Jonathan Richman

Last Night: Jonathan Richman at the Make-Out Room

Nevada City Film Fest Features Mike Mills

Pop residencies gain traction in S.F.

Jonathan Richman finds more dry humor in the simplest situations

Hear This

All in the Family: Grass Roots love for Nevada City

The Herms

Record Machine

Confessions of a Horndog

Caveh Zahedi comes clean in I Am a Sex Addict

Quiet Is the New Loud

Have a blast dialing down entertainment options this year

Music by Thistle

Lyrics by LeRoy

Trashed

Artists' treasures

Creature Feature

Horror wears a rubber suit

Get Briefed

Short, sweet theater pieces

Disappear Here

A nationalistic nightmare

River's Edge

A nationalistic nightmare

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A nationalistic nightmare

House of Tudor

The ever-expanding aural universe between Ralph Carney's ears, and a sugary LiftOff! Spacecapades farewell

Townes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song | Our Mother the Mountain

Sound Advice

Monstrous rock, sourdough shapeliness, post-apocalyptic calligraphy, and "soul travel"

Pop Philosophy

New Disorder Records; Mark Kozelek; Doublelife

Reel World

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

The House of Tudor

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

Jad Fair Drives Women Wild

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

Night + Day

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

House of Tudor

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

Letters

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

Something About Jonathan

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

House of Tudor

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

Night+Day

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

Night+Day

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

The House of Tudor

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

The House of Tudor

Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

Genuine Artlessness

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Recordings

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Suspicious Minds

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Life During Wartime

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Jonathan Richman

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

NorCal transplant Jonathan Richman finds the words

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 10 Bands You Should Not Miss

​San Francisco's annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. You could pick any number of themes to select the acts you want to see -- old punk pioneers, roots music up-and-comers, etc.-- and follow one through all three day's lineups. You coul ... More >>

Saturday Night: Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500 at the Fillmore

​Dean Wareham The Papercuts November 13, 2010 @ The Fillmore Better than: Listening to On Fire and pretending someone could love you. The rise of the Galaxie 500 cult is one of the many gratifications of onrushing rock geezerdom. Like that of many other music fans around during the trio's thr ... More >>

A Merry Crew of Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, and Carletta Sue Kay sing for the Boozy at the Make-Out Room's Christmas Craptacular

Who better to Christmas-cheer you up than the ever-chipper Jonathan Richman?​Parker Gibbs' Christmas Craptacular w/ Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, Marc and the Casuals, Carletta Sue Kay, Los Cenzontles, and othersDecember 22, 2010@ The Make-Out RoomBetter than: Face down in Burl Ives' swimming poo ... More >>

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 >>

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Richman, Who Turns 60 Today

Because he'd wish you a happy birthday.​ We're all fortunate to share an existence with Jonathan Richman, the songwriter/savant/funny guy best known for that song about being in love with Massachusetts and being in love with rock 'n' roll and being in the car with the radio on. "Roadrunner," ... More >>

Sonny Smith Wishes Jonathan Richman a Happy (Belated) 60th Birthday

Sonny Smith likes Jonathan Richman​Yesterday was the 60th Birthday of one Jonathan Richman, proto-punk pioneer, genius songwriter, all-around nice guy, and San Francisco resident. In honor of the occasion, we asked another local songwriter -- Sonny Smith of Sonny & the Sunsets -- to comment on ... More >>

Blow Gage with Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project's Seriously

​Listen to this while high: Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project's Seriously. ​ Behind the buzz: The subject line of the publicist's email mentioned something about Tom Waits' saxophonist, but the magic name of Ralph Carney dispelled any incipient attack of the whatevs. I mean, we're not talking ... More >>

Not For Stars

​Listen to this while high: Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project's Seriously. ​ Behind the buzz: The subject line of the publicist's email mentioned something about Tom Waits' saxophonist, but the magic name of Ralph Carney dispelled any incipient attack of the whatevs. I mean, we're not talking ... More >>

Blaze Away with Sea Lions' Joyously Stoned Debut Album

​Listen to this while high: Sea Lions' Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask.​Behind the buzz: These D.I.Y. brats outta Oxnard with a nice line in spirited tunefulness impressive enough for the reliably tasteful people at Oakland's Slumberland Records ... More >>

Jonathan Richman Plays the Worldly Eccentric at Great American Music Hall

Julia Litman-CleperJonathan Richman at Great American Music Hall last night.​ Jonathan Richman Rad Cloud Dec. 7, 2011 Great American Music Hall Better than: Seu Jorge's Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs in The Life Aquatic. With a gently weathered face, a nylon string guitar without a s ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Julia Litman-CleperJonathan Richman at Great American Music Hall last night.​ Jonathan Richman Rad Cloud Dec. 7, 2011 Great American Music Hall Better than: Seu Jorge's Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs in The Life Aquatic. With a gently weathered face, a nylon string guitar without a s ... More >>