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The Pogues

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Irish Song Lyrics Rule: 10 Great Lines From Irish Musicians

    We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Top Six Christmas Songs That Don't Actually Suck

    That's right, folks. It's the rarest of things -- a Christmas song that doesn't make you want to vomit, or jam sharp pencils into your ear-holes. Finding one of these gems is like stumbling across a white tiger in your backyard -- you can't believe it's there, you know it's not supposed to be there, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in S.F.'s Richmond District

    The jukebox at the Bitter End.​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Which Bar Has North Beach's Best Jukebox?

    The juke at Tosca​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what denote ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    St. Patrick's Day '10 Event Listings

    The juke at Tosca​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what denote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Eight Christmas Songs Worth Saving From the Fire (by The White Stripes, The Fall, Kurtis Blow, & more)

    Like clockwork, the waning of each year brings another slew of Christmas songs. Even Dylan has gotten in on the act. The vast majority of the seasonal crop is either nostalgic rehashings or sentimental cash-ins, but there are always a choice few that far outshine the rest. Below are eight season-app ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Last Night: The Pogues at The Warfield

    Joseph Schell​The Pogues The WarfieldOctober 13, 2009Better Than: Finding a four leaf clover ... and then sobering up and realizing it's just a three leaf clover.There were two kinds of Pogues fans last night at The Warfield: the fans that wound up at the center of the dance floor, and everyone el ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2009

    The Pogues

    Joseph Schell​The Pogues The WarfieldOctober 13, 2009Better Than: Finding a four leaf clover ... and then sobering up and realizing it's just a three leaf clover.There were two kinds of Pogues fans last night at The Warfield: the fans that wound up at the center of the dance floor, and everyone el ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    More Like Plus One Million

    Joseph Schell​The Pogues The WarfieldOctober 13, 2009Better Than: Finding a four leaf clover ... and then sobering up and realizing it's just a three leaf clover.There were two kinds of Pogues fans last night at The Warfield: the fans that wound up at the center of the dance floor, and everyone el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Last Night: Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer, Sammy Hagar, Boots Riley, Corey Taylor, Joe Satriani and Damian Kulash

    Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer, Sammy Hagar, Boots Riley (The Coup), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Joe Satriani, and Damian Kulash (OK Go) Thursday, March  26, 2009Slim'sBetter than: Playing Guitar Hero.It was midway through the Tom Morello hootenanny when Rage's shredding machine grinned at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Saturday night: Hank III and Assjack at the Grand Ballroom

    Hank III and AssjackThe Grand BallroomFebruary 28, 2009Better than: "That shit they call pop country music." Don't even get the dude started. "The barbarians have invaded the opera," my friend observed, taking in the radical aesthetic disjunction between the gilt trim and crystal chandeliers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: O'Death

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    Irish Song of the Damned

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Ticket to Margaritaville? It'll Cost Ya

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    Ten Reasons to get Jiggy this Fall

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • Music

    July 11, 2007

    From the Far East to the far out: Neung Phak keeps the global dance

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2007

    Warped Tour, Ollin, Richie Havens -- ASD's Live Music Picks, July 1

    New York's O'Death takes old time country and Appalachian mountain music, douses it with the whiskied passion of a great punk sing-along, and then sets the concoction aflame with a rousing chorus of howling men and frenzied strings.You've gotta love any band that adds Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christ ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    She Opened the Box

    An avid Net radio listener shares what she´d miss about the station that cracked her musical code

  • Music

    April 11, 2007

    The blissful strings 'n' things of Amiina

    An avid Net radio listener shares what she´d miss about the station that cracked her musical code

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    Modest Mouse

    We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

  • Music

    February 7, 2007

    Salsa goes electro with Los Amigos Invisibles

    We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Robbers on High Street steal from the NY sound

    We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    The Dramatists

    The Drones restlessly mine betrayal

  • Music

    October 4, 2006

    Drunk Poets Society

    The Pogues decoded

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Wednesday, April 12, 2006

  • Music

    March 1, 2006

    Off your Gourd and into the StereoLab: A little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' electro

    Wednesday, April 12, 2006

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    A tribute to the "James Brown of Nigeria"; Robert Pollard inaugurates the Year of the Liver

    Wednesday, April 12, 2006

  • Home Entertainment

    January 18, 2006

    Swindled Art

    Wednesday, April 12, 2006

  • Music

    May 4, 2005

    Hear This

    Native sons Two Gallants bring their blustery Americana to the Great American Music Hall; Thievery Corporation chills out the Warfield

  • Film

    August 27, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Native sons Two Gallants bring their blustery Americana to the Great American Music Hall; Thievery Corporation chills out the Warfield

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    Through the Cracks

    There are some benefits of big-city gentrification. Jesse Malin's brilliant new record is one of them.

  • Film

    August 20, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    There are some benefits of big-city gentrification. Jesse Malin's brilliant new record is one of them.

  • Film

    August 20, 2003

    Shane's Addiction

    Documentarian Sarah Share delivers the man, the music, the myth: MacGowan

  • Culture

    July 2, 2003

    Fraternal Disorder

    A tight, oddly beautiful fable built from the bare elements of kinship and war

  • Film

    February 26, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    A tight, oddly beautiful fable built from the bare elements of kinship and war

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Guesses Over Guinness

    The regulars love to subvert the contest. It's yet another twist to the city's toughest pub trivia night.

  • Music

    May 16, 2001

    Good Things

    The Starvations; Blind Boys of Alabama; Dum Dum Project

  • Dining

    April 25, 2001

    Darling Clementine

    Everyday people every night on Clement Street

  • Music

    June 14, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Tiki Tones; Rudy Ray Moore; Phantom Surfers; Rogue's March

  • Music

    March 8, 2000

    The House of Tudor

    Flogging Molly, Los Mex Pistols del Norte, Reid Paley

  • Culture

    November 24, 1999

    Dueling Tyros

    Flogging Molly, Los Mex Pistols del Norte, Reid Paley

  • Music

    November 3, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    August 11, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Calendar

    November 25, 1998

    Night & Day

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    December 10, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    March 19, 1997

    Night Crawler

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    December 4, 1996

    The House of Tudor

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    August 14, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    March 20, 1996

    Night Crawler

    Joe Strummer, Texas Terri, Autumns, Uz Jsme Doma, and Camera Obscura

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    The 12 Steps

    Hitting the sauce with Shane MacGowan and the Popes

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