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Q&A: Blouse on the Dream Syndicate, forest life, and going synth-less
Blouse sticks together.PHOTO BY ANNA IGNATENKOBlouse, may have ditched the synths and drum machines of its 2011 debut self-titled album with new Captured Tracks full-length, Imperium, but the sound...
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Breed ditches Twitter after being called out for caustic tweets, again [UPDATED]
Capture by Mike SonnSup. London Breed appears to have abruptly deleted her Twitter account today after engaging in a clash of tweets with some local activists online. Breed had tweeted comments that...
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Holy Cherry Moons! SF Album Project joins Prince's 'Parade' in full,...
Cherry Moonalicious!Things I know right now: I'm far from the only one who knows all the words to Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's, OK Computer is much better as a conceptual drag performance, and the 12-inch...
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Bad dads, hella docs, and more new movies!
A guard (Bobby Sommer) enjoys the silence in 'Museum Hours.'Courtesy of Cinema GuildOne theme this week is "father figures"— some terrible (see Dennis Harvey's review of Blue Capricehere, and review of...
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SF State campus police arming themselves with Tasers (yes, before the SFPD)
Activist and squatter arrested by SFPD and SF State University Police at SFSU on May 16, 2013Photo screenshot from video by Nick MorrisThe squatters later alleged excessive force by the police.Just...
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Community forum planned on Mission gentrification
The recent debate about high-end retailer Jack Spade seeking to open up shop in the former location of Adobe Books has placed concerns about gentrification in San Francisco’s Mission District to the...
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Grown up stuff: themes of rejection and reclamation at Portland's TBA Festival
Let's get physical: Campo's 'Still Standing You'Photo by Phile DeprezNow in its 11th year, Portland, Ore.'s Time-Based Art Festival is fall's major performance festival to the north (almost...
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TIFF diary #3: Claire Denis, Jia Zhangke, and Wang Bing
Vincent Lindon stars in Claire Denis''Bastards.'Courtesy of TIFF.netJesse Hawthorne Ficks watched 33 films at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and we'll be sharing his impressions chunk by...
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Is the new iPhone fingerprint reader hacked yet?
The future has already been hacked.Apparently, the answer is yes. Wired is reporting that a German hacker with the European organization Chaos Computer Club has found a way to fake out Apple’s brand...
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Fight to save City College grows teeth and bites back
Another party joins the fray against the accrediting commission that is trying to close City College.Photo by Mike Koozmin/SF Examiner, Illustration by SFBGBy Janina GlasovSaving City College of San...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Zola Jesus makes 'em weep.This week, two sparkly dark singer-songwriters you should already know and love will return to SF on separate voyages: Zola Jesus (Thu/26 at Palace of Fine Arts) and Chelsea...
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Evictions and gentrification fuel widespread concern in the Mission
Erick Arguello of Calle 24 said lower 24th Street has witnessed an onslaught of real-estate speculators.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEA mix of neighborhood merchants, community activists and a couple...
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Brown signs bike buffer law as SF wrestles with cyclist-motorist relations
Missouri and other states have managed to enforce wider, stricter bike buffers than California's new three-foot rule.It took three tries, but cycling advocates and California legislators were finally...
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Put up your dukes: 40 years of SF's Grand Ducal Council
Double duchess! Moe and Paloma, in all their regaliaThe global gay charitable network (which started in SF) known as the Imperial Council has been in the news of late: Empress I, Jose Sarria, the Widow...
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The Performant: For Those Who Have Rocked, We Salute You
"The Fringe is a great way to get your own weird and wonderful original work out," says puppeteer Zeb L. West.Photo courtesy of courtesy of Zeb L. WestTheater artists reflect on life on the road in...
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Oakland's Negative Standards support future punks
Negative Standards stick to all-ages shows.PHOTO BY MEGAN BRIMThe band Negative Standards is essentially a crust art project.While maintaining d-beat chords and sludge-like breakdowns, the...
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TIFF diary #4: never sleep again
Mirrors can be scary (and not just in the oh-damn-I-need-more-sleep way): TIFF midnight standout 'Oculus'Courtesy of TIFF.netJesse Hawthorne Ficks returns, and this time he's got the genre goods! Check...
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SF supervisors approve policy of denying federal immigration hold requests
Sup. John Avalos sponsored the legislation and opposed the effort to carve-out exceptions to its protections.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chambers erupted in raucous celebration and chants of...
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Mayor Lee supports PG&E's monopoly
After watching Mayor Ed Lee and his appointees subvert the launch of CleanPowerSF and support PG&E's illegal monopoly control of local energy users -- and PG&E's regular attempts to greenwash...
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Last days at the Albany Bulb
To supplement Carly Nairn's excellent story about the Albany Bulb, whose inhabitants face imminent eviction from this strange, artsy shoreline park, photographer Tim Daw offers this gallery of images...
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