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The worst music beats the best bomb: A conversation with legendary composer...
Van Dyke Parksphoto by Henry Diltz“Yours falsely!” Van Dyke Parks chimes, as he picks up the phone at home in Pasadena, where the weather is “room temperature.” He adds, “all we have is the attorneys....
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The bulging eyes of rock-stardom absurdity: An evening with Tenacious D
About 15 minutes into taking a seat at center stage of the Castro Theatre last night before an enthusiastic and fairly inebriated crowd, Jack Black turned to the audience and sheepishly confessed, “I’m...
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City College Special Trustee withdraws proposal for administrative pay hike
Protesters gathered on short notice after word of a 19.25 percent pay increase for CCSF administrators got out.PHOTO COURTESY AFT 2121Students and faculty at City College of San Francisco staged an...
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Google bus breakdown: a metaphor for our times?
From Mikey B, owner of Vinyl Dreams in the Lower Haight, comes this epic pic of a sleek shuttle being towed through the rough-and-tumble streets:
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Live Shots: !!! lead a sweaty Saturday at the Chapel
"San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco," chants !!!'s Nic Offer as he struts onto the Chapel's glowing red stage, facing a screaming sold-out crowd. The practicality of Offer’s typical...
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Locals Only: The American Professionals
The American Professionals play Bottom of the Hill Wednesday, Jan. 29.Locals Only is our shout-out to the musicians who call the Bay Area home — a chance to spotlight an artist/band/music-maker with an...
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Public weighs in on dueling museum proposals at Presidio Trust hearing
Star Wars fans battled nature lovers at last night's Presidio Trust meeting, but the war rages on.Brian McMahonThe fate of development Crissy Field is still up in the air after a townhall meeting last...
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Labor protests Postal Service privatization amid deal with Staples
Protesters today targeted the Staples store on Van Ness Avenue and a store in San Jose. Bearing blue T-shirts and banners stating “Stop Staples! The U.S. mail is not for sale!” 70-plus protesters from...
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Controversy still brewing over CCSF administrative pay raises
Faculty and students gathered at CCSF Fri/24 to protest a proposal to raise administrative pay that continues to spark questionsPHOTO COURTESY AFT 2121A string of recent emails have led City College of...
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Pure poetry
"I didn't know I was a Chicano until I met Jose." -- actor and activist Edward James Olmos at the Jose Montoya Memorial Celebration at Sacramento's Crest Theater, Jan. 23, 2014. Photo by Fernando...
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'The Bachelor' (episode 4, what better time to start?) recap: APOLOGY PLZ
Forgive the late (mid-season) arrival, some copy got lost in translation. And if you buy that, Juan Pablo's public image has a shot.So last week, amid all the real news (Chris Christie things, GOP...
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I Was a Teenage Sundancer
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel at the movies, as seen in doc Life Itself.Photo by Kevin HoranI grew up at the Sundance Film Festival — beginning in 1990, when my father took my 14-year-old self to an...
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An ally and a union brother: Pete Seeger's legacy in the labor movement
Pete Seeger performs at the United Federal Labor Canteen in 1944, with Eleanor Roosevelt in attendancePete Seeger's sweet voice was, among other things, a clear, articulate, consistently outspoken one...
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Tee time: a peek inside Urban Putt, the Mission's indoor mini-golf course
On the back wall of the main room of the old Victorian building at 1096 S. Van Ness is a sculpture of two creepy angels. One holds the other in its arms, their wings keeping them up. These angels are...
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San Francisco and its cycletracks lead the way toward safer biking statewide
Cycletracks on Market Street have helped more cyclists feel safer.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.San Francisco has been blazing the trail toward safer cycling with innovative designs such as...
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The future of civic engagement is here (so far it's not pretty)
Last week, we wrote about San Francisco City Hall's foray into “civic innovation,” to foster greater governmental openness through web-based technology.We spotlighted the OpenGov Foundation’s...
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Sundance, part one: crowd-pleasers and dino heists
Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler in rom-com spoof They Came Together.Check out Jesse's intro to his Sundance Film Festival series here.This year, there were few films that stood out as across-the-board crowd...
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RIP Colonel Meow
Alas, minions! Our fearless, fuzzy leader Colonel Meow has passed away. We will always remember him for championing the Cat Pack and sharing his wise words with us. The culling of beloved Internet...
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Live Shots: Yuck finds its voice at The Independent
“I remember the last time I was here the room was filled with the smell of weed,” said Yuck’s lead vocalist Max Bloom with his charming British accent, facing yet another thick fog looming over the...
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CCSF students angered by class cancellations
Despite a day of misty downpours and gray skies, students, faculty members and their supporters gathered in the lobby of the City College of San Francisco’s Conlan Hall on Wed/28 in anticipation of a...
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