Louisville

Van accident- Trainwreck riders show cancelled tomorrow

CD Review: VHS or Beta -- Bring on the Comets

Bridge School's Vedder, Flea Sing-along Canceled

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

Bay Area metal dominates the nation

This Isn't Vietnam: Lebowski Fest Makes SF Premiere at Mezzanine in September

Giants Try Their Sales Pitch Again -- and Whiff

A short while ago, a well-meaning sales rep from the San Francisco Giants called and wanted to make a deal. He knew I loved spur-of-the-moment decisions to get cheap tickets to go see the team's sensational young pitcher, Tim Lincecum. So, how about this offer: Four-packs (kills the spur-of-the-mome ... More >>

Recordings

A short while ago, a well-meaning sales rep from the San Francisco Giants called and wanted to make a deal. He knew I loved spur-of-the-moment decisions to get cheap tickets to go see the team's sensational young pitcher, Tim Lincecum. So, how about this offer: Four-packs (kills the spur-of-the-mome ... More >>

Slap Shots

A short while ago, a well-meaning sales rep from the San Francisco Giants called and wanted to make a deal. He knew I loved spur-of-the-moment decisions to get cheap tickets to go see the team's sensational young pitcher, Tim Lincecum. So, how about this offer: Four-packs (kills the spur-of-the-mome ... More >>

San Francisco Does NOT Win 'Most Photo-Friendly City' Contest -- So We'll Denigrate the Poll (It's a Coping Mechanism)

National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

The Nature of the Beast

Beast on the Moon is a novel struggling to be a play

Act a Lady: NCTC's cross-dressing show is a drag

Beast on the Moon is a novel struggling to be a play

Also Playing: Act a Lady, Evil Hamlet, Thom Pain

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Gay Weddings We’d Really Like to See

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Barry Bonds' Police Bat

Forget about the home-run ball — what's a bat signed by Barry Bonds worth after it's been smudged by the cops?

Misc. Reviews

Half-Cocked's ode to indie rock

Goodbye to the Godfather

RIP James Brown

The Watson Twins

Southern Manners EP

A Pack of Mutts

Southern Manners EP

Full Court Pressure

College Hoops 2K6 will bring out your inner Bobby Knight.

A to Z

My Morning Jacket's stunning new album marks a step forward for the atmospheric country band

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

Hear This

VHS or Beta are set on disintegrating the dance floor; Blue Merle equals Coldplay plus an electric mandolin

Hear This

Monsters of mope come to Berkeley: M. Ward, Bright Eyes, and Jim James. Old 97's are hotter than Ryan Adams.

Holy Grails

Just when we thought it was safe to turn our backs on instrumental indie rock

You Kill Me

Kentucky noir onstage

Head of the Class

A drama about a rich teen rapist feels surprisingly like everyday life

Decisions, Decisions

Things to do this week: See Rachel's, see the Darkness, form band, rule world

Kick the Habits

New play plays doctor

Outfield

From the dugout, you could see small tents rising like goose bumps from the grass

Coat Tales

My Morning Jacket may have a big new label, but its haunting brand of country remains as comfortable as ever

Do the Right Thing

Everything we know we've learned from documentaries

Fair Ball

Love of the national pastime, on display at a downtown art gallery

The Rush of Victory

Under coach George Rush, City College regularly wins national football titles. But is community college really the place for big-time sports?

House of Tudor

Saucy sexagenarians, kooky King Kong, global grooves, and apocryphal atheism

Love, Love, Love

Jumping gleefully into theater's favorite panacea

Class Cutups

Experimental electronic duo Matmos uses elective surgery to carve out an audience

Character Crazy

Singer/songwriter Sonny Smith has a lot to say about the odd twists of life -- and an interesting way to say it

Two States

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

We're Honored

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Reviews

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Hear This

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Night + Day

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Reviews

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Fading Flower

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Recordings

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun in Inglourious Basterds

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Early Warning: WhiskyFest S.F. Bringin' the Brown to SOMA

cactusthesaint/FlickrA blur of Glenmorangie at last year's WhiskyFest.​Bourbon is America's native spirit. That's not editorializing on the part of a prideful Kentuckian, just fact -- and law, seeing as a 1964 Act of Congress officially declared it exactly that. Furthermore, on August 2, 2007, ... More >>