Photo of Zach Galifianakis by www.brandonhickman.comComedy Death Ray w/ Zach Galigianakis, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bob Odenkirk, Paul F. Tompkins, Andy Kindler, Chris Hardwick and the Fun Bunch (Scott Aukerman & BJ Porter)Friday, Jan. 30, 2009Cobb's Comedy ClubBetter than: Lemme get back to you on that one...Being awkward can make for great comedy. Many a great comic actor has feigned being flustered on stage, or has used real unease to make audiences laugh in spite of themselves (see the great A
MC Lars, represent!
Who said being nerdy wasn't cool? Try telling that to San Francisco "nerdcore" rapper MC Lars. A co-originator of Nerdcore--also known as "post-punk laptop rap"--along with MC Chris and MC Frontalot, Lars caught wreck in 2007 for his Weird Al-like take on the Bay Area's then-dominant urban sound with the single "White Kids Ain't Hyphy."
In case you missed it, here's some sample lyrics:
Got kicked out of Slim's like a week ago
For crumping in the front row at the Anticon sh
Lauren DukoffDevendra BanhartTuesday, April 14, 2009The IndependentBetter than: Paying nearly $300 to bake in the Southern California sun with thousands of other music fans.It feels like there's a defacto music festival in the Bay Area right now as a number of acclaimed and underground bands perform warm up shows for Coachella (which goes off this weekend). Between last week and next, San Franciscans can see acts ranging from Leonard Cohen, Mastodon, and Franz Ferdinand to Band of Horses, Mexica