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LastNight: Meat Puppets and Built to Spill at the Fillmore

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll -- and It's MINE. S.F. Photographer Sues Bill Graham Archives to Get Back His Famed Shots

San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case ... More >>

Survey Says: S.F. Teens Give Birth at Half State Rate -- But are Shot Dead at Twice State Rate

If only they could teach San Francisco students to dodge bulletsA yearlong survey of San Francisco's students has revealed that the city's youth is right on par with the state average -- but not in the manner you'd guess. Our teenagers give birth at only half the frequency of their peers throughout ... More >>

The Time Bandits

Oasis reminds us that our past is present

RU Sirius Releases New Book on Drugs and Music

  Rudy Rucker Yes, He Is: RU SiriusEccentric oddball and author RU Sirius --best known as onetime Editor of cyberpunk bible Mondo 2000-- has just released a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs." Sirius calls the book, which details the drug-induced exploits o ... More >>

He's Your Best Budd

  Rudy Rucker Yes, He Is: RU SiriusEccentric oddball and author RU Sirius --best known as onetime Editor of cyberpunk bible Mondo 2000-- has just released a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs." Sirius calls the book, which details the drug-induced exploits o ... More >>

"I'm Still Kicking Ass"

  Rudy Rucker Yes, He Is: RU SiriusEccentric oddball and author RU Sirius --best known as onetime Editor of cyberpunk bible Mondo 2000-- has just released a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs." Sirius calls the book, which details the drug-induced exploits o ... More >>

Fool's Gold

The Pirates are back, and they're out to ransack your wallet

Fallen Angel Gram Parsons gains flight in new documentary

The Pirates are back, and they're out to ransack your wallet

A tribute to the "James Brown of Nigeria"; Robert Pollard inaugurates the Year of the Liver

The Pirates are back, and they're out to ransack your wallet

It's (Not) Only Rock 'n' Roll

Saxophonist Tim Ries knows how to jazz up the Rolling Stones. After all, he tours with the band.

The 40-Year-Old Solo Artists

Bob Mould and Paul Weller each have new records that prove they're as vital as ever -- without their old bands

Lizard Kings

Is Louis XIV just another hot-to-trot retro rock band, or something far more sinister?

Group Hug 2004

It's been a shitty year on a number of levels. Here's a mix CD to cheer you up.

Hear This

M. Ward brings his dusky folk to Du Nord; buzz-band Louis XIV hits the "popscene."

Hear This

Aerosmith and Kiss tell off the Rolling Stones – sort of

Show Time!

AfroSolo's back in town

Nikki Sudden

Waiting on Egypt/The Bible Belt,Texas/Dead Men Tell No Tales (Secretly Canadian)

Good Things

The Starvations; Blind Boys of Alabama; Dum Dum Project

Blowin' Smoke

Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven

House Of Tudor

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Apocalypse Then

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

House Of Tudor

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

The House of Tudor

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

The House of Tudor

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Night + Day

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Slap Shots

The Last Cigarette and Pretty Things

Up in the Valley

A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest

Through the Past (Lightly)

A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest

Dust to Dust

The frayed ends of insurgent country: Sweetheart of the Rodeo and No Depression

Night+Day

The frayed ends of insurgent country: Sweetheart of the Rodeo and No Depression

Night Crawler

The frayed ends of insurgent country: Sweetheart of the Rodeo and No Depression

Recordings

The frayed ends of insurgent country: Sweetheart of the Rodeo and No Depression

Aerosmith Announces Bay Area Date

Steven Tyler Though "Boston's Bad Boys"--technically they're Grandpas by now--jumped the shark several years ago, probably around the time "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" was featured in the God-awful movie "Armageddon," they're no denying Aerosmith have more stamina and staying power than the Energize ... More >>

More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats' great love affair

Steven Tyler Though "Boston's Bad Boys"--technically they're Grandpas by now--jumped the shark several years ago, probably around the time "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" was featured in the God-awful movie "Armageddon," they're no denying Aerosmith have more stamina and staying power than the Energize ... More >>

Listomania: Top Americana Picks For 2009

We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview

Jim Marshall -- used with permission​San Francisco's Jim Marshall is a man who, literally, shot thousands of rock stars. And it wasn't a good thing -- it was a great thing. He caught Janis Joplin backstage with that little bottle of SoCo. He was the chief photographer at Woodstock. He shot Bill Ev ... More >>

Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview

Hendrix photo by Jim Marshall, from MarshallPhoto.com​As All Shook Down reported yesterday, legendary San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall died on Tuesday at age 74. Your humble narrator spoke to Marshall several times last year regarding a lawsuit he filed against the owner of the Bill Graham ... More >>

"Get Him to the Greek": Crude on the outside, sweet in the middle

Hendrix photo by Jim Marshall, from MarshallPhoto.com​As All Shook Down reported yesterday, legendary San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall died on Tuesday at age 74. Your humble narrator spoke to Marshall several times last year regarding a lawsuit he filed against the owner of the Bill Graham ... More >>

Scientists: Why Are Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards Still Alive?

The Stone Foxes canceled dates, but their July 17th CD release party at Cafe Du Nord is still on.​S.F.'s The Stone Foxes cancel tour dates due to one member having to receive an emergency appendectomy. But the band's announcement doesn't say which member is having surgery. [Pollstar]Neil Young's f ... More >>

Top 5 Bands That, Unlike Weezer, Should Never Break Up -- No Matter How Bad They Get

By now you've probably heard of Seattle resident James Burns' bid to raise $10 million to make Weezer break up. You may have also heard that, disturbingly, Burns has been the target of death threats for his brilliant idea prank. Frankly, we can see both sides here:  Weezer (apart from its new t ... More >>

A Postcard from the Future

Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.

Saturday Night: Los Lobos Rings in Bill Graham's 80th Birthday at the Fillmore

Los Lobos and Jackie Greene, through a birthday ballon. Pics by Romana Machado​Bill Graham's 80th Birthday Party BenefitLos LobosJackie GreenePoor Man's WhiskeyJanuary 8, 2010@ The FillmoreAs much fun as: Two straws in a malted mushroom.Bill Graham was due to turn eighty the same day Elvis would'v ... More >>

Bouncer: Switching Off Reason at Olive's Happy Hour

Los Lobos and Jackie Greene, through a birthday ballon. Pics by Romana Machado​Bill Graham's 80th Birthday Party BenefitLos LobosJackie GreenePoor Man's WhiskeyJanuary 8, 2010@ The FillmoreAs much fun as: Two straws in a malted mushroom.Bill Graham was due to turn eighty the same day Elvis would'v ... More >>

Sammy Hagar: Rich on Booze and Business, Not Rock 'n' Roll

Hagar would make the raddest B-School prof, ever.​Wait, so you think that being in Van Halen made Marin County's own Sammy Hagar wealthy? Not quite. Actually, it was the booze -- Hagar's famous Cabo Wabo tequila brand and Cabo San Lucas restaurant -- and various other business ventures that now ha ... More >>

Groupies, Piss, and Penises: Five Shocking Music Memoirs

Those of you who enjoy a feel-good read and a hearty chuckle will be pleased to hear that Steven "Barrel Of Laughs" Morrissey is in the process of finishing up his memoir. So, while we sit and genuinely hope for a chapter about the punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate, that inspired "This Cha ... More >>

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides": Captain Jack Won't Die

Those of you who enjoy a feel-good read and a hearty chuckle will be pleased to hear that Steven "Barrel Of Laughs" Morrissey is in the process of finishing up his memoir. So, while we sit and genuinely hope for a chapter about the punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate, that inspired "This Cha ... More >>

Top Five Reasons to Hate Bono (Other Than That Stupid Spider-Man Musical)

It was impossible to know, back when Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree came out, what Bono would one day turn into. He's been making it incredibly difficult to like him for about 15 years now, but -- woomp, there it is -- he just found a way to put a cherry on top of all that annoying behavior: He a ... More >>

Gram Parsons Tribute Concert: Show Preview

It was impossible to know, back when Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree came out, what Bono would one day turn into. He's been making it incredibly difficult to like him for about 15 years now, but -- woomp, there it is -- he just found a way to put a cherry on top of all that annoying behavior: He a ... More >>