Ken Kesey

"Magic Trip": Doc Follows the '64 Adventures of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters

Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

Bitter is the New Umami

Nemo's great uncle/Flickr​Celebrating Bitter Melon at SomArts Where: SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan (at Eighth St.), 863-1414 When: Wed., Feb. 16, 7-9 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: The bitter melon, aka the balsam pear, is long, warty, and oft considered to be the world's bitterest ve ... More >>

Hallucinations Made Clear

Nemo's great uncle/Flickr​Celebrating Bitter Melon at SomArts Where: SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan (at Eighth St.), 863-1414 When: Wed., Feb. 16, 7-9 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: The bitter melon, aka the balsam pear, is long, warty, and oft considered to be the world's bitterest ve ... More >>

In Store: Grooves Still Gets Goosebumps Over Vinyl

​ In Store spotlights San Francisco's quirkiest, most beloved, weirdest, and/or otherwise-most-interesting record stores. Our city's unmistakable friskiness and cultural capital emanate from those dusty, creaky, hard-to-find, money-losing, insanely huge, hilariously small, and often-crowded (at l ... More >>

S.F. Playhouse's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest crams too many actors onto a small stage

​ In Store spotlights San Francisco's quirkiest, most beloved, weirdest, and/or otherwise-most-interesting record stores. Our city's unmistakable friskiness and cultural capital emanate from those dusty, creaky, hard-to-find, money-losing, insanely huge, hilariously small, and often-crowded (at l ... More >>

The Units punked the system, played JC Penney

​ In Store spotlights San Francisco's quirkiest, most beloved, weirdest, and/or otherwise-most-interesting record stores. Our city's unmistakable friskiness and cultural capital emanate from those dusty, creaky, hard-to-find, money-losing, insanely huge, hilariously small, and often-crowded (at l ... More >>

A Tale of Two Movies

After decades in development hell, how Gus Van Sant finally got Milk.

Last Night: Milk Premiere at the Castro Theater

After decades in development hell, how Gus Van Sant finally got Milk.

Beyond Gonzo

Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.

Altman Snaps

Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.

Notebooks From the Underground

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Never Say Goodbye

Roky Erickson home to stay

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The characters are as convincing as they are tragic

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The characters are as convincing as they are tragic

Road Scholars

Eating fire, swallowing swords, playing old-timey tunes -- the Yard Dogs offer medicine for the soul. And they'll even work for booze.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Eating fire, swallowing swords, playing old-timey tunes -- the Yard Dogs offer medicine for the soul. And they'll even work for booze.

Letters to the Editor

Week of 2003-06-18

House of Tudor

Bossa nova homage, rolling residences, guileless political discussion, and crop circles

Peace, Love, and Misunderstandings

Followers of the late John Lilly, the guru of higher consciousness, are squabbling over his legacy

Pre-Multimedia: The Light Show

Followers of the late John Lilly, the guru of higher consciousness, are squabbling over his legacy

Night + Day

Followers of the late John Lilly, the guru of higher consciousness, are squabbling over his legacy

Stage

Followers of the late John Lilly, the guru of higher consciousness, are squabbling over his legacy

The Kerouac Obsession

Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

Beat the Press

Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

Quadraphonia

The Flaming Lips want you to play all four of their new CDs -- at the same time

Riff Raff

The Flaming Lips want you to play all four of their new CDs -- at the same time

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Slap Shots

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Slap Shots

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Tripmasters

The Bay Area's chemical gentry

Slap Shots

The Bay Area's chemical gentry

Slap Shots

The Bay Area's chemical gentry

Hinckle, Hinckle, Little Star (Part I)

There are two joys in life -- making things and breaking things -- and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

Mondo 1995

Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug Zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder by inter

Bumpy Flight

The Marin revival of Cuckoo's Nest is a sturdy, if reserved, rendition of the archetypal good-vs.-evil play

Aisle Seat

The Marin revival of Cuckoo's Nest is a sturdy, if reserved, rendition of the archetypal good-vs.-evil play

Acid House

The Marin revival of Cuckoo's Nest is a sturdy, if reserved, rendition of the archetypal good-vs.-evil play

Acid House

The Marin revival of Cuckoo's Nest is a sturdy, if reserved, rendition of the archetypal good-vs.-evil play

Navel Maneuvers

If Adam and Eve moved to Northern California, they'd probably note on the first day that the balmy weather, inspiring vistas, and mellow vibesreminded them of Eden. On the second day, they'd pick up a copy of "Common Ground" and enroll in a self-help cour

The Electric Multimedia Psychedelic Time Trip

Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

Aisle Seat

Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM