Subject: Sam Prestianni

• Sunday: Maker Faire 2009 at the San Mateo County Expo Center

  Maker Faire Sunday, May 31 San Mateo County Expo CenterPhotos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: watching Star Wars with my robot girlfriend. Freaks and geeks welcome! That was the unofficial motto of the 4th Annual Maker Faire, Make magazine's premier showcase for do-it-yourselfers of all stripes who live to build unusual, beautiful things and sometimes blow them up. Burning Man regulars were there, of course, from Acme Muffineering with their giant bicycle-powered cupcakes, to the visionary te

  June 1, 2009

• Friday Night: Two Gallants at the Fillmore

  Two Gallants December 26, 2008 The Fillmore Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: Banging heroin while watching "It's a Wonderful Life" for the 7th time in a row. Christmas came one day late for the Bay Area's homegrown lo-fi heroes Two Gallants. Like most native sons, guitarist-singer Adam Stephens and drummer Tyson Vogel had long dreamed of playing the legendary Fillmore Auditorium. But San Francisco being San Francisco, the audience reception at the nearly-sold out gig was a bit

  December 27, 2008

• Two Gallants, Q-Bert and Laughing Squid's Unholiday Party: Your Monday Morning Hangover

  Weekend recap by Janine KahnWe're shaking ourselves out of holiday lethargy here on All Shook Down, and we'll be alive-alert-awake-enthusiastic (OK, maybe "sober" is a more accurate term) through Wednesday afternoon. We've a lot planned for New Year's Eve, but before we get ahead of ourselves, here's a brief look back at some of the events we managed to break away from crazy relatives long enough to cover over the weekend:On Friday, Sam Prestianni headed to the Fillmore to see darkish indie duo

  December 29, 2008

• Boyz II Men, Willie Nelson, and Meat Puppets: Your Monday Morning Hangover

  On Friday, Willie Nelson and son Lukas graced the Fillmore with their presence (they'll be doing so till tomorrow, Jan. 20, if you missed out). All Shook Down correspondent Jonathan Kiefer waxed poetic in his review of the evening, painting Nelson in red and blue lights such that he resembled Shepard Fairey's poster of Barack Obama - if you're a literalist, there's a web site you can visit to re create just that.

  January 19, 2009

• Recordings

  May 22, 1996

• Hillstomp defines the down ‘n’ dirty gutbucket blues

  April 16, 2008

• Keeping the beat in New Orleans: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

  February 21, 2007

• Dios (malos) drops dream pop at the Great American, and the experimental Fog City thrill ride that is Eddie the Rat

  October 12, 2005

• Hear This

  Frantic noise and a pornographic stage show means the Boredoms are anything but; Japan's PINE*am brings its comical pop to town

  May 18, 2005

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  Freak-folk Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear roars into town; G. Love takes to the Warfield sans Special Sauce

  March 2, 2005

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  The Dresden Dolls bring their Brechtian cabaret to the Great American Music Hall

  November 17, 2004

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  "Northwest Passage" brings Norway's finest jazz and electronica pioneers to town. SF Jazz brings you the best of Brazil.

  November 3, 2004

• Hear This

  Old Crow Medicine Show: not your average bluegrass band. The Eagles of Death Metal: not a death metal band at all.

  October 6, 2004

• Hear This

  Brother Danielson plays quirky spirituals, and dresses as a tree; the Supersuckers blow through town with three nights of country-fried rawk

  September 15, 2004

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  Mike Park and pals are "Asians in Rock"; the beautiful pianist Rachel Z brings her contemporized smooth jazz to Pearl's

  August 25, 2004

• In Memoriam

  A dance for the dead

  April 28, 2004

• Nina's Knowledge

  A woman of few songs

  July 23, 2003

• Hear This

  Asian American Jazz Festival

  September 20, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  I Am, I Am, I Am Superman; Parking Tips From a Cyclist; We Know, Joe, We Know; All That Jazz; Driven From the City by Dot-Com Yuppie Pukes

  June 21, 2000

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  June 30, 1999

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  June 2, 1999

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  December 30, 1998

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  December 16, 1998

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  December 9, 1998

• Welcome to Wammies '98

  October 14, 1998

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  September 2, 1998

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  June 24, 1998

• Letters

  May 6, 1998

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  April 22, 1998

• Reviews

  April 1, 1998

• Reviews

  December 10, 1997

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  November 5, 1997

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  October 22, 1997

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  October 8, 1997

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  September 10, 1997

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  September 3, 1997

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  July 16, 1997

• Letters

  July 16, 1997

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  March 26, 1997

• Recordings

  February 26, 1997

• Recordings

  January 22, 1997

• Recordings

  December 25, 1996

• Hear This

  December 11, 1996

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  November 27, 1996

• Recordings

  November 13, 1996

• Wammies 1996

  November 13, 1996

• Hear This

  October 23, 1996

• Recordings

  June 19, 1996

• Recordings

  October 25, 1995

• Wild Boar Corn Dogs and Tequila to Kill For: Opening Night at SF Chefs.Food.Wine.

  Sam Prestianni​SF Chefs. Food. Wine. Event: Festival Opening Night  Venue: A tent in Union Square Better Than: Watching Hell's Kitchen from the sofa Great idea: Bring together dozens of the Bay Area's top chefs, winemakers, and mixologists for a Dionysian dream date to spotlight San Francisco as the premier city of epicurean delights. Great causes: Feeding America, Meals on Wheels, the San Francisco Food Bank, and Project Open Hand, all standing to benefit from the inaugur

  August 7, 2009