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Roy Orbison

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    "Jogging With Jesus" Author Teaches Wives the "Nutcracker Technique" of Husband Improving

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Jogging With Jesus Author: C.S. Lovett Date: 1978 Publisher: Personal Christianity, Baldwin Park, CA Question Raised by This Cover: Can God make a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Lass Out Loud: Rachel Fannan on Her New Band, Only You, and Playing with "Three Vixen Warlords"

    The women of the Bay Area music scene are breaking rules and defying expectations. Lass Out Loud is a new column exploring their lives and work. Former Sleepy Sun singer Rachel Fannan's new all-girl group, Only You, takes a break from the sunnier shores of Southern California to perform at Brick an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Sunday: Girls Perform a Muscular, Vulnerable New-Old Rock at Great American Music Hall

    Girls Sonny & the Sunsets Carletta Sue Kay Oct. 9, 2011 Great American Music Hall Better than: The worn-out Roy Orbison tapes in your parents' attic. Subtract the voice of singer-songwriter Christopher Owens, and many of the songs on the latest album from San Francisco's Girls sound like they coul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Cheat Sheet for Cassettes to Care About in 2010

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Thee Oh Sees: A little Help goes a long way

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Hit the Dex

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Wayback Machinists

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    January 30, 2008

    Dengue Fever

    Venus on Earth (M80)

  • Film

    December 19, 2007

    Hock the Line

    Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

  • Music

    December 19, 2007

    Walk Hard: The first biopic to address bad tripping with the Beatles and slicing your sibling in half

    Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Danzig Breaks Shoulder, Still to Rock SF

    Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    To Be Real

    Lee Bob Watson wrestles for musical truth

  • Music

    July 11, 2007

    Cult Rock Rules

    The Polyphonic Spree's got nothing on Ya Ho Wha

  • Music

    June 13, 2007
  • Listen Up

    March 15, 2006

    Some of My Best Friends Are Records

    SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    I Think, Therefore I Drink

    Asking the Big Questions at a working-class Latino dive bar with chafing dishes full of beanie weenies

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2005

    Creature Feature

    Horror wears a rubber suit

  • Music

    December 3, 2003

    Paula Frazer

    A Place Where I Know: 4-Track Songs 1992-2002

  • Holiday

    November 20, 2002

    GIFTS

    DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

  • Holiday

    November 21, 2001

    Holiday Highlights 2001

    Holiday Event Lisitngs

  • Film

    October 10, 2001

    Hollywood Hells

    David Lynch crashes on Mulholland Drive, but the wreckage is smashing

  • Music

    January 3, 2001

    Los Shakers; Various Artists

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Dining

    October 13, 1999

    A Walk on the Mild Side

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    November 25, 1998

    Who's the Boss?

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    November 13, 1996

    Wammies 1996

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    October 9, 1996

    The House of Tudor

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    February 21, 1996

    Recordings

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    November 29, 1995

    Recordings

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

  • Music

    March 1, 1995

    Samples

    Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

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