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Tenacious D

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Tenacious D Splooges All Over the Audience at the Fox

    By David Corcoran Tenacious D The Sights May 24, 2012 Fox Theater Better than: The Pick of Destiny. By a lot. If you happened to take in Tenacious D's show last night at the Fox Theater in Oakland without having first listened to recently-released album Rize of the Fenix, you missed out on some se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Friday Night: Phenomenauts Lead a Locally Grown Geek-Punk Freakshow at Rickshaw Stop

    Phenomenauts at Rickshaw on Friday. Pics by Chris Trenchard.​PhenomenautsTornado RiderManzanitaBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggetsJanuary 7, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Middle Earth's music scene.The upshot of the live music malaise in early January is without a doubt the spotlight inh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    The Ghosts of Outside Lands Past

    Now that this year's Outside Lands lineup has been released in full and stayed true to its lil-bit-hippie-lil-but-hip-hop roots and the folk vs. funk vibe, will you be forking over some coin when the tickets go on sale tomorrow? How do you think this year's lineup fares with those of previous years? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Q&A w/ Tenacious D and Trainwreck's John Konesky

    ​John Konesky is satanically good at playing guitar. He's even played the anti-Christ in past Tenacious D tours with Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Currently, he's gigging with Gass's other band, Trainwreck, whose debut full-length, The Wreckoning, came out last year. The group has an over the to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    The Amazing Spinning Sign Samurai Wows Fourth Street

    No, we have not sped up or in any way enhanced this footage.In the world of mind-numbingly boring jobs, swinging a sign to advertise mattress sales or open houses along Bay Area roadways ranks pretty high. The sign dudes usually look completely dejected, drugged, or like they're desperately trying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Outside Lands Post-Script

    EKAphotographyVinyl Vamp: Zap Mama​ Fickle weather and last-minute headliner replacements aside, Outside Lands was a success, by most yard sticks. Here's what folks are saying about the three-day extravaganza, which drew more than 100,000 people to Golden Gate Park: Local reaction: The Chron ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Dead Prez Boots Riley Tonight @Black Dot

    EKAphotographyRBGz at YBG: dead prez @G4G's solar-powered concert​ Outside Lands, Shmoutside Lands. The hundreds of folks who came out to Yerba Buena Gardens to see dead prez and Mistah F.A.B. perform for free yesterday may have gotten a better deal than the tens of thousands who shelled out $90 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Outside Lands, Day 3: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers

    Christopher Victorio​Outside Lands Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers Golden Gate Park August 30, 2009 Better Than: Being warm.The fog that began showing up in wisps over Dave Matthews Band on Saturday night turned into a typical freezing summer in San Francisco day by Sunday ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

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

    Christopher Victorio​Outside Lands Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers Golden Gate Park August 30, 2009 Better Than: Being warm.The fog that began showing up in wisps over Dave Matthews Band on Saturday night turned into a typical freezing summer in San Francisco day by Sunday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Outside Lands Trivia Challenge

    Zap Mama​ The headliners for this weekend's Outside Lands festival--Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, Tenacious D, and M.I.A.--need little introduction. But what about the undercard? One of the coolest things about this event is the sheer number of acts play ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chron Disses, Praises Outside Lands

    "Richmond then divulges that she herself has used Porta Potties at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass..."

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    M.I.A. Bashes Tenacious D on Twitter

    EKAphotography copyright 2007. all rights reservedHatin' on the D: M.I.A.​ Courtesy of Perez Hilton via Prefix magazine, SriLankan/UK rebel rapper M.I.A. has dropped the Twitter equivalent of a stink bomb on her fellow Outside Lands performers Tenacious D, who had the misfortune to replace the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Will the Real Ronnie James Dio Please Stand Up and Shout?

    Devilish: Heaven & Hell​With the possible exception of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio is probably the greatest heavy metal singer of all time. Dio's a bit of an anomaly to metal's usual Satanic shtick--he's an Italian-American Roman Catholic--though that hasn't stopped him from r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Tenacious D the Sunday Night Headliner for Outside Lands

    ​Tenacious D have been announced as the Sunday night replacement act for the Outside Lands festival. The final spot for the August 30 concert was supposed to go to the Beastie Boys--but, as many of you'll recall, that group had to cancel all shows when Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    The Lowbrow Art Sale: James Jean, Caia Koopman & Alex Pardee

    "Toy Maker" by James Jean The first solo show of James Jean's art is currently underway at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. His work is stunning, and from the looks of it the show is pretty much sold out. He does have few prints from said exhibit over on his site, and the Levine Gallery has ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2008

    Flight of the Conchords tap into music career comedy

    "Toy Maker" by James Jean The first solo show of James Jean's art is currently underway at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. His work is stunning, and from the looks of it the show is pretty much sold out. He does have few prints from said exhibit over on his site, and the Levine Gallery has ... More >>

  • Film

    March 19, 2008

    Not Taylor-Made

    Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2007

    They Don't Really

    Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    DethKlok Brutality at UC Berkeley Limited To Guitar Hero III

    Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

  • Home Entertainment

    February 28, 2007

    Weed Killer

    Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

  • Film

    February 28, 2007

    Like Pigs to Slaughter

    Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good

  • Film

    November 22, 2006

    One Toke Wonder

    Tenacious D gets the band back together, and ... and ... and?

  • Music

    August 9, 2006

    Cliff House

    Tenacious D gets the band back together, and ... and ... and?

  • Music

    July 12, 2006

    Tenacious Trainwrecks and punk rock Spit-wads

    Tenacious D gets the band back together, and ... and ... and?

  • Film

    June 14, 2006

    Tortilla Flat

    Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

  • Music

    June 14, 2006

    Jack White bros down for an intimate in-store

    Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Dead Meadow

    Shivering King and Others

  • Film

    March 29, 2000

    Pump It Up

    Shivering King and Others

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