Tower Records Inc.

Rent a Wreck

For a former video store giant, not such a blockbuster decade.

Von Iva hits the big time with Jim Carrey

For a former video store giant, not such a blockbuster decade.

The Question of Our Time

For a former video store giant, not such a blockbuster decade.

Six Degrees of Separation

Lonely art-folkie P.G. Six makes new friends

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixes of the day

Falling Tower

Wherein we review Yay Area mixes of the day

Trailer Hitch

An underground movie that revels in its own excrement

Scary Affairs

A frightening array of the scariest parties on S.F.'s biggest holiday

Jacked Around

Nick Tangborn's Jackpine Social Club label sells its CDs in stores across the country. When you buy one, he doesn't see a dime. Why?

Consequence

Take 'Em to the Cleaners

Dog Bites

"Jesus spoke out about tax collectors and politicians, and we're supposed to do the same."

Of Love and Natalise

She dreams of being the next Janet Jackson, but she's just a Stanford grad who sings syrupy pop, looks absolutely fab, and makes local teens swoon.

Which, come to think of it, may be enough, for everyone involved.

Merry Dismemberment to You, Too

Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro created Happy Tree Friends, a set of Web 'toons that put adorable critters to gruesome death. Mondo Media sponsored the DVD. Now, about that happy ending ...

Dim Sum Diva

Why is R&B veteran Patti Austin making her comeback singing in Mandarin?

Photographic Memories

A few of the pictures that document a few of the moments that made the SF Weekly Music Awards 2001 memorable. In one way or another.

All the World's a Stage

On both recordings and turntables, DJ Cheb i Sabbah brings the rhythms of the globe to the dance floor

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

Social Grace

The Sound of Idiots

Location, Location, Location

Zax

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Tiki News

Angel of Theft

A high-flying New Age company is grounded amid allegations that its main financial backer embezzled $4.5 million from UCSF

Riff Raff

Piano Woman

All Mod Cons

Piano Woman

Riff Raff

Piano Woman

Uncharted Territories

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Riff Raff

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Riff Raff

Trailblazing composer Terry Riley still seeks out new sources for improvisation

Hearing a New World

Freaks and friends explain why the Residents still matter

Riff Raff

Freaks and friends explain why the Residents still matter

Riff Raff

Freaks and friends explain why the Residents still matter

SFO3 1996

Freaks and friends explain why the Residents still matter

Pleasure of the Andes

The return of Yma Sumac

Samples

The return of Yma Sumac

Samples

The return of Yma Sumac

Samples

The return of Yma Sumac

Samples

The return of Yma Sumac

Night+Day

The return of Yma Sumac