Philip K. Dick

Q&A With Greil Marcus

Killer App

Welcome to MySpace, Whoever You Are

This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

Repertory Film Listings

This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

Repertory Film Listings

This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

Repertory Film Listings

This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

Truly, Madly, Darkly

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks

Get Inside!

Your forecast of the summer's top movies

Can Light Stay Afloat?

POINT REYES -- Can Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Mitchell keep his small, renowned, and cash-starved newspaper going? It's a question...

Futuristic Fantasy

Through the eyes of a gay sci-fi writer

Report Card

Spielberg's Minority Report gets good grades until the end

Persistent Visions

This season's cinema demands attention

Wide Awake in America

Richard Linklater seeks meaning in Waking Life

House Of Tudor

Uncomfortable with Sadness

Fight Club

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Reel World

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Zoom Lens

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Memories Can't Wait

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Second Time Around

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Night+Day

Wesley Snipes kicks his way through the flashy, feisty Art of War

Silent Scene

The instrumental rock revival with Man or Astro-Man?, the Mermen, Pell Mell, and more

Save yourself from McG's Terminator

The instrumental rock revival with Man or Astro-Man?, the Mermen, Pell Mell, and more

David Bowie's Son Directs '2001' for 2009

Every time I see this trailer for Moon, directed by David Bowie's son Ducan Jones, I get stupid excited all over again. How can the son of "Major Tom"--a man raised on two of my favorite authors, J.G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick--go wrong? Especially with Sam Rockwell as his main character? Film ... More >>

Lethem Drops Chronic

Every time I see this trailer for Moon, directed by David Bowie's son Ducan Jones, I get stupid excited all over again. How can the son of "Major Tom"--a man raised on two of my favorite authors, J.G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick--go wrong? Especially with Sam Rockwell as his main character? Film ... More >>

What To Do? Tonight's Pick: Jonathan Lethem

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Red Cliff: John Woo's killer instincts are back in action

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Blood and Sunshine

Geno Valle​Like peanut butter and jelly, and chips and salsa, it's fun putting complimentary elements together. Blood and Sunshine are no exception. Combing their backgrounds of shoegaze and electronica, the duo of Joseph Macrino (vocals, guitar, Omnichord) and James Brennan (vocals, synth, machi ... More >>

Listen To This While High: 'Android,' by Sacto Proto-Punkers Ozzie

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

Bitches Brew Revisited brings psychedelic Miles Davis to the stage

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

It's a Trip

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

Just Before It All Went Kablooey

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

"The Adjustment Bureau": The Conspiracy Flick That Just Won't Shut Up

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

"World on a Wire": Newly Restored Fassbinder Sci-Fi Gem from 1973

​Given numerous (and proliferating) testimonials to cannabis use in its lyrics, it may be safely ventured at this late hour that rock music and marijuana go together like jazz and teacup gin. Racks of rock LPs, even entire sub-genres of the music, reach the ears already reeking of the devil's weed ... More >>

The Top 50 Songs To Get High To

We'd bet Barry O. bumped some of these back in the day...​ As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unear ... More >>