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The 19-Year-Old Hipster's Ironic Gift of Choice: Rotary Phones From the Johnson Administration

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

Glow Stick Reunion

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

Spread the Word

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

Despite the great source material, War Music bombs

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

Big Sad Men

By Joe Eskenazi  The Partridge Family bus notwithstanding, not everything about the 1970s trumped today's world. Everyone wore polyester - and smoked - a combination that could very well turn you into The Human Torch. And yet, after one lit himself ablaze (or, as both my parents managed to do, ... More >>

The House Always Wins

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Repertory Film Listings

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Cat Food

Artist roasts hypocrisy

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Artist roasts hypocrisy

English Invasion

Watch for billboard "improvements" by American pop artist Ron English

Accentuate the Negativ

Fathers hide your intellectual property: The Bay Area's original culture jammers are back

True Lives

Is it real or is it magic? Decide at the S.F. Documentary Film Festival.

Cute Is Enough

Pooh's latest packs plenty for the kids

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Don't Park There

The Unwritten Rules of Parking in San Francisco

For Christ's Sake!

Irreligious reels

Machine Love

Casting type in the Presidio

Dog Bites

Overpriced Sports Star Joins Local Team; Light Reading; A Match Made in Heaven; A Suggestion for Rearranging the Deck Chairs at Salon.com

The Boner Monologues

Mike Duvall's comic spoof starts off well but can't quite keep it up

Pop Philosophy

Two clubs and a little Norwegian

Black Rage

The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

Sleazy Does It

The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

Rhapsody in Green

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Night Crawler

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Night + Day

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Wicked Flicks

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Letters

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Unspun

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Unspun

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Night Crawler

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Cartoon Art

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Art Operations

At the end of the Gershwin centennial, his trust benefits from new copyright laws. But are they protecting artists or merely bank statements?

Cannabis Town Hall 2010 Reminds Us All that People Need Their Meds

​Last night, around 150 members of the interestingly titled "compassionate community" gathered at the Women's Center for Cannabis Town Hall 2010 hosted by the Harvey Milk Cannabis Caucus. (Believe it or not, Harvey Milk's prime issue was working to get pot legalized. ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

​Last night, around 150 members of the interestingly titled "compassionate community" gathered at the Women's Center for Cannabis Town Hall 2010 hosted by the Harvey Milk Cannabis Caucus. (Believe it or not, Harvey Milk's prime issue was working to get pot legalized. ... More >>

Saturday Night: Subhumans Rail Against Prejudice and iPhones

​Subhumans@Bottom of the HillJune 12, 2010Better than: Shoegaze, twee or drone.Skinny, disheveled and bespectacled, Subhumans lead singer Dick Lucas is among an endangered species of classic 1980s punk icons. Darby Crash of The Germs is dead. Sid Vicious is dead. Steve Ignorant of Crass is rarely ... More >>

Kid's Bad 'Bad Romance,' Car-Load of Farts Among YouTube's Most Failing Music Vids

​I don't know which is funnier: the kid in the Mickey Mouse pajamas shouting the words to "Bad Romance" into a banana, the dude singing some excruciatingly wrong lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," hearing Queen's "We Will Rock You" sung in a thick Indian accent, or simply the lines, "I've got ... More >>

Jeff Adachi Plans Signature-Gathering Marathon For Pension Reform Measure

Almost there...​Jeff Adachi has until 5 p.m. today to gather signatures for his "Smart Reform" measure, which would mandate city employees pay hundreds of millions a year toward their pension and health care costs.  Reached late Monday afternoon, San Francisco's public defender said he'd prob ... More >>

Baylinks: Reality TV, the Wiggle, & Mickey Mouse

​Police officer who appeared on reality TV show now must appear before the Police Commission. [SFAppeal]Yes! Wiggle getting a little less bumpy. [SF Citizen]"I think the whole thing is an elaborate branding exercise." Commenters weigh in on the Mission Levi's Workshop. [Mission Mission]

Should California Buy Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch? Yes, Please

photo via Flickr/WKHarmon​The news that California Assemblyman Mike Davis wants the state to buy Michael Jackson's former estate and open it to the public has prompted many a raised eyebrow. How can California possibly afford to do this at a time when it's more strapped for cash than MJ was when h ... More >>

Disney Studio Coming to the Mission?

tattoosoglengBienvenidos a La Mission, Mr. and Mrs. Mouse?​Mission denizens received an odd, anonymous press release last week: "According to reputable sources, Disney Studios recently met with the SF Mayor's Office to plan its move to the former Hershey's Chocolate location at the corner of Fols ... More >>

Film Showtimes for the week of October 27-November 2, 2010

tattoosoglengBienvenidos a La Mission, Mr. and Mrs. Mouse?​Mission denizens received an odd, anonymous press release last week: "According to reputable sources, Disney Studios recently met with the SF Mayor's Office to plan its move to the former Hershey's Chocolate location at the corner of Fols ... More >>

Supes Punt on Naming Next Mayor

Joe EskenaziLarry Edmond says, unlike Tom Ammiano, he'd be thrilled to be our next mayor​As expected, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors did not select the city's next mayor today. Instead  the process was continued to Dec. 14 (for the record, this was done on a 9-2 vote with Supervisors Ch ... More >>

Better, Later, and on the Air: A Wish list for S.F. Music in 2012

Joe EskenaziLarry Edmond says, unlike Tom Ammiano, he'd be thrilled to be our next mayor​As expected, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors did not select the city's next mayor today. Instead  the process was continued to Dec. 14 (for the record, this was done on a 9-2 vote with Supervisors Ch ... More >>