We've been doing far too much reading about relevance and contemporary classical music as of late, so we're looking forward to the opportunity to hear it in a nice room with other people. The SF Tape Music Festival going on all weekend at ODC Theater (3153 17th St at Shotwell) features three distinct programs of audio art over a pristine 16-speaker surround sound system. We like the mix of legends (Brian Eno, with a world......

We're positively reeling from anticipation of all the fun and excitement promised by this weekend's events. Not since we spent Halloween weekend in Las Vegas a few years back have we done so much reeling - though that was mostly due to our alcohol consumption and our difficulty finding an exit out of the New York New York casino. Tonight Hey, it's Halloween weekend, how about a creepy movie: Street Trash, described as "Eraserhead......

We can't count the number of times we've left a movie announcing "That sucked! This is what they should have done..." And then we'd go on in great detail to our long suffering better half, who had to sit through both the flawed work AND our backseat screenwriting and direction. If we were the kind of person who took proactive steps toward bettering her relationship (oh, we're so not, trust us), we'd shut our damn......

The SF Independent Film Festival's San Francisco Documentary Film Festival starts tonight, and our crack team of film fest Fisters couldn't be happier. From the Japanese boy cafes of The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief to the suicide bombers of Diameter of a Bomb, we will be there in full force to bring you the best of the fest. In addition to our coverage, we'll be giving away tickets to DocFest......

SFist interviews Jason Blalock...

Sfist wants to encourage all of you Bay Area folks to get out there and actually use your degrees in film for something other than the local pub quiz...