Pulp Fiction

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Arthouse Movie Listings Sept 5-11, 2012

EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building

Twenty years after rave culture first entered the American mainstream, the success of a festival like Electric Daisy Carnival begs the question: Can electronic dance music retain its authenticity, warehouse roots and peace, love, unity and respect (PLUR)? EDC, whose organizers claim they sold out t ... More >>

Get Riptide Ripped with Susan SurfTone's Shore

​Listen to this while high: Susan SurfTone's Shore.​Behind the buzz: L.A.'s Susan & the Surftones were a tuneful part of the revived surf-rock scene of the '90s, when bands like Los Straightjackets, The Blue Hawaiians and Man or Astro Man? began to work the genre's buzzy instrumentals and go ... More >>

The Wilson: Speakeasy-in-a-Speakeasy Packs a Punch

​Listen to this while high: Susan SurfTone's Shore.​Behind the buzz: L.A.'s Susan & the Surftones were a tuneful part of the revived surf-rock scene of the '90s, when bands like Los Straightjackets, The Blue Hawaiians and Man or Astro Man? began to work the genre's buzzy instrumentals and go ... More >>

Olivier's Butchery Throws Dogpatch a Bone

xdebx//FlickrFrench cuts of meat without TSA hassles​"You know what the funniest thing about Europe is? It's the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there that we got here, but it's just...it's just there it's a little different." -Vincent Vega, Pulp FictionOpening next Thursda ... More >>

Get Submerged With Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine

​ This week: Get submerged with Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine.​Behind the buzz: In rock lore, Urge Overkill is said to have faltered in a bid to take over the '90s rock scene at its alt-sodden peak. It must be a real three-fisted bitch to be best known for what you didn't accomp ... More >>

Oscars 2011: The Academy Goes for Safe Nominations

​ This week: Get submerged with Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine.​Behind the buzz: In rock lore, Urge Overkill is said to have faltered in a bid to take over the '90s rock scene at its alt-sodden peak. It must be a real three-fisted bitch to be best known for what you didn't accomp ... More >>

"All Things Shining": How Greek philosophers can bring back wonder

​ This week: Get submerged with Urge Overkill's Rock & Roll Submarine.​Behind the buzz: In rock lore, Urge Overkill is said to have faltered in a bid to take over the '90s rock scene at its alt-sodden peak. It must be a real three-fisted bitch to be best known for what you didn't accomp ... More >>

Exclusive: Derrick Love's 'Goodbye Gemini' DJ Mini-Mix

Derrick Love​Really, Gemini Disco needs no introduction. The monthly party has been running circles around the classic disco, boogie, and house scene for four years, getting bigger and better with each installment of its well-decorated shindigs. Back in the day, Gemini used to jump off at Li Po Lo ... More >>

San Francisco Cops Nab Accused Caffeinated Thief

If Joltin' Joe had witnessed this alleged crime against coffee, the cops would never have been bothered...​Far be it for us to give alleged thieves advice on their alleged thievery. But a police report out of Ingleside did give us pause. According to the cops, a man was recently caught in the act ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for July 29-August 4, 2009

If Joltin' Joe had witnessed this alleged crime against coffee, the cops would never have been bothered...​Far be it for us to give alleged thieves advice on their alleged thievery. But a police report out of Ingleside did give us pause. According to the cops, a man was recently caught in the act ... More >>

On the QT

If Joltin' Joe had witnessed this alleged crime against coffee, the cops would never have been bothered...​Far be it for us to give alleged thieves advice on their alleged thievery. But a police report out of Ingleside did give us pause. According to the cops, a man was recently caught in the act ... More >>

We Aren't the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes.

Funny Business

Week 2 of the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival

Head Case

Our new column about singular meals debuts with, uh, brains