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by Moses Namkung

Hmm. We're not sure where most of you stand on Lady Gaga. Many of you claim to loathe her, some of you secretly love her. Why, it was just a few months ago in March that she was performing at Mezzanine and 715 Harrison. Now she's canceling her tour with Kanye West, wearing bubbles, and hanging out with Madonna.

The band who sings that "Just Like Buddy Holly" song (we don't know the title, and we refuse to Google it) will perform a "secret show" on Wednesday night at The Regency. The 1990s staple Weezer will go on after Eve's Plum titular knockoff band, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. According to SF Weekly, "They go on at 8:45, and Weezer will be up at 10 p.m." Check out Weezer's MySpace page for more details.

Want to see MGMT's sold-out show at the Independent tonight? Well, this Craigslist ad, which came to us via SFist's contribute page, might help:

This show was, like, just announced, so we thought it best to bring it to your attention. Stating at noon today, tickets ($25) will go on sale to see MGMT and BLK JKS at The Independent, tomorrow, October 16. For those of you who can't make it to Treasure Island, here your chance to see MGMT in a more comfortable setting. Buy your tickets here. They're sure to sell out soon. Good luck. Update: Show sold out in minutes. Alas.

Good news, music-loving hermits. YouTube announced today that they will live stream this weekend's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival. The live broadcast can be found over at youtube.com/outsidelands beginning Friday, August 28 until Sunday, August 30. The festival coverage will include such notables as that Dave Matthews guy, Jason Mraz, Thievery Corporation, The Dead Weather, Silversun Pickups, Raphael Saadiq, Tenacious D, Cage the Elephant, Atmosphere, and M.I.A. (who should prove most interesting since she doesn't want to be there in the first place.) Also, there's an Outside Lands app available for those of you with iPhones.

Well, this is, as the gays say, just fabulous. The glorious M.I.A. took to Twitter on Saturday to (rightfully) bitch about having to open for Tenacious D, that funny-/fat-man band your younger brother likes, who replaced the ailing Beastie Boys at Outside Lands Festival.

You remember Salt-N-Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex", right? Sure you do. It's the GenX ode to safe sex that kicks off thusly: "Spinderella cut it up one time." Anyway, the cutter in question, DJ Spinderella, was an unofficial member of Salt-N-Pepa for a time in the '90s. She was the "-N-," if you will. And tonight, she will be spinning at 330 Ritch. Flavorpill reports that "hip-hop and soul party Pacific Standard Time throws the pioneering DJ a b-day bash, and the guest of honor will be on the ones and twos." That is to say, she will be manning the decks tonight in SOMA. Help her celebrate her birthday, won't you?

Tenacious D (Jack Black's funnyman rock 'n' roll shtick) will replace the ailing Beastie Boys at the upcoming Outside Lands Festival. Ta-da. (If you recall, doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in Adam Yauch's left parotid gland, so BB had to cancel both their tour and upcoming album release.)

Hey, Star Wars fans! Listen up. Yet another way for you to enjoy that sci-fi story about Princess Leia and those adorable Ewoks is coming. A touring production of George Lucas' famous and much-loved films (all six of them!), featuring a symphony orchestra and choir performing John WIlliams' scores, will kick off in Anaheim, CA on October 1. The concert, according to , will also feature "Anthony Daniels, who played C-3P0 in the films, [narrating] alongside a three-story-tall HD screen that will display footage from the movies." The orchestra and choir will be conducted under the direction of Belgian conductor Dirk Brosse. Fun! "We've taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images," Lucas said in a statement. The concert, which will run a little over two hours, will makes stops in "cities from Phoenix to Oklahoma City." Performances at HP Pavilion will happen at 2 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 11. Tickets go from $35 to $75.

Yesterday, SFist reported that the Beastie Boys will pull out of this year's Outside Lands Festival. If you recall, doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in Adam Yauch's left parotid (salivary) gland, so the band is taking time off to recover, canceling their tour and postponing their album release. But, according to SF Weekly who keeps track of the OL Twitter feed, the folks at Outside Lands are asking the public for help: "Ranger Dave is diligently working to replace the Beastie Boys. Any suggestions?" Yes. Yes, we do. We would love to see Goldfrapp perform at Outside Lands. Failing that, Leighton Meester would also do nicely. ("Body Control" and Golden Gate Park were made for each other.) But they're probably looking for more male-friendly bands. After all, they have to perform after M.I.A. Be sure to send them worthy candidate names via Twitter.

Oh good Lord, is it too much to ask for a free En Vogue concert that doesn't take place at some Pride festival? What about Cathy Dennis? Paula Cole? Sigh. Anyway. For those of you into OC-based band The Offspring, AT&T will throw down money for a free concert at the Warfield on 7/31. Wanna go? Yes? Then, go here right this second to get a free ticket. According to SF Citizen, it goes down like this: "Your goal is to get a Priority Ticket for two with your first and last name on it. Print that out, bring your ID on July 31, and you are golden." There seems to be no catch, other than living the rest of your life as an Offspring fan, so have at it, folks.

Well, this is some depressing news on this oddly gloomy summer day. The Beastie Boys are canceling their upcoming tour, as well as postponing their new album release, because doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in Adam Yauch's left parotid (salivary) gland. Yauch explains his treatment and the band's future in the video above.

This year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the other annual multi-day concert in Golden Gate Park, will feature none other than Steve Martin performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Yay, celebrities! They make everything better. Other musicians of note? Neko Case, Marianne Faithfull, Boz Scaggs, Emmylou Harris, and many,many more. Check out www.strictlybluegrass.com for a complete list of scheduled performers. The concerts happens October 2, 3, 4.

Well, this is just downright sweet, Beyonce. You don't seem nearly as frosty as some have claimed. The former Destiny's Child frontwoman performed in Oakland this weekend, garnering astounding reviews. Above is a clip of the megagargantuansupersashanova star singing "Say My Name" directly to a delighted fan.

Billed as the West Coast's "most anticipated boutique music festival," the Treasure Island Music Festival line-up was just unveiled. October's two-day concert will feature the following bands for your aural pleasure.

In the middle of his second consecutive sellout show at Bottom of the Hill on Tuesday, Jens Lekman gave his own "gentle response to all the Prop 8 bullshit going on": his standout song, "Postcard to Nina". Between verses, the Swede explained an anecdote relating to the song: a story about the time he was in Berlin and briefly became heterosexual for his lesbian friend Nina, who introduced him to her father as her boyfriend because, of course, she didn't want her father to know about her girlfriend. Got that?

Ever had a lawn seat at a concert where everyone around you got super aggressive about protecting their blanket real estate? Well, consider yourself lucky that you weren't at KISS FM's Old School Fiesta at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on Saturday night, where fights broke out on the lawn just an hour after the gates opened, and continued on through the night until six people had to be treated for stab wounds and the band War had to end their set early, at 10:15 p.m. because the scene was just too chaotic. Cops showed up in riot gear, the works. We're not sure what this says about fans of War... er, yes we are.

San Francisco guitarist Johnathan Rice said as he strummed the opening to "See Fernando" to kick off the evening, "it may not be legal for all of us to marry... but it isn't illegal for all of us to be in love with Jenny Lewis!" Don't rub it in, Johnny. We know you're dating her.

San Francisco just approved a contract that will permit future yacht rockers to entertain the masses at Golden Gate Park. That is to say, we've got three more years of the Outside Lands Festival. And it's a good thing for the city. According to KCBS, "[l]ast year, 130,000 people packed Golden Gate Park and the city made $815,000 dollars. The new contract guarantees the city a minimum of $950,000 dollars and allows Another Planet to stage a concert each summer for three years, with an additional two-year option following that." Old-time crooners like Pearl Jam, this indie rock band, the Beastie Boys, that indie rock band, the Dave Matthews Band, that group Fergie is in are some of the groups scheduled to perform for this year’s concert in the park.

             

by Moses Namkung

SCIENCE: At the monthly Ask a Scientist series, Dreamworks engineers will walk the audience through the building blocks of a CG animated project, explaining the science and math behind the transformation of tiny dots of color into "fluid that flows, fur that bristles, and feathers that ruffle."

       

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by Moses Namkung There are bands that look like they're having a blast on stage and there are bands that turn into dried fecal matter once they hit the floorboards. We remember the first time we saw Built to Spill when we were barely out of high school. Frontman Doug Martsch, like, stood there. He looked as interested as an Excel monkey trapped in a cubicle on cold Monday.

       

by Moses Namkung

On Monday at 8PM, renowned musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson will be at City Arts & Lectures "in conversation with" Michael Azerrad. Anderson made a name for herself in the arts scene in New York in the 70s, and rose to international fame in 1980 with the song "O Superman" (a clip of which follows, post-jump). In recent years, she's been performing original works like her adaptation of Moby-Dick and, more recently, Homeland, which combine elements of spoken word, dance and music. She continues to be a prominent force in experimental music, and last year married her longtime companion and fellow musician, Lou Reed.

       

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