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    April 26, 2012

    Obama Explains Medical Marijuana Crackdown -- Sort Of

    Mystery accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California's state-legal medical marijuana industry since Oct. 7, when prosecutors formally declared their war on weed. Who was behind the feds deciding it was time to shut down hundreds of California dispensaries -- rogue prosecutors ... More >>

  • Film

    April 25, 2012

    "Hit So Hard": Full of Drugs, Lacking Substance

    Mystery accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California's state-legal medical marijuana industry since Oct. 7, when prosecutors formally declared their war on weed. Who was behind the feds deciding it was time to shut down hundreds of California dispensaries -- rogue prosecutors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Axl Rose Is Batshit: His Top Five Craziest Moments

    You may have noticed in the last couple of weeks that Axl Rose is running amok all over the press again (it's been a while, Axl, thanks for coming back to us). Not only have there been reports that -- try not to vomit on your keyboards -- he's dating Lana Del Rey (so, so wrong on so many levels we d ... More >>

  • Music

    April 11, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    You may have noticed in the last couple of weeks that Axl Rose is running amok all over the press again (it's been a while, Axl, thanks for coming back to us). Not only have there been reports that -- try not to vomit on your keyboards -- he's dating Lana Del Rey (so, so wrong on so many levels we d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Watch: Bob Weir Performs with Members of the National in San Rafael

    Former Grateful Dead frontman Bob Weir threw quite a party at his new TRI Studios in San Rafael this weekend: Weir invited a bunch of East Coast musicians, including three members of the National, out for a special in-studio jam called the Bridge Session that was broadcast live over the web. The tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Springsteen Says Rockers Are Thieves: Five Songs You May Not Know Were Stolen

    ​Last Thursday, Bruce Springsteen made the keynote speech at South By Southwest. He was funny, he was heartfelt, he was informative and -- dang, Boss! -- he was ridiculously honest. So honest in fact, that he picked up a guitar, played the opening riff from The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of this P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

    ​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    In Print: Defending the Lowly CD From Oblivion

    From the latest edition of SF Weekly: In Defense of the CD: No one loves CDs. The cool kids today want to either dig through crates of dusty old vinyl or pay four times too much for the new stuff. The even cooler kids spend actual money on godawful cassette tapes. And everyone else under age 40 has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    If Paul McCartney Succumbs to Alzheimer's, Blame (a lack of) Marijuana

    ​Far from being dead, Sir Paul McCartney's spectacular musical career enters its sixth decade this June, when the Beatle and vegetarian turns 70. That's a long and winding road, and one on which McCartney's constant companion has been cannabis.But not any longer. McCartney recently quit smoki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    An Open Letter to Karl Lagerfeld Re: Calling Adele "Fat"

    ​Dear Karl,We know you live in a world where protruding bones, malnourishment, and constant critical analysis of the female form is perfectly normal, but we don't like it very much when you step into our world (the non-fashion one, where ladies are allowed to eat more than 500 calories worth of fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Oakland's tUnE-yArDs Wins The Village Voice's Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

    Hey, you'd be smiling, too.​ Let the Bay Area pride fly: According to the the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, whose results were released late yesterday, the best album of 2011 was made by none other than Oakland funk-pop outfit tUnE-yArDs. Yep, that's best album, period. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Grateful Dead Videogame Comes with Rock 'n' Roll, Lacks Sex and Drugs

    He wants YOU! to trip balls. Or at least we wish he did.​ If wine, golf balls, snowboards, and a $400, 73-CD box set weren't enough to spend your nostalgia fund on, the folks behind the Grateful Dead's shrewd new merchandising campaign have come up with something else: A videogame. It's calle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Weekend Parties: Patrice Scott, Alan Braxe, Wonder-Full, and More

    DJ Spinna plays Wonder-Full this Saturday at Mezzanine​ Following in the fashion of every other weekend for the past couple months, this weekend offers a diverse and excellent grouping of parties that ought to cater to just about everyone's tastes. Read on, your weekend awaits. Friday, Dec. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Live Review: The National Converts to Arena Mode at Bill Graham Civic

    Matt SmithThe National at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday night. ​ The National Local Natives Wye Oak Dec. 3, 2011 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Better than: Seeing any other American rock band. "Anyone got extras? [To his partner] Hey, whatcha got?" "Just a hard dick and some bub ... More >>

  • Music

    November 9, 2011

    Don't Kill Lulu: Redeeming Lou Reed and Metallica's New Album

    Matt SmithThe National at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday night. ​ The National Local Natives Wye Oak Dec. 3, 2011 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Better than: Seeing any other American rock band. "Anyone got extras? [To his partner] Hey, whatcha got?" "Just a hard dick and some bub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Top Five Reasons P. Diddy Is Hilarious Now

    ​Earlier this week, Rolling Stone our colleagues at L.A. Weekly reported that an ex-LAPD detective has implicated Sean Combs in Tupac's murder. Greg Kading apparently asserts in a new book that Suge Knight and Puffy ordered the murders of Biggie Smalls and Tupac, respectively, and that h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The Summer Anthem: Does It Get Better or Worse with Age?

    ​We pop music critics are wired in such a way that articulating a love for Aja and Scott Walker is significantly less difficult than articulating the love for the person we share a toothbrush with. We're a revolting phylum, I know. However, one notable exception is Rolling Stone editor Rob Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Why Oh Why: Souls of Mischief's A-Plus Drops Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute EP

    The music makes about as much sense as the cover art.​ Maybe there was something in his blunt. Otherwise, what the hell was A-Plus thinking? The Oakland rapper -- a member of the celebrated alternative hip-hop crews Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics -- just went and dropped a tribute EP cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Metallica Recording with Lou Reed: Hitler Is Not Happy

    ​ "Maybe the best thing done by anyone, ever," is how former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed described his upcoming collaboration album with Metallica. Rolling Stone's David Fricke had kind words for it, too. We, however, are skeptical. And so is, uh, Hitler. In this hilarious video, som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Shocker: Metallica and Lou Reed Team Up for New Album

    Now just imagine a tall, skinny Lou Reed in there somewhere...​ Well, we certainly didn't see this coming: Bay Area metal giant Metallica and former Velvet Underground frontman/living god Lou Reed are about 90 percent done with a new album they've recorded together. Lou Reed and Metallica? Yes ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    News Media Continues Its Slow Decline

    Now just imagine a tall, skinny Lou Reed in there somewhere...​ Well, we certainly didn't see this coming: Bay Area metal giant Metallica and former Velvet Underground frontman/living god Lou Reed are about 90 percent done with a new album they've recorded together. Lou Reed and Metallica? Yes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    How Could I Leave This Behind?

    Now just imagine a tall, skinny Lou Reed in there somewhere...​ Well, we certainly didn't see this coming: Bay Area metal giant Metallica and former Velvet Underground frontman/living god Lou Reed are about 90 percent done with a new album they've recorded together. Lou Reed and Metallica? Yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    The Grammys Are Coming. Here's a Drinking Game to Get You Through Them

    ​Yes, the Grammys are nothing more than a promo summit for what remains of our broken conglomerate record labels of yore. Columbia, EMI, Warner Bros., Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, et al. like to believe they still hold some influence over the masses, and as long as we can sit here comfortably an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Metallica Plans New Record That's Not Actually a New Metallica Record

    ​The latest less-than-clear-message from the Metallica camp: Cigar aficionado/lead guitarist Kirk Hammet has let slip that the band is planning to head back into the studio in May -- but not exactly to record a new Metallica record. Hammet said the new project will only take the band two weeks -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Sen. Tom Coburn, Who Is Not a Deadhead, Thinks the Grateful Dead Archive Is a Waste of Money

    Tom Coburn, ungrateful non-head.​Earlier today, one senator from Oklahoma named Tom Coburn released a list of what his tight-fisted self considers the most wasteful federal spending of 2010.Number four on that list is a $615,000 grant given to UC Santa Cruz for a massive archive of Grateful Dead m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Sunday Night: The Black Crowes Begin Their Last Stand at the Fillmore

    Calibree PhotographyThe Black Crowes at the Fillmore last night.​The Black Crowes December 12, 2010 @ The Fillmore Better than: That thing Martin Scorsese lugged a camera to. To an Appalachian hillbilly transplant shivering through his first winter in the Bay Area, hearing that durable Southern ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    Do You Feel Drained?

    Calibree PhotographyThe Black Crowes at the Fillmore last night.​The Black Crowes December 12, 2010 @ The Fillmore Better than: That thing Martin Scorsese lugged a camera to. To an Appalachian hillbilly transplant shivering through his first winter in the Bay Area, hearing that durable Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    John Lennon's Untold Bay Area Connection

    John Lennon would be 70 tomorrow, were he still alive. And today, on the eve of Lennon's would-be birthday, The Bay Citizen's Scott James broke the story of a heretofore untold connection that Lennon and Yoko Ono had with the Hong family in San Mateo, whose modest home they stayed several times duri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Pot Baron Steve DeAngelo Calls For More Compassion in World of Corporate Marijuana

    Harborside Health CenterSteve DeAngelo says greed, for lack of a better word, is not good​Steve DeAngelo cares. The owner of Oakland's Harborside Health Center -- the largest medical cannabis dispensary in the United States, with some 60,000 patients and counting -- wants to "flip the switch" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Blondie at the Fillmore

    ​Blondie August 4, 2010 @ The FillmoreBetter than: forever wondering what it would be like.  Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Blondie singer Debbie Harry was every boy's masturbation fantasy. Whenever her pouty lips, high cheekbones, and perfect hair to match her perfe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Album That Time Time Sort Of Forgot: Desaparecidos' 'Read Music/Speak Spanish'

    Bill Sitzmann​Today sees the stateside release of the Arcade Fire's third full-length album, The Suburbs, which supposedly kicks ass. Not having heard it, I will instead ruminate on another album about suburbs: Read Music/Speak Spanish, the first and only record by Omaha's Desaparecidos. The ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jacki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    AEG Left With Hefty Debt in Wake of Michael Jackson Death

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2008

    Death Cab will possess your vote

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2008

    Kanye, Jay-Z, Mary J., and Rihanna clamor for diva status

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    Altman Snaps

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Nick Drake's Sister and Jolie Holland 'Talking Music' Today at Herbst

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    Weekend Guide: What to do Saturday Night!

    The thing about irony is that its timing is always impeccable. Last night I got the new issue of Rolling Stone, which had a front of the book article on "Inside Michael Jackson's Troubled London Comeback" about the performances scheduled to happen next month. Before the singer's unexpected death yes ... More >>

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    The Revolution Will Be Digitized

    TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    More Than Words

    Esteemed rock critic Michael Azerrad walks a fine line in his other job: drummer for pop rockers the King of France

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2005

    Bebe, Baby!

    Here Lies Jenny Weills away the hours

  • Music

    December 26, 2001

    Balancing Act

    Naked Music wants to be one of the premier dance labels in the country -- without losing its indie cred

  • Music

    December 5, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    All things must pass.

  • Music

    October 6, 1999

    Riff Raff

    (Star) Bucking the Trend, Stephan Jenkins, More Paranoia at the Chronicle, and Re: Cover

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Web Rouser

    Former Lusty Lady dancer Caity McPherson struggles to make a living on the oversexed Internet

  • Music

    July 1, 1998

    Madonna's Not a Virgin Anymore

    So why does she keep acting like a princess?

  • Music

    October 22, 1997

    Reviews

    So why does she keep acting like a princess?

  • Music

    February 5, 1997

    Riff Raff

    So why does she keep acting like a princess?

  • Music

    October 9, 1996

    Recordings

    So why does she keep acting like a princess?

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