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Recordings

Crystallized Psych

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, August 10, 2005

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The Hard Way

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Play Rotorecall

Have fun with democracy, before it has fun with you

Eating at the Flea

There are bargains in comestibles as well as collectibles to be had at these Sunday markets

Hear This

A pack of Orphans you don't want to mess with

House of Tudor

Sci-fi filk singers, a still-flying Byrd, and the infectious Dengue Fever

Best Way to Get Dizzy Downtown (Nonalcoholic Category)

Yerba Buena Gardens Carousel

House Of Tudor

A sexy film fest, a Croatian lute fest, and a festering punk band

I Like Trouble

Julia Roberts' next film will be shot, and set, in San Francisco

Letters to the Editor

The Bum's Rush; A "Hot" Topic; Blowing Smoke; Bikes vs. Cars; Art and Censorship

Riff Raff

Not That Tired Old Business About Dot-Coms and Culture Again; Gone

Rock Em! Sock Em! Sue Em!

Legal battles decked the wildly popular Robot Wars competitions. Now a challenger has arisen to save the sport.

Reviews

Legal battles decked the wildly popular Robot Wars competitions. Now a challenger has arisen to save the sport.

Industrial Sun

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Night Crawler

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Night Crawler

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

The House of Tudor

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Recordings

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Beating Swords Into Tourist Shares

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

Recordings

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

Indie songwriters find success in wooing the superfan

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

Pay for Play

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Holiday in Cambodia

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Treacherous Day at Sea Captured in Stomach-Churning Photos

All Photos | Gabor GardonyiClick on the photos for larger versions​For much of his life, Gabor Gardonyi worked as a chef up and down the Pacific coast. Now he's doing it a different way -- as a cook on a tugboat hauling loads from the Pacific Northwest all the way down to the southern tip of C ... More >>

Delightful Day at Sea Captured in Heart-Warming Photos

All photos | Gabor GardonyiClick on photos for a larger version​Last week, Gabor Gardonyi, a chef on tugboats running up and down the Pacific Coast, sent SF Weekly some primo shots of his vessel, the Sound Reliance, being buffeted by large waves just south of San Francisco. We titled the story ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

All photos | Gabor GardonyiClick on photos for a larger version​Last week, Gabor Gardonyi, a chef on tugboats running up and down the Pacific Coast, sent SF Weekly some primo shots of his vessel, the Sound Reliance, being buffeted by large waves just south of San Francisco. We titled the story ... More >>

Top Ten Most Read Snitch Posts of 2009

It's almost the end of the year, and we're extremely grateful to the readers who visited our site in 2009. Here are the Snitch posts that garnered the highest readership, and reflect what is truly important to you: sex, crime, and weed. And serial killers.10. Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man D ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

It's almost the end of the year, and we're extremely grateful to the readers who visited our site in 2009. Here are the Snitch posts that garnered the highest readership, and reflect what is truly important to you: sex, crime, and weed. And serial killers.10. Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man D ... More >>

And the 'Gayest City in America' Is ... Atlanta?

Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>

Ragga Muffins Festival

Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>

Going to Coachella vs. the S.F. staycation

Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>

Cry for Yelp

The popular web site stands accused of acting like a ‘modern-day Mafia.’

The Ferocious Few Blast Out Speedy Folk-Punk, Break Lots of Guitar Strings

The Ferocious Few​The Ferocious Few Eugene and the 1914 The Generals @Bottom of the Hill June 9, 2010 Better than: The guy who plays country songs in the Civic Center BART station. (But we totally like that guy and his Stetson.) So The Ferocious Few, one of San Francisco's most notorio ... More >>

Saturday Night Fever Indie Division

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Police Collar Man Robbing Official Police Clothier

Police notice when you steal from their clothier​A burglar was caught in the act Sunday perpetrating an alleged crime every bit as ill-conceived as robbing a doughnut store. Police nabbed an as-yet unidentified man as he was purportedly robbing Galls on Cesar Chavez -- the official clothier of the ... More >>

Free and Five Party, Writers With Drinks, Gestapo Khazi, The Babies, and No Pants BART Ride

The Babies plays Hemlock Tavern this Saturday ​There is heavy metal and ethereal ambient noise, transsexual fashion shows and fancy vintage paper, Go-Gos and Babies. It's all here this weekend, in San Francisco, for less than the cost of taking a heterosexual date to Chick-fil-A. Here's our list o ... More >>

The Top 5 Most Regrettable Rapper Tattoos

Rappers lead the world when it comes to ridiculous tattoos. But while it's easy to mock Lil Wayne getting the EPSN logo on his arm or Eve's decision to stamp cat paws on her breasts, sometimes rappers themselves have second thoughts about their ink art. So with Gucci Mane recently revealing a freshl ... More >>

Did Cameron Diaz Buy Weed From Snoop Dogg in High School?

So Cameron Diaz was recently on the George Lopez Show (and has he always sounded like that?), where she discussed Cuban food, driving a Prius, identity theft, and all that good stuff. But she also recalled her days as a high school student in Long Beach, and memories of one upperclassman named Calvi ... More >>

So Long, Jack LaLanne

​For Bay Area natives of a certain age, Jack LaLanne doing deep knee bends is enshrined alongside Charley and Humphrey or the KOFY dogs in the pantheon of childhood nostalgia. LaLanne, who did for the fitness industry what Eli Whitney did for cotton gins, died yesterday at age 96.  The "Godfa ... More >>

Examiner's Phil Anschutz Dumps Money into California Politics -- Except San Francisco

No money for you, chumps.​San Francisco Examiner owner Phil Anschutz, his companies, and his employees, donated $92,582 to 30 California politicians between 2003 and 2009, according to campaign finance filings compiled by Anschutz's competitor, Bay Area News Group.But the railroad, telecommunicati ... More >>

True Story: Nate Dogg and Warren G Recorded 'Regulate' in a Bedroom Closet

​Not sure about you, but I'm still sad about the death of Nate Dogg. Thankfully, there's no shortage of tribute mixes and anecdotes to make me feel better. Wanna know the best one? Warren G says he and Nate Dogg recorded part of their classic hit "Regulate" in a closet at Warren's Long Beach apart ... More >>

A Stoned Moan with J Mascis and Several Shades of Why

​ This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why ​Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>

Obama's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: Two S.F. Pot Clubs to Close

And Divinity Tree, and Green Door Sacramento, and maybe Medithrive​Lombard Street is in the city's oft-posh Marina District, but that stretch of US-101 that leads from the Golden Gate Bridge down through Van Ness Avenue includes seedy motels as well as high-end boutiques. It might have also contai ... More >>

Feds Force Another San Francisco Pot Club to Close

Times they did a-change.​Pressure from the Justice Department is forcing a fourth San Francisco pot club to close early next year, with a fifth closure expected soon thereafter.Market Street Cooperative -- one of the city's lowest-profile cannabis dispensaries, with a modest sign outside its 1884 ... More >>

Medical Marijuana License Fees That Saved Cops' Jobs at Risk in Mendocino

CNBCSheriff Tom Allman of Mendocino County​The one-of-a-kind cooperation between medical marijuana growers and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department -- which legitimized cannabis cultivation in the eyes of the law and saved the jobs of deputies facing layoffs -- is at risk, pending the outcome ... More >>

S.F. Begins Issuing Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permits Again

It's a go -- for now.​San Francisco has begun issuing medical marijuana dispensary licenses again, following a recent state Supreme court decision that will allow local pot dispensaries to do business -- for now. The city's Medical Cannabis Act permitting process had been on hold for several month ... More >>

BREAKING: San Francisco Suspends Medical Marijuana Licensing Program Indefinitely

​San Francisco city officials indefinitely suspended the city's medical marijuana dispensary permitting program on Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Health.Pending permits had been on hold since December, after a ruling in a state appeals court case halted similar permitting program ... More >>