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Long Island

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2013

    NYC's Nickodemus Makes Dance Music About Climate Change

    World music producer and DJ Nickodemus has been spreading messages of positivity and global awareness by way of hip-hop, acid jazz, funk, and abstract beats since 1996. From launching one of the first late-night outdoor events in NYC (Turntables on the Hudson) to recording a compilation for Next Aid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2012

    Watch: An Exclusive Video Interview with Taking Back Sunday

    Over the weekend, Long Island's Taking Back Sunday came to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom to perform its first album, Tell All Your Friends, in its entirety. SF Weekly's Gil Riego and Barbara Szabo go to go backstage to interview the band's Adam Lazzara and Shaun Cooper before the show, and talked ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 5, 2012

    Surfer on Acid: Tradition Makes Over a Dive Bar Classic

    Over the weekend, Long Island's Taking Back Sunday came to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom to perform its first album, Tell All Your Friends, in its entirety. SF Weekly's Gil Riego and Barbara Szabo go to go backstage to interview the band's Adam Lazzara and Shaun Cooper before the show, and talked ... More >>

  • Film

    February 22, 2012

    "Roadie": Ron Eldard Channels His Inner Adolescent

    Over the weekend, Long Island's Taking Back Sunday came to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom to perform its first album, Tell All Your Friends, in its entirety. SF Weekly's Gil Riego and Barbara Szabo go to go backstage to interview the band's Adam Lazzara and Shaun Cooper before the show, and talked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    The Top 10 Worst Film Performances By Musicians

    By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO Rock star, singer-songwriter, producer, interior designer -- now we should add thespian to the many creative hats sported by Lenny Kravitz, who performs tonight (Feb. 14) at the Fox Theater in Oakland. In keeping with the family business -- his mom was the late Roxie Roker, a.k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Fat Chef Is 400 Pounds of Bad Food TV

    Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Fat Chef, a one-hour show about steamed vegetables, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In another effort to put even more distance between itself and food preparation so skilled it demands to be pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Tequila Bowl: Royal Exchange Bartenders Face-Off

    ​What: Superbowl Cocktail Competition to Benefit Project Open HandWhere: The Royal ExchangeWhen: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m.Cost: $5 ($10 at the door)The rundown: The best drink deal in the city might be tonight at the Royal Exchange. For $5, you're getting four cocktails, you're representing your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    How to Go to a Show and Not Be a Douche to the Bartender

    Getting a drink at gigs can be a nightmare -- especially if the show is sold out. You're hot, you're sweaty, you're claustrophobic and, heck, you're really thirsty. But no matter how uncomfortable you might be, try and give a thought to the bartenders and cocktail waitresses who are trying to serve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Late Night at 15 Romolo: The Smiths, Frat Boys, and High-Flying Wings

    Carina OstThe fried-banana-and-Nutella Challah at 'Cha Boy. Pickles: bad. Pickle juice: good.​Through San Francisco's Bada Bing! landscape of strippers and cannolis runs an alleyway with a bar that defies geographic guidelines. Hipsters in jean jackets and dark-rimmed glasses sing to the Pixie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Top Chef: All-Stars, Week 6: Hooked and Gutted

    Bravo TVThe sharks are circling for bait-bro Marcel. ​Last night's Top Chef: All-Stars began with a continuation of douchey Marcel showing his poor sportsmanship. He was drinking gin from the bottle and all up in Dale T.'s face about last week's competition. Ugh, did they forget that this was ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Pioneer of Parody

    Bravo TVThe sharks are circling for bait-bro Marcel. ​Last night's Top Chef: All-Stars began with a continuation of douchey Marcel showing his poor sportsmanship. He was drinking gin from the bottle and all up in Dale T.'s face about last week's competition. Ugh, did they forget that this was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Bear in Heaven, Twin Sister and Beach Fossils at the Rickshaw Stop

    Bear in Heaven​Bear in HeavenTwin Sister Beach Fossils July 26, 2010 @Rickshaw Stop Better Than: Watching Koyaanisqatsi on a beach and sipping mai tais. Last night's party at Rickshaw Stop started out as a beach bash, moved into an eclectic cocktail party and ended up feel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    10 Signs the Band You Are About to See is Going to Suck

    Fuckthatband.com​Sometimes at a show you have a feeling -- a hunch, a gut instinct, a fucking prejudice -- and the feeling is right. "This show is going to suck," you think, when some greasy waif takes the stage wearing rhinestone-studded shades and a turquoise-sequined cumberbund, then yanks a po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Are Food-Focused Arizona Boycotts for Reals?

    wisefly/FlickrCalls to boycott Cold Stone Creamery stores like the one in Fisherman's Wharf (pictured) have gone unheeded.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Cool to protest: Could efforts to boycott Arizona over the immigration law Governor Jan Brewer signed last Friday be seeping into your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Left Fest w/ Souls of Mischief

    Souls of Mischief​Left Fest w/ Souls of Mischief @ MezzanineOakland rap quartet Souls of Mischief is most fondly remembered for a 1993 hit. Prince Paul is a legendary oddball production Svengali from Long Island who also goes by the aliases Chest Rockwell and Filthy Pablo. The idea of holing them ... More >>

  • Music

    January 27, 2010

    Souls of Mischief embrace the Prince Paul regime

    Souls of Mischief​Left Fest w/ Souls of Mischief @ MezzanineOakland rap quartet Souls of Mischief is most fondly remembered for a 1993 hit. Prince Paul is a legendary oddball production Svengali from Long Island who also goes by the aliases Chest Rockwell and Filthy Pablo. The idea of holing them ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2009

    De La Soul

    Souls of Mischief​Left Fest w/ Souls of Mischief @ MezzanineOakland rap quartet Souls of Mischief is most fondly remembered for a 1993 hit. Prince Paul is a legendary oddball production Svengali from Long Island who also goes by the aliases Chest Rockwell and Filthy Pablo. The idea of holing them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Ten Gourmet Hot Dogs That'll Make You Sit Up and Beg

    A dog with ketchup and mustard? Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes you crave a bit more refinement than the classic red hot provides. There's a whole of craving going on these days -- gourmet wieners are poised to become a national (even an international) phenom, and that's just fine with u ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Fresh Lyme

    A dog with ketchup and mustard? Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes you crave a bit more refinement than the classic red hot provides. There's a whole of craving going on these days -- gourmet wieners are poised to become a national (even an international) phenom, and that's just fine with u ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Five places to eat oysters in San Francisco

    A dog with ketchup and mustard? Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes you crave a bit more refinement than the classic red hot provides. There's a whole of craving going on these days -- gourmet wieners are poised to become a national (even an international) phenom, and that's just fine with u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Why the 'Black Friday Story' Is the Enemy of Real News

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Snacktion: Madeleines, Plain and Fancy

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2008

    Long Island Rhymes

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Kim Kardashian's Ass, Jessica Sierra's Sextape - The Best and Worst of Sex in 2007

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    CD Review: Northern State -- Can I Keep This Pen?

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    Grown and Chrisette

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Loyd Family Players, Langhorne Slim, Karpov -- ASD's Live Music Picks for July 13

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Death gets reanimated in the hands of Gob Iron

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2006

    Dream On

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2005

    The Hanukkah Songs

    Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: "Jew-pergroup"

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    American Idols

    They won't quit their day jobs, but the members of Kill Your Idols can still set an example of what hardcore's all about

  • Film

    May 26, 2004

    Frogs Gone Loco

    Childhood games turn into obsession in Love Me If You Dare

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Childhood games turn into obsession in Love Me If You Dare

  • News

    August 6, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of August 6, 2003

  • Music

    July 30, 2003

    Northern State

    Dying in Stereo

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Dying in Stereo

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Place to Watch Hipsters Take a Spill

    The Entry Stairs at Cafe Du Nord

  • Culture

    April 3, 2002

    Women Behind Bars

    Mediocre acting keeps this lesbian sendup of women's prison films from busting free

  • Dining

    March 27, 2002

    Over the Hill

    A drinking tour of Potrero

  • Dining

    June 20, 2001

    Global Village

    Making the rounds of Fisherman's Wharf bars, you'll meet people from the Philippines, Bulgaria, or even Alameda

  • Culture

    April 4, 2001

    Blowin' Smoke

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

  • Dining

    February 28, 2001

    In From the Cold

    Sno-drift

  • Culture

    March 1, 2000

    Stage Capsules

    Sno-drift

  • Film

    July 8, 1998

    American Nowhere

    Hal Hartley on realism, surrealism, and Henry Fool

  • Calendar

    November 19, 1997

    Night+Day

    Hal Hartley on realism, surrealism, and Henry Fool

  • Film

    October 8, 1997

    Valley Ho!

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

  • Calendar

    November 1, 1995

    Night+Day

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

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    Purple Haze

    A speedy tour of the Morehouse commune

  • Calendar

    March 29, 1995

    Slap Shots

    A speedy tour of the Morehouse commune

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