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Jimi Hendrix

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    24-Hour Eateries Satisfy Post-Midnight Cravings

    Sparky's 24 Hours Diner​It's four in the morning and you're starving. Where should you go? San Francisco eateries aren't very good at staying open into the wee hours, so we've compiled a list of places for you to go to in case the cupboard is bare when you want a midnight snack.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    R.I.P. Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011

    ​Beloved English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse died in her London home on Saturday at the age of 27. Police have not yet determined the cause of death, but several outlets have reported that there were no signs of foul play. Winehouse enjoyed a brutally short legacy akin to that of several ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Children's Artists Smile Way Too Fucking Much

    Moey's Music Party​For me, seeing children's artists perform live is akin to watching footage of horrific sports injuries (like Shaun Livingston). I am tormented, yet equally transfixed. So behold "I Gotta Go Potty!" by Moey's Music Party. The song's video features a grown woman, Moey, wildly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Which Bar Has North Beach's Best Jukebox?

    The juke at Tosca​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what denote ... More >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2010

    Bouncer: Hating Steve Miller and classic rockers at the Nite Cap

    The juke at Tosca​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what denote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Bay Area's DJ Qbert Named America's Best DJ

    ​Voters around the country recently proclaimed that Daly City's own DJ Qbert is America's best DJ. Surprise! (Not.)Qbert, who has been coined the Jimi Hendrix of turntablists, isn't exactly a dark horse pick -- he may not be an invisible skratch pickl anymore, but he does have a huge global follow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2010

    Tortoise Doesn't Pander To Anyone But Tortoise

    ​TortoiseDas Boton@Great American Music HallJune 11, 2010 Better than: Not watching a genre-defying band you've idolized for over a decade. Watching a band such as Chicago's jazz-influenced post-rock ensemble Tortoise perform live is completely unlike anything else in the indie music circui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Five Real Venues That Would Rule in Rock Band

    Just like Billie Joe Armstrong -- who says he "sucks" at playing Green Day's new Rock Band game -- we get pwned every time we try to tinker with fake plastic guitars or toy drum kits. But, watching this preview for the East Pay pop-punkers' name-brand video game, we kinda dug catching (albeit b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Memorial For Legendary Photographer Jim Marshall Monday

    Jim Marshall, giving the Johnny Cash salute​Hanging in the living room of Jim Marshall's Castro flat is a photograph of Obama standing in the White House, pointing to a picture of John Coltrane on the wall. Marshall took that Coltrane photo more than 40 years ago in San Francisco Chronicle columni ... More >>

  • Film

    August 26, 2009

    Taking Woodstock does nothing more than recycle the same late-'60s tropes

    Jim Marshall, giving the Johnny Cash salute​Hanging in the living room of Jim Marshall's Castro flat is a photograph of Obama standing in the White House, pointing to a picture of John Coltrane on the wall. Marshall took that Coltrane photo more than 40 years ago in San Francisco Chronicle columni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    My Big Fat World Music Weekend

    EKAphotographyRoom with a Vieux: Vieux Farka Toure In this economy, who has the means to travel internationally anymore? Luckily, with all the world music acts coming through the Bay Area of late, you don't have to have a passport, visa, hotel, and plane ticket to catch some of the most scintillati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Last Night: Fire Arts Festival

    Fire Arts Festival 
July 15, 2009 At an abandoned parking lot beneath an overpass to the Bay Bridge between a field of dry weeds and the Oakland Water Treatment Plant Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni 
Better Than: Maker Faire, cousin to Burning Man
 How do engineers feel cool? They get ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2008

    Hardly Strictly's outlaws hold a S.F. roundtable

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2008

    Kronos Quartet bridges war-torn cultures

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    (Air) Guitar Heroes: A Look at the SF Finalists

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Coachella, Mortified confessions, Ascended Master and the Golding Collection of Rock Art - Your Monday Morning Hangover

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    Mike Relm: From "Back in Black" to Blue Man Group

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Various

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    The Hustler

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    Insect Book Looks Under Your Covers: Abarbanel and Swimmer's 'Field Guide' Says Lice Prefers Whites

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Last Night: Redd Kross at Slim's

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Last Night: The Coup Live Show Review at Mezzanine

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2007

    Prince's Planet Earth CD Review: Purple Drizzle

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

  • Home Entertainment

    November 23, 2005

    For Those About to Rock

    Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

  • Film

    September 21, 2005

    Retro Fits

    Roll Bounce skates on its '70s vibe

  • Dining

    August 17, 2005

    Rockin' Flavors

    Vernon Morales' new spot at a former concert venue brings out the best in its ingredients

  • Holiday

    November 24, 2004

    DVD Gift Box

    Vernon Morales' new spot at a former concert venue brings out the best in its ingredients

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2004

    Better Red

    Rep theater's big 2-4

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Rep theater's big 2-4

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Rep theater's big 2-4

  • Music

    November 13, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Soviet film satire, organ plaster-casting, and animal 'toon carnage

  • Music

    January 23, 2002

    Sound Advice

    Animal memoirs, royal vocalists, and intestinal fortitude

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    SF Music Awards 2001

    An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Crooked Fingers

    Crooked Fingers

  • Music

    February 23, 2000

    Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian

    Interstellar Space Revisited: The Music of John Coltrane

  • Music

    November 17, 1999

    Review

    Arto Lindsay's Prize

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Night Crawler

    Trend of an Era

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    Reviews

    Trend of an Era

  • Music

    April 14, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    Trend of an Era

  • Music

    March 25, 1998

    Being Country

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Calendar

    March 11, 1998

    Night Crawler

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1997

    Night+Day

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Music

    August 13, 1997

    Reviews

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Calendar

    February 26, 1997

    Night+Day

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Film

    January 8, 1997

    Oedipus Wrecks

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Calendar

    August 7, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Guitarist Bill Frisell and jazz's move away from the city

  • Music

    February 28, 1996

    Fly in the Ointment

    Improv meets vaudeville with Spanish Fly

  • Calendar

    June 21, 1995

    Night+Day

    Improv meets vaudeville with Spanish Fly

  • Music

    April 26, 1995

    Recordings

    Improv meets vaudeville with Spanish Fly

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