Spinal Tap

Last Night: Tim and Eric, Neil Hamburger at Sketchfest

Danielle Hall​Tim and Eric: Pussy Whip Gang Bang, Neil Hamburger January 14, 2010 Mezzanine Better than: Watching This is Spinal Tap for the millionth time. "Q: What do you get when you put a penny in the asshole of each of the members of Smash Mouth? A: Nickelback." This was just one of many ... More >>

Last Night: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire

​Metalocalypse Tour with Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Nov. 21, 2009 San Jose State Event Center Better than: Getting your ass whupped by Glenn Danzig's cartoon twin. It takes a pretty stellar concert lineup to coax even the most fanatical San Francisco music fan all the way to S ... More >>

Outside Lands Picks Part 1: Five Ways to a Fitter You

​Metalocalypse Tour with Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Nov. 21, 2009 San Jose State Event Center Better than: Getting your ass whupped by Glenn Danzig's cartoon twin. It takes a pretty stellar concert lineup to coax even the most fanatical San Francisco music fan all the way to S ... More >>

SFJFF Announces "Rockin' Puppet Mayhem"

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Decemberists

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Hostile Crawlcore

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Spinal Tap "Unwigged and Unplugged"

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Revealed: Everything you wanted to know — or didn't — about Canuck headbangers Anvil

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Anvil: Heavy metal's obscure teddy bears

Q: when is a puppet show not just a puppet show? A: When the puppets referred to are the Puppet Folk Revival Band. On July 31st, CellSpace hosts the West Coast concert debut of Rockin' Puppet Mayhem: the Puppet Folk Revival Band. Described in their PR as "an unholy blend of the puppetcraft of The ... More >>

Metallica's Hetfield Hospitalized, Spinal Tap Rolls On

Metallica.comTime to Turn the Page? Metallica's James Hetfield New Music Express has reported that that Metallica's James Hetfield was hospitalized for "a stomach bug and dehydration," forcing a cancellation of a March 8 Stockholm show .This latest health-related incident parallels a similar incid ... More >>

White Fright

Exploration of self-hating white guy is alternately dope and wack.

Judas Priest plods through history

Exploration of self-hating white guy is alternately dope and wack.

Schoolhouse Rock

Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hardcore funny.

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 6/11

Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hardcore funny.

Hock the Line

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

Bang Camaro Makes You Pay for Karaoke Metal

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

Our top DVD picks for the week of August 1.

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

Shandy Everybody Wants

Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of a classic loads on the Bull

Department of What the Fuck?

They called themselves Venom, and they came to rock

Repertory Film Listings

They called themselves Venom, and they came to rock

Morcheeba

The Antidote

Best Country/Americana Band

The Antidote

Deaf, Not Dumb

Pete Tong's a mockumentary that will make your heart dance

Mail-Order Strife

This fake documentary is a disaster of unfunny poor taste

Insultingly Rich & How to Become It

This fake documentary is a disaster of unfunny poor taste

Do the Twist

Animation fest delights the unstable, again

Best Rock n Roll Band

Naked Barbies

Giving a Folk

A Mighty Wind takes the piss out of folkies, but in the best possible way

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped,

the Folksmen turn it

way down from 11

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Spinal Tap tapped,

the Folksmen turn it

way down from 11

Turbonegro

Ass Cobra | Apocalypse Dudes

House Of Tudor

Gothic blues, creature features, and a respite for the H.E.A.R.-ing impaired

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

Tudor's House

The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

The Man of Many Face

Christopher Guest takes his comedy very, very seriously

Fun, Fun, Fun

As they prepare for their next album and U.S. tour, the Donnas prove they may be growing up but they remain the perfect antidote to Britney and Christina

STUFF: The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

That Was the Wit That Was

Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

Spanks for the Memories

Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

Girls Still Wanna Have Fun

As they prepare for their next album and U.S. tour, the Donnas prove they may be growing up but they remain the perfect antidote to Britney and Christina.

Trans-Europe Expressionism

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Music

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

How Strange Fruit Got Its Groove Back

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Night Crawler

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Lighten Up

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Night+Day

In Mushroom, a former folkie and a cast of experimenters present their own prog-rock revival

Totems Are Taboo

But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

Night+Day

But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

Hip-Hop Horror

Tales From the Hood doesn't stray far from reality in its payback-themed vignettes

Recordings

Tales From the Hood doesn't stray far from reality in its payback-themed vignettes