Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and their banjos to Golden Gate Park the weekend of Oct. 2-4 when the group headlines this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fest. Also on deck to perform: Neko Case, Doc Watson, Okkervil River, Earl Scruggs,
Caroliner @ the Lab (Sat. and Sun.)Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @ Golden Gate Park (Fri.-Sun.)Wait, what? Steve Martin and MC Hammer and Neko Case and Steve Earle? Yeah, it's the city's biggest free hootenanny with a cross section of roots music fans. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass kicks off today at 10:30 a.m.; the last act hits the stage Sunday at 7 p.m. Inaugural Show @ Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (Friday)GAFFTA aims turn an eyesore neighborhood into a destination for rising art stars. It s
Just like Steve Martin, San Francisco's gotta lotta brains.San Francisco has an IQ of 165. You know, if your believe in that sort of thing. [City Insider]Break time video! Kick it with the everybody's favorite dudes who like-to-blow-things-up, the MythBusters. [SFAppeal]Tom Ammiano heckles Schwarzenegger! [SFist]Awesome shots of an S.F. abode totally covered in foliage. [Mission Mission]Do you like music? Do you like comedy? Do you like writers? Then you should probably go to this on Oct. 15.
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