Does drinking kill brain cells? Sure, but only the weak ones. Once again, Barrespondent Drew does the dirty work of getting rid of the less important parts of his mind, like the part that reminds you to eat every once in awhile, or the part that makes you write all good... Every once in blue moon, some friend of ours will begrudgingly invite us along to some hip, happening club in town. They always......

Is your wallet looking slim this week? Fret not; there's plenty of free music to be had. Check out any of Amoeba's stellar in-store offerings, including Prefuse 73, Zion I, locals Six Organs of Admittance, and a rare acoustic performance by Trail of Dead. Local label Six Degrees Records presents Niyaz at Virgin Megastore on Saturday at 2pm. And SFist is giving away a free copy of Citizen Cope's CD The Clarence Greenwood Chronicles (enter......

Special up-and-down-the-penninsula edition. For the waveriding set, Tribal Surf is putting on a tsunami benefit, "Elements" at the Blue Cube to benefit SurfAid. Surf photography by the legendary Bob Barbour and surf wear from local designers will be on sale, and you can pick up your blue SurfAid wristband to make a small donation and tell the world that you both carve cutbacks and care. Reception starts at six. At the half way point......

SFist loves it when punk kids get embraced by advanced-degree wielding curators, independently wealthy socialites and other high-art hangers-on. So when Robin tipped us to Thursday's "Video Game Art Show" we had to check it out. With the Game Developer's Conference at the Moscone Center, StartSOMA probably figured that they might actually have some interested buyers who could afford to decorate their walls with something besides a few plasma screens for Halo LAN parties.......

SFist literally stumbled (we were a bit tipsy) into Artist Television Access Studios last Friday night. We were looking for an entirely different event, but once we got inside, we stuck around. Why? Because they were screening the incredibly compelling documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point, directed and produced by local film phenom Kevin Epps. Blending a hardcore hip-hop beat and some seriously disturbing footage from both contemporary HP and the riots of the sixties,......