Windsurf @ Amnesia on FridayNot all summer music fests require sizable chunks of your paycheck. This weekend, two budget music shindigs blanket San Francisco, championing alternatives to both mainstream music and mainstream admission prices. San Francisco's Doomed and Homo a Go Go are just two of 10 recommendations we have for running around the city without running down your bank account.San Francisco's Doomed (Fri-Sun)"'San Francisco's doomed,' O.G. proto-punks Crime sang, 'I need me some k
The Who's TommyThe Victoria TheatreFriday, Oct. 16, 2009Better than: Pinball. I suck at pinball.On the way home after Ray of Light Theatre's production of the Who's Tommy, I asked the boyfriend what would have made for a better evening -- seeing the show we just saw, or lounging around at home listening to the Who's album, with the requisite substances on hand? He came down firmly on the side of the album plus substances. I wasn't quite prepared to dismiss the performance's merits entirely. B
