devoted to Kerouac and Ferlinghetti show what's good -- and bad -- about romanticizing the beats

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    The Kerouac Obsession

    Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

  • Music

    July 2, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

  • Music

    June 7, 1995

    Revolting Cocks

    The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll by Simon Reynolds and Joy Press

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