Bob MouldBob Mould and Mark Eitzel
Swedish American Hall
February 28, 2009
Review by Vicky Walker
Better Than: All those weedy so-called "emo" musicians who wouldn't recognize tragedy if it bought them a beer.
Misery loves company, it's said, so I'm not surprised to see a sellout crowd at the Swedish American Hall for the myrmidons of melancholy, Bob Mould and Mark Eitzel. Round-shouldered young men in dark clothing huddle next to young women in sharp bangs and paisley-swirled frocks. Balding
Anna McCarthyDid you hang around the 'Loin in 1984? Does this face ring a bell?​On April 10, 1984, San Francisco police found 9-year-old Mei Leung's dead body in the basement area of the residential hotel at 765 O'Farrell Street where she lived with her family. Her 8-year-old brother was the last one to see her alive -- they had walked home from a friend's house together just before the slaying. Police never found her killer. Now, two-and-a-half decades later, the SFPD say they have new DNA ev
​King Khan & BBQ
November 18, 2009
The Independent
Better Than: Kentucky jail
After driving 1600 miles and missing five shows, King Khan & BBQ rejoined its US tour Wednesday in San Francisco at The Independent.
The duo was famously accompanied by their mosh pit and rage-bones (connected to the drink-bone), and their publicized contralegal plight rang out among the intoxicated audience--some of whom may well know the struggle. But the funniest thing about KK & BBQ's return to the