Budget Rock, the Bay Area's trashy garage rock fest, comes back to this side of the bridge for its eighth year on October 22-25. The rock 'n' roll weekender has called the Stork Club home for the past couple years, but San Francisco folks should be stoked to hear the 2009 party will return to Bottom of the Hill, with additional shows at Thee Parkside and the Eagle. We're still trying to get info on 2009's Mission Creek Music Fest, which seems to be cutting its lineup announcements really close t
​Vincent Gallo, Sean Lennon, Bob Weir, & The Ghost of a Saber Toothed TigerWednesday, Aug. 12, 2009Red Devil LoungeBetter than: Getting what you expected, every time. Going to a Vincent Gallo show is a bit like dropping money into one of those claw arcade games. You pay the fee and hope to grab a valuable jackpot, something worth the price of putting your trust into such a fickle, teasing instrument. You do this in part because when the claw grabs a tangible prize (a giant teddy bear! a pe