William Shatner

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/21

Recordings

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Twilight Zone Live

Millennium Albatross

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Way Out

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Destroyer

Trouble in Dreams(Merge)

Various

I'm Not There (Columbia)

Her One Little Secret

I'm Not There (Columbia)

Your Show of Shows

I'm Not There (Columbia)

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Rug Rat

Vin Diesel wigs out as a mobster on trial

A Star Is Born

Strange things happen when actors sing

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: "Jew-pergroup"

Herbie Hancock

Possibilities

Reps Etc.

Possibilities

Dorkula

Blade confronts the ultimate vampire, and geeks everywhere rejoice

Hip to Be SquarePants

There's nothing absurd about the appeal of SpongeBob's first movie

William Shatner

Has Been

Wrong Wayans

Do the right thing: Avoid White Chicks in bad masks

Out of the Past

Forgotten cinema rises anew

Reps Etc.

Forgotten cinema rises anew

Let's Twist Again

Creepy story lines, gotcha moments -- yep, it's "Twilight Zone: The Plays"

Reps Etc.

Creepy story lines, gotcha moments -- yep, it's "Twilight Zone: The Plays"

This Month in Movie Land

Creepy story lines, gotcha moments -- yep, it's "Twilight Zone: The Plays"

Reps Etc.

Creepy story lines, gotcha moments -- yep, it's "Twilight Zone: The Plays"

Reps Etc.

Creepy story lines, gotcha moments -- yep, it's "Twilight Zone: The Plays"

House Of Tudor

Reality Check; "Tribute to William Shatner"; Urban Iditarod; Thor

Back to the Future

Robert Wise finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- 22 years later

Riff Raff

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

Second Time Around

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

Night+Day

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

Recordings

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

Night+Day

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is proof that a franchise can live long and prosper

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About the Music Business I Learned From Eddie Money, etc...

SFPD Reports Bernal Heights Robbery/Fight On Moving Car Straight Out of "T.J. Hooker"

It was Candide's grating mentor Pangloss who opined that our noses are shaped as they are so as to better accommodate our eyeglasses. If Voltaire had been writing American cop shows in the 1970s instead of French social satire in the 1750s, Inspector Pangloss would have put it this way: Car hoods ar ... More >>

The Thespian Shat

It was Candide's grating mentor Pangloss who opined that our noses are shaped as they are so as to better accommodate our eyeglasses. If Voltaire had been writing American cop shows in the 1970s instead of French social satire in the 1750s, Inspector Pangloss would have put it this way: Car hoods ar ... More >>

Demands that may have slowed BART-union negotiations

It was Candide's grating mentor Pangloss who opined that our noses are shaped as they are so as to better accommodate our eyeglasses. If Voltaire had been writing American cop shows in the 1970s instead of French social satire in the 1750s, Inspector Pangloss would have put it this way: Car hoods ar ... More >>

Monday Morning Hangover: Beam Me Up Some Hair of the Dog

San Franciscan's love an excuse to get into costume, and this weekend was a bonanza for fantasy fans. This weekend the Star Trek Convention rolled into town and dedicated  fans of the show donned their best Bridge-worthy uniforms and Klingon foreheads. Fans were especially pumped for the captai ... More >>

Celebrity Sighting: Captain Kirk Drinks Decaf

Decaf for the Captain.​Well, well, well: According to the counter guy at my video store, William Shatner stoped into Ritual Roasters on Valencia and 21st last night, fresh from his joint appearance with the still-hottt Sir Patrick Stewart at San Francisco's Star Trek Convention. He was not, appare ... More >>

Top Chef

Decaf for the Captain.​Well, well, well: According to the counter guy at my video store, William Shatner stoped into Ritual Roasters on Valencia and 21st last night, fresh from his joint appearance with the still-hottt Sir Patrick Stewart at San Francisco's Star Trek Convention. He was not, appare ... More >>

Good Rappers Who've Made Terrible Actors

The trend of rappers shifting into acting is nothing new, and in theory it makes sense. Both roles focus on emotive storytelling, right? Unfortunately, that transition isn't always a smooth one--a point hammered home repeatedly by the new film Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah and Common. It's 100 ... More >>

Fiona Ma Strikes Again -- on Twitter

Fiona Ma, left, has an interesting way of putting things​It's not for nothing that Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was crowned San Francisco's Best Political Tweeter. It was for shit. No, literally, for shit. The westside pol's series of tweets on bat guano, a manure-shoveling politician, and explosive bov ... More >>

High School Confidential

Fiona Ma, left, has an interesting way of putting things​It's not for nothing that Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was crowned San Francisco's Best Political Tweeter. It was for shit. No, literally, for shit. The westside pol's series of tweets on bat guano, a manure-shoveling politician, and explosive bov ... More >>

The Five Dumbest Songs By Artists Glen E. Friedman Has Photographed

The Dead Kennedys, photographed by Glen E. Friedman​As you may have seen in the Nov. 3 issue of SF Weekly, legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman brought his long-running "Fuck You All" exhibit to 941 Geary this past weekend, where it will happily live for the rest of 2010. We are so thrilled we ... More >>

Top Six Celebrities Who Should Never Sing Again

Brace yourself, everybody. Not content with torturing us back in 2006 with her debut album, Paris Hilton is apparently preparing to unleash a second one. So, in her honor and as a means to prepare ourselves, here's our list of the top six celebrities who should never make music ever again. Oh, and f ... More >>

Six Extremely Weird Cover Songs, Featuring Bill Shatner, Dolly Parton, and ... Pat Boone?

Between Miley Cyrus covering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and now Ben Folds covering "Sleazy" by (our guilty pleasure du jour) Ke$ha, we felt it was only appropriate this week, that we compile some other unexpected covers. Here are six of the weirdest we can think of. 6. Sonic Youth do ... More >>

William Shatner Really Doesn't Want You to Fry Your Turkey the Wrong Way

State FarmWilliam Shatner, burned by his passion for deep-fried turkey, hurls the fryer gizmo into the pit.​Apparently, State Farm Insurance is so sick of paying out for fire damage from deep-fried turkey disasters that it's pouring thousands of dollars into a public-info campaign starring Willia ... More >>

The 12 Worst Rock Album Covers of 2011

It's common to round up the worst album art at the end of every year, but the ridicule is usually directed at easy targets. Album covers from old, out-of-touch musicians, second-rate rock acts, and popular bands that are already despised by music critics absorb most of the venom, while indie-leaning ... More >>