The Sound of Young America Live: Live public radio featuring Jesse Thorn, Morgan Murphy, Merlin Mann, Danny Hoch, and Bucky Sinister perform le stand-up hot. Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave) provides the music. It's indie rock and comedy all rolled into one. Ta-da! Oh, and it's part of SF Sketchfest, so you know it's good. Show starts at 8 p.m. at the Eureka Theatre; $10.BiFriendly Social: A bisexual coffee klatch for men and women......

Electric Apricot (2006): Les Claypool's mockumentary along the lines of This Is Spinal Tap. It takes a gentle swipe at the endearing Deadhead/jam band set via fictional band called Electric Apricot. Jam bands - is there any other music genre that manges to be annoying, adorable, and, um, always-fragrant at the same time? Screens tonight at 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. at the Red Vic; $5.50-8. Cream: It's wet outside, but it could get......

-- Booty Call Wednesdays: Local living legend and drag artist Juanita MORE! shares the spotlight with her harem of followers, the More Boys as well as her fans, at this night of drunken debauchery and DJ dancing. DJ Missy Hot Pants and Juanita man the decks, so to speak, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Bar On Castro; free. -- Comedy, Darling -- Hanukkah: The chosen ones are known for their comedy.......

-- Evil Dead 2 (1987): Sam Raimi's exquisite sequel to the equally-exquisite Evil Dead, minus any tree-rape. Screens at 7:15p.m., 9:15 at The Red Vic, 1727 Haight (at Cole). -- Opium's Literary Death Match: The last Opium's Literary Death Match got ugly, in a good way. (Read about it here.) Judges Anika Streitfeld (Random House), Jesse McKinley (New York Times), and Eric Spitnagel (Fast Forwards) have literary series Writers With Drinks (Carol Queen), Porchlight......

Tonight, tonight, la-la-la-la-la-la tonight. Fly thee to Phoenix Books! Not only do we love their calendar and used and new book selection, we're tapping our toes at the notion of musical entertainment and readings by Jane Juska, Jon Longhi, Meredith Maran, Bucky Sinister, S. Clay Wilson and more. Brownie points to those willing to find out exactly what word Sinister has tattoed on his gums. Phoenix is proudly celebrating their 22nd Anniversary with this......

Cars Grotto Nights presents Driving Obsession, a free night of reportage, science, and art in the form of a subversive Valentine to our cars at Mezzanine (444 Jessie St at Mint). This cabaret-style variety show features Bucky Sinister reading his show-stopping poem on NASCAR, Dr. Graham Fleming of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory explaining how he and others are using synthetic biology to create fuels for the future, Baghdad taxi driver/art student Mounaf Shaker's screens his......

Saturday: We're hitting the Pandora's Trunk art and fashion event. Come by 916 Natoma (at 10th Street) between 1-7 p.m. for "handmade fashion goods, art, homemade truffles, and a deluxe spa and massage corner." See the entire lineup of vendors for this free event here. Sunday: If you're still feeling artsy, there's the San Francisco Fine Craft Show, where you can browse "hand-crafted jewelry, clothing and accessories, baskets, quilts, and sculptural and functional objects in......

Where better than San Francisco institution Tosca for friend of SFist Harmon Leon, "poet and performer" Bucky Sinister, and one of our favorite local independent bookstores Green Apple Books to come together in one perfect night of literary misbehavior? That's right, Wednedsay at 7:30 it's Green Apple Books at Tosca (242 Columbus Avenue, as if you didn't know), with Harmon and Bucky celebrating the publication of Leon's book Republican Like Me: Infiltrating Red-State, White-Ass,......

With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson moving on to bigger and better things, writers, critics, stoners and other hangers-on are organizing tributes around the country and around the world. But we have a feeling that the only one Hunter himself would have attended would be right here in San Francisco at the Edinburgh Castle Pub. Sure, Jahn Wenner will probably throw some blockbuster event full of literary luminaries in New York, but we all know......