With a hearty nod to punk rock icons the Ramones, Gobba Gobba Hey is one of the latest creations in San Francisco pavement cuisine. The brainchild of Steven Gdula, author of The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth Century American Home (and, full disclosure, an occasional SF Weekly contributor), Gobba Gobba Hey is a line of gobs, portable round cakes with cream filling which are a staple regional treat in Pennsylvania. "I started baking gobs be
Sometimes you can't help but love a cynic. Case in point: Austin, TX punks Hex Dispensers--who although they're very much alive, still crow about their imagined obit, sneering, "I can't believe that's what they said about me." The song is the group's latest single, "O-B-I-T," and it's a taste of the death obsession that's apparently gonna lurk on their upcoming EP (the other new song they recently posted: "It's YOUR Funeral, Minion."). There's always been something dark about these Texans, thoug
The Punk Funk Mob's PR describes their sound as "the Ramones meets
Funkadelic with Betty Davis on vocals." If they come close to attaining even a tenth of that in their debut Yoshi's performance June 15, it will be all gravy, baby. Featuring soulstress Femi on vocals and synth, along with Quincy Ramone on guitar, Mozelle Dixon on bass, and Dante McClinton on drums, the Punk Funk Mob draws inspiration from Rick James (who coined the term punk funk). After a quick listen to raucous but groovy so
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