We received a curt Oscar-related message this morning: Um, how the did No Country for Old Men win best picture? Not sure. But if we had to pick our favorite lots-of-dust-and-blood film of the year, it would go to There Will Be Blood. But we (sort of) enjoyed the -- how do we say this delicately? -- East Coast-friendly Coen Brothers film. Are we missing something? Did it not deserve its crowning of best......

We first became aware of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music back in 2000, when the Coen Brothers' released O Brother, Where Art Thou? After listening to the old-timey music on the soundtrack, we pondered just what we should call that stuff so we could seek out more of it. Was it country music? Bluegrass? Folk? The key factor, at the time, was we wanted to hear the original recordings and not a......

Tonight, the SF Indiefest anschlüss continues, with a party celebrating the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski at Balazo Gallery (2183 Mission at 18th). Costumes encouraged. (9pm) Two great alcohol-accessorized reading events at the Make Out Room (3225 22nd St between Mission and Valencia): Friday and Saturday night is Mortified's annual doomed Valentine show with teenage stories of hopeless love, awkwardness and pain. (8pm) All this weekend it's the California International Antiquarian Book Fair at......