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The Roxie's Post-Punk Film Series This Weekend: Here's What You Need to Know

We absolutely thrive on live music, but the snarky bartenders, fickle sound systems, and the general social hustle of attending local concerts can be draining. Occasionally we need a weekend of solitude and darkness, but don't want to forego assimilating new music and information about it. Luckily, ... More >>

Inside Slumberland Records, Berkeley's Legendary Indie Pop Label

Name: Slumberland Records Owner: Mike Schulman Founded: 1989 Headquarters: West Berkeley Creation story: Inspired by mid-80's Lower East Side noise rock artists like Swans and Sonic Youth, Schulman formed Big Jesus Trash Can without any prior musical experience in Washington, D.C., where he was ... More >>

"4:44 Last Days on Earth": How We Lived at the End

Name: Slumberland Records Owner: Mike Schulman Founded: 1989 Headquarters: West Berkeley Creation story: Inspired by mid-80's Lower East Side noise rock artists like Swans and Sonic Youth, Schulman formed Big Jesus Trash Can without any prior musical experience in Washington, D.C., where he was ... More >>

Q&A: How Howlin' Rain Survived a Four-Year Hiatus, Worked with Rick Rubin, and Finished The Russian Wilds

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

Tom Tom Club: Show Preview

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

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

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

Blurring the Line Between Fiction and Documentary

Howlin' Rain​ By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Howlin' Rain's Ethan Miller answers the door of the Brooklyn flat he's borrowing from a friend, the disheveled hair and wildly scraggly beard he's sporting gives him the look of a modern-day Rip Van Winkle. In many ways, the analogy fits, given that it' ... More >>

San Francisco Love Story

Before founding Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch came here to get healthy. He left with songs, skills, and a promise to return with a band.

Whole Foods Now Offering Kombucha on Tap in S.F.

vegnewspresspass.blogspot.comWhole Foods rolled out kombucha on tap here at the 2009 Outside Lands festival.​Don't hurl expensive half-green Mexican cherry tomatoes at us because we stopped by the Whole Foods in Potrero Hill to buy some grass-fed steak and salad fixings. As we approached caut ... More >>

Bad marriage: Lowbrow and chemistry-free in "Date Night"

vegnewspresspass.blogspot.comWhole Foods rolled out kombucha on tap here at the 2009 Outside Lands festival.​Don't hurl expensive half-green Mexican cherry tomatoes at us because we stopped by the Whole Foods in Potrero Hill to buy some grass-fed steak and salad fixings. As we approached caut ... More >>

All Tangeled Up

vegnewspresspass.blogspot.comWhole Foods rolled out kombucha on tap here at the 2009 Outside Lands festival.​Don't hurl expensive half-green Mexican cherry tomatoes at us because we stopped by the Whole Foods in Potrero Hill to buy some grass-fed steak and salad fixings. As we approached caut ... More >>

Last Night: Fool's Gold at Great American Music Hall

​Fool's Gold December 12, 2009 Great American Music Hall Better Than: Fool's Gold Loaf, a sandwich Elvis ate 18 months before he died. Frontman Luke Top has lately extinguished rumors that Fool's Gold is specifically a West Coast highlife ensemble. (Highlife is the speedy, gurgling guitar rhythm ... More >>

Get Higher, Baby

​Fool's Gold December 12, 2009 Great American Music Hall Better Than: Fool's Gold Loaf, a sandwich Elvis ate 18 months before he died. Frontman Luke Top has lately extinguished rumors that Fool's Gold is specifically a West Coast highlife ensemble. (Highlife is the speedy, gurgling guitar rhythm ... More >>

Soul and Body

​Fool's Gold December 12, 2009 Great American Music Hall Better Than: Fool's Gold Loaf, a sandwich Elvis ate 18 months before he died. Frontman Luke Top has lately extinguished rumors that Fool's Gold is specifically a West Coast highlife ensemble. (Highlife is the speedy, gurgling guitar rhythm ... More >>

Hungry for More

Resolutions are easy to keep at the Mission District's delightful Weird Fish

Writing His Future

Vulcan, the erstwhile king of spray can art, wants to leave the streets behind without losing his soul

Not Really a Deli

But discovering a great deli sandwich during a great summer festival is quite nice

The Self-Loathing Hipster's Guide to [the Universe] S.F. Night Life

But discovering a great deli sandwich during a great summer festival is quite nice

A-List

As he moves to N.Y., our reviewer reveals an S.F. treasure

You Shouldn't Go Hungry

East Coast West Delicatessen