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Jello Biafra

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Circus Finelli and the Black Hats: Clowns Meet Klezmer

    Our city is a political circus. Joshua Norton declared himself emperor of the United States during the Gold Rush. Punk rocker Jello Biafra and comedian Will Durst ran for mayor. District Attorney Terence Hallinan was nicknamed "K.O." because he liked fistfights. Mayor Frank Jordan broadcast himself ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2012

    Clowns Meet Klezmer

    Our city is a political circus. Joshua Norton declared himself emperor of the United States during the Gold Rush. Punk rocker Jello Biafra and comedian Will Durst ran for mayor. District Attorney Terence Hallinan was nicknamed "K.O." because he liked fistfights. Mayor Frank Jordan broadcast himself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Dead Kennedys: Not Drunk Enough to Promote Heineken

    via Flickr​Of all the ways to promote beer, a song called "Too Drunk to Fuck" seems like a pretty dumb way to do it. Earlier this month, complaints forced Heineken to drop a beer ad on Spotify that featured a lounge-ish cover of the Dead Kennedys' classic punk song by Nouvelle Vague, the UK ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Tool Decimates Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

    Richard HaickTool's Maynard James Keenan​Tool Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine July 12, 2010 @Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Better than: Scratching "Lateralus" lyrics into your binder during a high school math class "How many of you are under 21?" Tool singer Maynard James Keena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

    James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2009

    Last Night: Devo at the Grand

    ​DEVO performing Freedom of Choice November 7, 2009 The Grand At The Regency Better than: It's a live Devo show. The fact that it still happens at all makes it better than most things. The concept for this weekend's performances, like nearly everything Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale & Co ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    The best of the Bay Area's "costume rock"

    ​DEVO performing Freedom of Choice November 7, 2009 The Grand At The Regency Better than: It's a live Devo show. The fact that it still happens at all makes it better than most things. The concept for this weekend's performances, like nearly everything Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale & Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

    MochipetOur hand picked list of events worth your spare time, for the price of your spare change. Zombie Beach Party (Friday)In San Francisco, Zombies never say die. When they're not "killing" people during flash mobs, they're going to the beach--indoors, of course, because the real sun would damage ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Smash, the State

    MochipetOur hand picked list of events worth your spare time, for the price of your spare change. Zombie Beach Party (Friday)In San Francisco, Zombies never say die. When they're not "killing" people during flash mobs, they're going to the beach--indoors, of course, because the real sun would damage ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Hit the Dex

    MochipetOur hand picked list of events worth your spare time, for the price of your spare change. Zombie Beach Party (Friday)In San Francisco, Zombies never say die. When they're not "killing" people during flash mobs, they're going to the beach--indoors, of course, because the real sun would damage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Ten Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    The Melvins continue to moon the music industry

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Noise Pop '08 - The Critic's Picks

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Film

    February 27, 2008

    Art House

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    LastNight: Tool at Bill Graham Civic Includes Jello Biafra, Primus

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Queen of Rock Sluttitude in SF Tonight (Friday)

    GiollaUidir 1. Surf's Up at Mollusk (Friday)Prepare for future beach bumdum by spending Friday night at Mollusk, the surf shop that offers more than just hoodies and boards. It's run by artistically inclined folks--hence art openings and film screenings that go beyond your typical wave happy retaile ... More >>

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    Groupies

    The view from Jimmy Page's pants: groupies claim their 15 minutes

  • Music

    June 6, 2007

    Golden Garden

    Punk impresario Dirk Dirksen remembered in two-night stand

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    Vote Nihilist

    Punk impresario Dirk Dirksen remembered in two-night stand

  • Calendar

    July 27, 2005

    Pedro Rocks

    A new film catches up with legendary punk rockers the Minutemen

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    Hear This

    Iron & Wine brings its wispy folk back to S.F.; Phoenix descends on the city with its wily collage-rock.

  • Music

    October 20, 2004

    Hear This

    Drive By Truckers deliver Southern-fried rock; get high on Leftover Crack

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2004

    The Story of M

    When perverts navel-gaze

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2003

    Pranks for the Memories

    V. Vale and RE/Search – still disseminating the alternative-culture virus

  • Film

    July 2, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    V. Vale and RE/Search – still disseminating the alternative-culture virus

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2003

    We Are the Concert

    Big huge music/activism fest

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Hear This

    Ipecac Records' fourth annual New Year's Eve Binge and Purge Fest celebrates the label's almost perverse diversity

  • Music

    November 6, 2002

    Theoretical Girls

    Theoretical Girls

  • Music

    October 9, 2002

    Revenge of the Nerds, Parts One and Two

    Hella Rad takes on the trouser mafia; Anagrams spell relief

  • Music

    May 1, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Compulsive Numbers, retro-refracted Flaming Stars, and filmmaker Peter Sempel

  • Music

    August 22, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Tech-Mex, outlaw etiquette, people power and Pandora's Box

  • Music

    June 6, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Silke Tudor uncovers lonesome organists, DIY provocateurs, and noisemaking bastards

  • Music

    May 23, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    What's up, doc?

  • Music

    November 1, 2000

    Pop Philosophy

    Political Song Contest

  • Music

    July 5, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Goodbye to All That; Punk, Love, and Understanding; He Shall Be Released

  • Music

    June 21, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Dining

    April 12, 2000

    Fading Glory

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Calendar

    August 18, 1999

    Night & Day

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    July 14, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Calendar

    April 28, 1999

    Night & Day

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    April 28, 1999

    Riff Raff

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    Banarama

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    The House of Tudor

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Calendar

    August 26, 1998

    Night + Day

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    October 15, 1997

    Riff Raff

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Riff Raff

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Calendar

    August 27, 1997

    Night Crawler

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    March 13, 1996

    Samples

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Calendar

    February 28, 1996

    Night+Day

    San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

  • Music

    January 3, 1996

    The Book of Lists

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

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