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The Beatles

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    The 8 Most Infuriating Quotes From the Worst Music Listicle of All Time

    The worst music listicle of all time was published Sunday, April 8, 2012, on the conservative website Breitbart.com and penned by one Ben Shaprio. Headlined "Top 10 Overrated Songs of All Time," the piece attempts to savage the work of 10 pop music greats. That it does so stupidly, and with no sense ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    If Paul McCartney Succumbs to Alzheimer's, Blame (a lack of) Marijuana

    ​Far from being dead, Sir Paul McCartney's spectacular musical career enters its sixth decade this June, when the Beatle and vegetarian turns 70. That's a long and winding road, and one on which McCartney's constant companion has been cannabis.But not any longer. McCartney recently quit smoki ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 1, 2012

    "Monstress": Lysley Tenorio Reads From His California Stories

    ​Far from being dead, Sir Paul McCartney's spectacular musical career enters its sixth decade this June, when the Beatle and vegetarian turns 70. That's a long and winding road, and one on which McCartney's constant companion has been cannabis.But not any longer. McCartney recently quit smoki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Guess What Beatles Song the Flaming Lips Will Play in Tribute to Steve Jobs

    The Flaming Lips​ The O Music Awards -- MTV's online-streaming attempt to honor the world where music in 2011 lives and dies -- are Monday. Did you previously care? No? Well perhaps you will upon hearing that the Flaming Lips will pay a heartfelt tribute to Steve Jobs in the form of a Beatles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    France's Revolver on Learning English From the Beatles, and Why It's Tough to Cover Elliott Smith

    Revolver ​Maybe America isn't ready for Revolver. Or maybe Revolver isn't ready for America -- after all, its Myspace page is still partially in French. This Paris trio sounds like what would happen if Franz Ferdinand was on Saddle Creek Records, replacing bass guitar with cello to create a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    In 2010, Time Is What Matters: A Nugget of Wisdom from the Music Critic of the Year

    Zing!​Our sister blog in New York today published an interview with the anonymous Twitterer @Discographies, whom it declared Music Critic of the Year. Go read that fascinating, funny and worthwhile interview, but first, it's worth calling out a particularly wise morsel from it. For me, these few s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    Absurdism Without Borders

    Zing!​Our sister blog in New York today published an interview with the anonymous Twitterer @Discographies, whom it declared Music Critic of the Year. Go read that fascinating, funny and worthwhile interview, but first, it's worth calling out a particularly wise morsel from it. For me, these few s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Is It Weird To Google Your Dates?

    I just started seeing this new guy, and, of course, after a few dates, Googled him. I found out that he's kind of super rich and a big deal in his industry. In person, he's always really vague about what he does for a living. Also, I found a blog of his where he mentions his ex-girlfriend quite a bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    The Five Weirdest Movie Performances By Rock Musicians

    Putting rock musicians in movies has been a catchpenny ploy since about fifteen minutes after rock music began to hit nationwide in the mid-1950s. The crusty-nosed brats buying all the records were, after all, the very same unruly vermin clogging American drive-ins every weekend. At first, acts were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    A National Tour of 10 Strange Musical Sandwiches

    ​Music celebrities continue to be a fertile source of inspiration for sandwich makers across the nation. Behold some incredibly strange examples of a growing art form; call it an iTunes eatlist. The star: Lady Gaga The sandwich: Fried cod sticks, avocado, roll The location: Hapa Ramen, San F ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2010

    'Witches

    ​Music celebrities continue to be a fertile source of inspiration for sandwich makers across the nation. Behold some incredibly strange examples of a growing art form; call it an iTunes eatlist. The star: Lady Gaga The sandwich: Fried cod sticks, avocado, roll The location: Hapa Ramen, San F ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    Smooth and Smokey

    ​Music celebrities continue to be a fertile source of inspiration for sandwich makers across the nation. Behold some incredibly strange examples of a growing art form; call it an iTunes eatlist. The star: Lady Gaga The sandwich: Fried cod sticks, avocado, roll The location: Hapa Ramen, San F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    BART Contractor Alters Time and Space

    Sorry, to quote another Beatles song, "You Can't Do That" ​"Eight Days a Week" was a cute enough Beatles song, but the Fabs never really thought there were extra hours in the day or extra days in the week -- they didn't start hitting the hard stuff until 1965. This BART elevator contractor, howeve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: Church

    ​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2009

    Church

    ​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Easy Star All-Stars Get Psychedelic

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2009

    Kill yourself if you listen to classic rock

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2009

    Richie's Rich

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2008

    Mötley Crüe stages a Mötley Crüe Broadway musical.

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    The Morning Benders: love gone wrong in three minutes or less

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    GTAIV Comes Out Tomorrow, Everyone Goes Nuts

    Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, ta ... More >>

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    TV Eye

    The Summer of Love's dismissed boob tube connection

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    John Wesley Harding, You Am I, Oh No! Oh My! -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, July 18

    The Summer of Love's dismissed boob tube connection

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

    So Divided (Interscope)

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Very Bad Things

    Bouncer contemplates the worst thing she's ever done at the Eagle Tavern

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Spoon

    Gimme Fiction

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Trivia Night

    Gimme Fiction

  • Culture

    May 4, 2005

    Lemmon

    Canonizing John Lennon on Broadway undermines everything the artist stood for

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    Radar Bros.

    The Fallen Leaf Pages

  • Music

    November 17, 2004

    Laibach

    Anthems

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Octet

    Cash and Carry Songs

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    The Free Design

    You Could Be Born Again|Stars/Bubbles/Time/Love

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    You Could Be Born Again|Stars/Bubbles/Time/Love

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    Polishing the Brass

    Judging from last week's Music Law Summit West, the future of the music biz is unclear – but that's not what the RIAA wants you to think

  • Music

    November 5, 2003

    Beulah

    Yoko

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Continuous Peasant

    Exile in Babyville

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    All Mod Cons

    We're gonna dance like it's 1964

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2002

    Monkey Business

    The otherworldly chanting of Tibet's Gyuto Monks

  • Music

    March 21, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Devil-Ettes fund-raiser; Love Psychedelico; "Sound Effects: The Magic of Foley"

  • Music

    February 7, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    Indie Tunes Apt for Ads You'd Hate

  • Music

    October 25, 2000

    Big Boys Don't Cry

    Pete Miller is a rock 'n' roll legend -- or at least he should be

  • Music

    August 2, 2000

    Hear This

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • Music

    November 18, 1998

    House of Tudor

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • Music

    August 19, 1998

    Monkee Shines

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • Music

    January 8, 1997

    Recordings

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • Music

    December 11, 1996

    Samples

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • News

    September 4, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Eddie Moore Jazz Festival

  • Music

    April 10, 1996

    The Time Bandits

    Oasis reminds us that our past is present

  • Music

    March 1, 1995

    Surf's up

    A selective guide to music on the Net

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    Letters

    A selective guide to music on the Net

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