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  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Mistah F.A.B. Immortalizes Trayvon Martin in "God Don't Love Me"

    Oakland's Mistah F.A.B. is one of a few rappers around the nation who have released songs about the death of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Empathy has always been one of F.A.B.'s strongest suits, lyrically speaking, and it's clear from "God Don't Love me" that this incident hits close to hom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Relax, Relate, Release at 222 Hyde, Mike Simonetti at Monarch, Nina Kraviz at Public Works, and More

    Here we are again: Another week is coming to an end and another crop of parties is immanently approaching. In fact, this time around you don't even need to wait for Friday to have a good time. Read on--your weekend awaits. Thursday, March 22 What: Relax, Relate, Release: One-Year Anniversary Where ... More >>

  • Music

    January 4, 2012

    Idle Warship: Show Preview

    Here we are again: Another week is coming to an end and another crop of parties is immanently approaching. In fact, this time around you don't even need to wait for Friday to have a good time. Read on--your weekend awaits. Thursday, March 22 What: Relax, Relate, Release: One-Year Anniversary Where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Anda Elevates The Local Piroshki Scene (Yes, That Exists)

    Alex HochmanNo gut bombs at Anda Piroshki.​A San Franciscan could be excused for having a lackluster attitude towards piroshki. Until now, choices have been limited to limp, microwaved deli counter ovals or the greasy, fryolator variety served up at numerous Richmond district Russian bakeries. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Baseball Beer Prices -- Cheers to the Giants!

    Smiles at $6 a pop...​Nouveau Giants fans unaccustomed to adversity may have been left weeping into their beers by the team's disappointing opening series. But, in addition to the reassuring notion that a World Series pennant is fluttering over AT&T Park, San Francisco aficionados can cry prou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Giants Hospitalize Pair of Young Fans

    Buster Posey has done a lot of damage with his bat this year. Usually, he feels better about it.​The San Francisco Giants have been relentless on the field of late. The reeling San Diego Padres can attest to that. So can a pair of Arizona children. In a bizarre course of events, two youthful spect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Ride The Ducks Boat Tours Quacking Again In San Francisco

    Like a duck back to water...​Just when we were getting used to the pleasant absence of tourists quacking "Tequila" down Fourth Street, San Francisco Ride the Ducks resumed its operations. The company had grounded its tours last week following the drowning death of two Hungarian tourists in the Del ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Average Frisco Penis Longer Than Typical L.A. Prick

    We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2010

    The Art of the Steal

    We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Things Fall Apart

    We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Organizer Apologizes for Saturday's Nightmarish Great American Food and Music Fest

    shaunandjenny/FlickrLong lines and disorganization left festival attendees frustrated.Calling it "the first pancake," an organizer of Saturday's Great American Food and Music Fest published a lengthy apology Sunday for the event, which featured hours-long food lines and angry attendees demanding ref ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    New York Times Reports SF Duck Tour Quacking Lawsuit -- But Omits Crucial Aspect

    The SF Weekly has paid a lot of attention to the Duck Tour rivalry here in San Francisco. Possibly too much. So it was nice to see that the nation's most respected publication also found that story interesting, and published one of its own.The story is a good one, and it's especially informativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Tonight at Book Passage: Simon Majumdar Answers Your Questions about Global Grazing

    Have fork, will travel: Our idea of a sweet gigIn what must have been one of the pleasantest book projects of all time, Simon Majumdar traveled the world eating and writing about it. The result: Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything, published in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster's F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Last Night: Santigold at the Warfield

    SantigoldThursday, May 21, 2009The Warfield TheaterReview by Jesse Ducker Better Than: A bloodless M.I.A. concert "It feels like the first day of school!" Santigold told a screaming, full house at the Warfield last night, on the opening date of her national tour. "We've got new outfits and every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Duck, Duck, Suit: One SF Duck Tour Sues Another Over Trademarked Quack

    In November of last year, the SF Weekly published a cover story on the all-out duck fight going on between the city's rival amphibious tours, Bay Quackers and Ride the Ducks. Bay Quackers is the smaller, locally owned business that's been around about five years; Ride the Ducks belongs to ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2009

    Lissy Trullie

    In November of last year, the SF Weekly published a cover story on the all-out duck fight going on between the city's rival amphibious tours, Bay Quackers and Ride the Ducks. Bay Quackers is the smaller, locally owned business that's been around about five years; Ride the Ducks belongs to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    10 Artists with Gimmicky Names Worth Hearing

    (Nipsey Hussle is nothing funny) The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    The Kungs of Comedy

    (Nipsey Hussle is nothing funny) The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    The War on Drugs

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Richie Panic

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas Headline Annual Rock the Bells Festival

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    Last Night: Enon with The Blacks at Bottom of the Hill

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Xiu Xiu To Release "New Women as Lovers Double LP" and 2008 Tour

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    OM Announce US Tour Dates

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Radiohead Coming To SF

    Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Kelenna Azubuike

    Warrior and music lover

  • Film

    October 31, 2007

    Repertory Film Listing

    Warrior and music lover

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2007

    Sly & Robbie, Patti Smith, Floetry -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, August 14

    Warrior and music lover

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Under Byen's Icelandic envy

    Warrior and music lover

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 18, 2006

  • News

    July 12, 2006

    No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

    In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

  • Music

    April 19, 2006

    All hail the King and the Asian brigade

    In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

  • Music

    October 5, 2005

    One Band Clapping

    The much-hyped Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and the phenomenon of the indie band as small business

  • Music

    August 3, 2005

    Marissa Nadler

    The Saga of Mayflower May

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    Hear This

    Quirky lo-fi pop is On the Speakers; the Roots, the Coup, and more show up for the We the Planet Festival

  • Music

    October 6, 2004

    BeatBox

    Jedi Mind Tricks and its horror-core hip hop; "Die Maschinen" and its non-pretentious industrial beats

  • Film

    June 16, 2004

    Reps Etc.

    Jedi Mind Tricks and its horror-core hip hop; "Die Maschinen" and its non-pretentious industrial beats

  • Music

    February 11, 2004

    BeatBox

    Cunning linguist Radioactive drops by "Tru Skool"; Philly's King Britt heats up Club Six; and Mark Farina and Derrick Carter double-team the decks at Mezzanine.

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    A Woman's Work

    Barbara Ehrenreich's misadventures take to the stage

  • Film

    October 1, 2003

    Event Full

    An all-star indie cast dramatizes the new face of AIDS death

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    Jazzanova

    In Between (Atlantic/Ropeadope)

  • Music

    February 20, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    The cyber space-age anniversary of "Synth," and the habit-forming trip hop of Loquat

  • Calendar

    November 17, 1999

    Illadephonic Sounds

    The Roots

  • Calendar

    April 28, 1999

    Night & Day

    The Roots

  • Calendar

    June 17, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    The Roots

  • Music

    March 4, 1998

    Reviews

    The Roots

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    The Name is Nino. El Nino.

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1997

    Night+Day

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Dining

    August 28, 1996

    Dish

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Music

    March 22, 1995

    Recordings

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

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