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"Mama": Less Scary Than a Call From Mom

"New Jerusalem": A Study in Grime

San Francisco Is More Naughty Than Nice, Study Says

Just in time for Christmas, a new study revealed San Francisco is the 9th most sinful city in the nation, with some 48 percent confessing to committing one of the seven deadly sins -- lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, pride, greed, sloth -- at least five times a week. And just guess what we're most gui ... More >>

Goodbye, Lookout! Records: A Tribute in 10 Songs

You may have heard over the last few days that Berkeley's Lookout! Records -- one of the world's most treasured punk rock labels, and the place that Green Day got its start -- is closing for good, back catalog and all. If you were a punk rocker in the '90s, this news feels a little bit like losing a ... More >>

Love is Chemicals: Like a Party of Sea Gods or Snake-Oil Salesmen

love is chemicals presents the Secret Satan covers show at the Hemlock tonight​ Off-kilter indie-pop quartet Love is Chemicals is a group of expert multi-taskers. Between organizing tonight's Secret Satan show at the Hemlock and arranging more sharp-edged guitar pop for their upcoming album, ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

love is chemicals presents the Secret Satan covers show at the Hemlock tonight​ Off-kilter indie-pop quartet Love is Chemicals is a group of expert multi-taskers. Between organizing tonight's Secret Satan show at the Hemlock and arranging more sharp-edged guitar pop for their upcoming album, ... More >>

San Francisco Does *Not* Make List of Top 25 Dangerous Neighborhoods in Country

The old neighborhood has really gone to hell...One of the most sobering things about being a reporter is to read the police department's wrap-up of the prior day's assaults each morning. Do it enough and you start to believe it's darn near a miracle you got home without getting stabbe ... More >>

Edgar Allan Poe -- Who Never Visited San Francisco and May Never Even Have Thought of It -- Would be 200 Today

It seems so right. It should have been true. Edgar Allan Poe, his jaw taut and his eyes bloodshot, ought to have been wandering along a foggy San Francisco alley upon a midnight dreary, pondering weak and weary. Alas, 'twas not the case. Poe -- who would have been 200 today (and barely made a fifth ... More >>

Gay and Transgender Divas Battle for Stardom in Bay Area's Ballroom Scene

It seems so right. It should have been true. Edgar Allan Poe, his jaw taut and his eyes bloodshot, ought to have been wandering along a foggy San Francisco alley upon a midnight dreary, pondering weak and weary. Alas, 'twas not the case. Poe -- who would have been 200 today (and barely made a fifth ... More >>

R. Kelly to Share Closet Space with Ne-Yo in Oakland

It seems so right. It should have been true. Edgar Allan Poe, his jaw taut and his eyes bloodshot, ought to have been wandering along a foggy San Francisco alley upon a midnight dreary, pondering weak and weary. Alas, 'twas not the case. Poe -- who would have been 200 today (and barely made a fifth ... More >>

The Thrill of Defeat

A one-man multimedia show on the mostly miserable musical career of Ira Marlowe

The Poindexter Effect

Digging into the architect of Total Information Awareness unearths good news: Ordinary Americans value civil liberties

Scrambled Eggers

Even at a benefit for kids, the spotlight still shines on the world-famous author

Finger-picking Good

Duck Baker explores uncharted territory with his acoustic guitar

Happier Campers

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

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Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

The House of Tudor

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

House of Tudor

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Unappreciated at Any Speed

Seventy Bay Area enthusiasts -- and thousands more across the nation -- don't care what Ralph Nader says. They want their Corvairs.

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Seventy Bay Area enthusiasts -- and thousands more across the nation -- don't care what Ralph Nader says. They want their Corvairs.

Unspun

Seventy Bay Area enthusiasts -- and thousands more across the nation -- don't care what Ralph Nader says. They want their Corvairs.