Jerry Garcia

Bob Weir's Fancy New TRI Studios Is Holding a Contest For a Free Day of Recording

Earlier this year, we told you about Grateful Dead member Bob Weir's state-of-the-art recording facility in San Rafael, Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI). TRI is furnished with a Meyer Sound Constellation system, which allows the acoustic properties of the room to be altered with the touch of a but ... More >>

The Psychic World of Stanley Krippner: A quest to document ESP

Five Things to Know About the Grateful Dead's New Licensing Efforts

The 1960s Grateful Dead, inside their house at 710 Ashbury St., S.F.​ After years of keeping the band's considerable legacy on the down-low in terms of merchandise and licensing, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead are ramping things up. As the L.A. Times explains today, that doesn't me ... More >>

TV on the Radio Recasts Songs, Energizes Crowd at the Independent

Ian S. PortTV on the Radio at the Independent last night.​TV on the Radio IO ECHOTuesday, May 10, 2011@ The IndependentBetter than: Must See TV What's great about a TV on the Radio show? Well, there's the fact, for better and occasionally for worse (mostly when the sound personnel aren't up to th ... More >>

Magic Kids, ZineFest, Prince vs. Michael, Doin' It in the Park, and More

Magic Kids plays Bottom of the Hill this Sunday​It's Labor Day! Meaning: an extra day to your weekend, 10 percent more texts than usual and even more chances to nurse epic hangovers. Have fun San Francisco, you deserve it. Here's our list of fun things to do this weekend for less than a ticket to ... More >>

The High Road

Growers who cashed in on illegal pot now welcome legalization and taxation.

Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

SF, NY Fight Over Woodstock Name

Jim MarshallCountry Joe at Woodstock, 1969 Who owns the name Woodstock? That's the central issue in the brouhaha between the promoters of San Francisco's Free Woodstock 40th Anniversary concert and New York-based Woodstock Ventures. Today at 1 pm at John's Grill, a group of Summer of Love survivo ... More >>

Gavin Newsom Finds His Way to San Jose -- And So Did SF Weekly

As part of his quest to become governor, Mayor Gavin Newsom held his latest "town hall" last night in San Jose. The question-and-lecture session attracted about 200 locals and a dozen protesters who trekked down from San Francisco. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed joked he'd invited the demonstrators to ... More >>

Photos: Folsom Street Fair

Park It for the Summer

A survival guide for outdoor musical events in the city.

The San Francisco 100: The Best 'Baghdad by the Bay' Songs, Ever

For All You Jug Band Film Lovers in SF: All 2 of you

Noise Sorcery

Magik Markers' potent potions

The Dating Game

Death and the Dead surround 6/6/06

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

A Jury of Their Peers

We asked two local musicians to sound off on the latest and greatest from their fellow practitioners.

King of Beer

In which the Zen suds master of the Richmond reveals his secrets

Bent Outta Shape

San Francisco bike messengers hit some nasty economic potholes as they struggle to unionize

Dog Bites

S.F. not a good place for girls to dress up? Dog Bites will see about that.

Reps List

Film Reps List for 1-23-2002

Dog Bites

Soylent Green Is People!; Nightclub Jitters

Return to Hicksville

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks pick up where they left off more than 20 years ago

Tuvan Grooves

Genghis Blues

The Talking Penis

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

Tool(s) of the Man

Mickey Hart is still pursuing that perfect beat -- in words, sound, and even government service

Requiem for a Church Supreme

After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

Riff Raff

Transmission Theater, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mark Hummel

Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another

Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith have paid Miles Davis the highest honor: They've interpreted his fusion work by refusing to imitate it

Trans-Europe Expressionism

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Music

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Stage

Hard Travelin'

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Unspun

Riff Raff

Recordings

Night+Day

Night+Day

SF Weekly Picks

Meet the Dealers

The bud men of Haight Street

Recordings

The Book of Lists

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

Sudden Death

Needle-exchange pioneer John Watters' interrupted journey

Night+Day

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Hog Heaven

'Cue up for first-rate ribs at James & James; ambience gives a boost to the vittles at Powell's Place

Slap Shots

Aisle Seat