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Little Rock

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Punk Trio High Castle on the Oakland Warehouse Scene, Writing Accessible Songs, and Sci-Fi

    As a flag-bearing act of Oakland's Zum records and a crucial proponent of the Bay Area's warehouse-centric, outsider rock scene, High Castle has demonstrated repeatedly its prowess both live and on recordings. The band's latest record, Spirit of the West, recalls skittish post-hardcore glazed with a ... More >>

  • Film

    January 11, 2012

    Arthouse Movie Listings January 11-17

    As a flag-bearing act of Oakland's Zum records and a crucial proponent of the Bay Area's warehouse-centric, outsider rock scene, High Castle has demonstrated repeatedly its prowess both live and on recordings. The band's latest record, Spirit of the West, recalls skittish post-hardcore glazed with a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2012

    Why Community Organizers Matter

    As a flag-bearing act of Oakland's Zum records and a crucial proponent of the Bay Area's warehouse-centric, outsider rock scene, High Castle has demonstrated repeatedly its prowess both live and on recordings. The band's latest record, Spirit of the West, recalls skittish post-hardcore glazed with a ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 30, 2011

    December Lit Events

    As a flag-bearing act of Oakland's Zum records and a crucial proponent of the Bay Area's warehouse-centric, outsider rock scene, High Castle has demonstrated repeatedly its prowess both live and on recordings. The band's latest record, Spirit of the West, recalls skittish post-hardcore glazed with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Forget Iron Maiden for Babies, or Mozart -- Raymond Scott Still Has the Best Lullaby Record

    ​Last night, as I put our 23-month-old twins to bed and flipped on A Child's Gift of Lullabies, or Sleepytime Lullabies, or Sing Me to Sleep, or Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Fat Joe, or Baby's Dental Drill from the Pure White Noise series, or whatever the heck CD is sonically drugging ... More >>

  • Film

    September 14, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings September 14-20

    ​Last night, as I put our 23-month-old twins to bed and flipped on A Child's Gift of Lullabies, or Sleepytime Lullabies, or Sing Me to Sleep, or Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Fat Joe, or Baby's Dental Drill from the Pure White Noise series, or whatever the heck CD is sonically drugging ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings September 7-13

    ​Last night, as I put our 23-month-old twins to bed and flipped on A Child's Gift of Lullabies, or Sleepytime Lullabies, or Sing Me to Sleep, or Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Fat Joe, or Baby's Dental Drill from the Pure White Noise series, or whatever the heck CD is sonically drugging ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    Cap’n Jazz reunites for a tour of self-discovery

    ​Last night, as I put our 23-month-old twins to bed and flipped on A Child's Gift of Lullabies, or Sleepytime Lullabies, or Sing Me to Sleep, or Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Fat Joe, or Baby's Dental Drill from the Pure White Noise series, or whatever the heck CD is sonically drugging ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Last night, as I put our 23-month-old twins to bed and flipped on A Child's Gift of Lullabies, or Sleepytime Lullabies, or Sing Me to Sleep, or Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Fat Joe, or Baby's Dental Drill from the Pure White Noise series, or whatever the heck CD is sonically drugging ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    San Francisco Does *Not* Make List of Top 25 Dangerous Neighborhoods in Country

    The old neighborhood has really gone to hell...One of the most sobering things about being a reporter is to read the police department's wrap-up of the prior day's assaults each morning. Do it enough and you start to believe it's darn near a miracle you got home without getting stabbe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Saturday Night: Pharaoh Sanders at Yoshi's Oakland

    Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    Bay Area metal dominates the nation

    Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    R. Kelly to Share Closet Space with Ne-Yo in Oakland

    Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart ... More >>

  • News

    October 24, 2007

    Richard Thalheimer, Founder of Sharper Image, Talks for the First Time About His Ouster

    Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    Tenor Sax Player Pharoah Sanders Lives Large at SF Jazz Fest

    Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn. Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart ... More >>

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    254th-and-Long

    Only one other player was chosen lower in the draft than Vickiel Vaughn. But the 49ers rookie still believes he can reach his NFL dream.

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, June 22, 2005

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    The Infiltrator Who Proved Nothing!

    A rebuttal from Lie Detector

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2005

    Audience Participation

    Learning from the past

  • Film

    August 27, 2003

    The Bad Sleep Well

    Learning from the past

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    A Gift That Stands Out

    John Trani got the graduation present no red-blooded frat boy could refuse: his own Hooters restaurant

  • Culture

    September 12, 2001

    Feel His Pain

    Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

  • Music

    August 1, 2001

    Spreading the Word

    The Gossip's bluesy clatter moves from small-town whisper to big-time scream

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    See George Educate

    A Texas journalist gives George W. Bush his due

  • Calendar

    August 5, 1998

    Night Crawler

    A Texas journalist gives George W. Bush his due

  • News

    February 19, 1997

    The AIDS Civil War

    The promise of a new treatment has opened a painful divide

  • News

    April 17, 1996

    New Players

    Staff changes at the SF Weekly

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    City of Night

    Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

  • Calendar

    September 27, 1995

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

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