Sydney (Australia)

"Wake in Fright": The Wickedest Walkabout Returns, Lurid as Ever

"Finding Nemo 3-D": Pixar's Grand Fish Tale Needs No Enhancement

Arthouse Movie Listings Sept 5-11, 2012

Google Attempts to Teach Everyone on the Planet That Being Gay Is Not a Crime

Hey homophobes, here's one more big corporation for you to boycott. Today is the day that Google launches its much-talked-about campaign, "Legalize Love." We know what you are thinking -- what do those geeks in Silicon Valley know about love? Turns out, those nerds know a hell of a lot more about lo ... More >>

Australian DJ Anna Lunoe on Moving to L.A., S.F.'s Dirtybird Label, and Laying Down Vocals

With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

Bag Raiders: Show Preview

Listening to the Music of Home: Diddy, Deerhunter, and the Field Mice

​The last moment I spent at my childhood home was essentially a re-enactment of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s final scene: I smiled regretfully at an empty room, flicked off the lights, and quietly closed the door. Life's weighty moments demand significant gestures on our part. I guess mine aren't ... More >>

The Church reinvents its past with a three-album live set

In Print: The Sweet Explorations of Tennis, and the Church Reinvents Its Past

Jessica HessTennis​The Salty Tales of Tennis: Their saga is like some kind of 21st-century fairy tale, and Tennis' work ably carries on a sense of wonder. Cape Dory, their debut released in January, is summery, genial indie-pop, rich with doe-eyed memories of their time on water. The record is tit ... More >>

The Black Ryder Hasn't Made Any Deals With the Devil -- Yet

The Black Ryder performs Thursday at Popscene​Having recently toured the U.S. with The Cult -- almost immediately after moving to Los Angeles -- Australian-born outfit The Black Ryder will play its first-ever West Coast headlining show this Thursday at Popscene. Multi-instrumentalists and vocalis ... More >>

David Michôd interview: "Animal Kingdom" director debuts strong

Will Dressing Like A DJ Get You Into Clubs For Free?

DIY how-to video website 5min is brand new to me. The concept is fairly simple, but interesting: users submit short instructional videos on any number of topics, ranging from "Parenting" to "Video Games" to "Spiritual." It might seem ridiculous to take advice on these issues from random fol ... More >>

Plastiki, the Boat Made of 12,500 Recycled Bottles, Arrives in Australia Intact

​It seems like just yesterday that David de Rothschild's Plastiki, a vessel constructed of 12,500 recycled bottles, was setting sail from Sausalito. But 130 days and 8,000 miles later, reports indicate that the Plastiki has reached its destination: Sydney, Australia.   It apparently wasn't ea ... More >>

Skool's Fried Aji Sandwich

John BirdsallJapanese aji sandwich with red cabbage sauerkraut and Skool tartar sauce ($12).​Wednesday, June 30, 2010 A burly guy in a tank top, shoulders bristling with gray hairs, leans into the server. "We just came from the gym and my husband is starving." Just two days old, Skool has a s ... More >>

Ownership Shuffle Behind the Concept Change at South Food Wine Bar in SOMA

Roving I/FlickrLuke Mangan: The Sydney chef is out.​At SFGate last night, Inside Scoop broke the news that South Food Wine Bar (330 Townsend at Fourth St.) was dropping its Ozzie concept, closing Dec. 19, and relaunching in early 2010 with an American-inspired menu under new-hire chef Jennif ... More >>

A Burger Worth Crowing About: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallThe beautiful South.​Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Ever had a burger in Sydney? It can skew wack, what with add-ons like beetroot slices and fried egg. Almost as disturbing as creepy-surfer Aussie TV chef Curtis Stone, the guy with the Rod Stewart rooster shag. Fortunately for us, S ... More >>

Congratulations, San Francisco -- Tens of Thousands of Out of Towners Feel We're 'Happy'

Can you see the happiness? ​If ever there were an inane list of cities that place well in inane lists -- San Francisco would, inanely, make a hell of a showing. And there's something seemingly even more inane than normal about the latest elite list the city has found itself on -- apparently, D ... More >>

Seven 'Fear Factor'-Worthy Dishes (and the Restaurants That Serve Them)

Looking to get adventurous with your food choices or just gross out your date? We've compiled a list of some of the freakiest foods available, along with the restaurants (and festivals) that serve them. Warning: Don't read this before dinner.​1. Fried Goat HeadAvailable at Shangri-La Kabab and BBQ ... More >>

Flush or F%@#ed: Pineapple Burgers at the High and Low End

We know it sucks. In May, the U.S. Department of Labor reckoned the jobless rate in the S.F.-Oakland-Fremont area at 9.7 percent -- call it a leading indicator of all those steak-frites and dirty martinis not being consumed in local restaurants, either by those of us recently hustled out by securit ... More >>

Eternal Flame

In I Love You, Man, not even Brody Jenner could extinguish the bromance.

Plastiki Prepares to Set Sail from Pier 31

Peter JamisonClick the image for a full Plastiki slideshow. Alright, fine, we admit it -- we here at SF Weekly were prepared to be less-than-impressed with a media circus hosted at Pier 31 yesterday to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran built from recycled plastic. ... More >>

Prelude to the Plastiki

The Bay Area Maverick

Lyrics Born is proof that going against the grain can work out in the long run.

Around the World with Luke Mangan: Now That's Budget Travel

Sunday: Cardboard Tube Fighting League Battle at Dolores Park

Tube Time

New Interpol Live EP Releases Today in Exclusive Stores

Snow Job

Someone stop Amanda Bynes from updating another classic

Don't Know Smack

Down from the mountain, a softly lit Heath Ledger can't save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick

Lass Call

Lily Allen speaks, the kids blog, and the rest just listen

Good Fressin' at the Delicatessen

Introducing San Francisco's best deli

Don't Go Changin'

Entertaining, yes, but Menopause doesn't go far enough in erasing taboos

Yuletide Fear

Wolf Creek rings in Christmas with a band of butchered tourists

Reality Check

Everyone can find something to like at Sydney's Home

Live Baby Live

Danny Deckchair sends an upbeat message from Down Under

Celluloid Surf

The Red Vic hangs 10

Best Up-and-Coming Power Couple

Gavin and Kimberly

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Baz's Bohème

Can the director of Moulin Rouge succeed in the opera?

PINS

An engaging drama about a high school wrestler coming to terms with his sexual identity

Dog Bites

Dead, But Not Dead Enough; A Click Down Memory Lane

What's Up, Doc?

Bugs Bunny on Broadway is a multimedia salute to cartoons and classical music

Guerrilla Action

The "Guerrilla Queer Bar" brings leather and lurid behavior to the previously discreet Hotel W

Saving Grace

Her Brilliant Career

The Mill Valley Film Festival

Reel World

Riff Raff

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Murder at the Pink Tarantula

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

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