-- Wayward Sway, Diablo's Dust, Smoky as the Devil: Listen to some stellar country-ish rock music as you sup on one of Hotel Utah's tasty shepherd's pies. Mmm. Nothing more hip than shepherd's pie! Music starts at 9 p.m. at Hotel Utah,, $6. -- Coo-Yah: Stoners rejoice! And dance! Green B and Daneekah pump out roots, reggae, and dancehall tunes tonight in the Mission. Starts at 10 p.m. at Bruno's, free. -- Papillon (1973)......

SFist Sara's back, with your weekend picks in indie cinema! We are always going to tell you to see Other Cinema. You can set your watch to it, we promise. This week’s Incredibly Strange Music program is packed with punk rock/bad music video genius. We’re particularly into the experimental film Foucault’s Pendulum but there’s oddity for every taste, as curator Craig Baldwin’s program religiously offers. This week, however, the OC schedule has a staunch competitor......

The two SF Indie Fest films we watched on Friday night at the Victoria Theatre made for a very thought-provoking juxtaposition. The short film Mischief at 16th and Florida captured the rich history of an industrial area (and the river beneath it) located just a mere five blocks from the film screening. The feature film The Ballad of Greenwich Village was related to us through the countless anecdotes of the many amazing artists, performers......

And so begins our second-to-last comix review here on SFist. It's been fun, but it's time to try new things. And now, on with the festivities: How is it that you've never heard of The Ballad of Halo Jones? It's been around for about 20 years, so you have absolutely no excuse for not diving into this unjustifiably unknown sci-fi pleasure. The year is 4950 or so, and life sucks for a group of young......

And they hae taen his very heart's blood, And drank it round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound. ~ From The Ballad of John Barleycorn by Robert Burns circa 1782 Barrespondent-in-training Nico believes that taking out your bloodlust on an ancient spirit whose only crime is ending up in a glass on the end of the bar is a bit atrocious. But who are we to......

Hey, the party's not till Monday, so check out some crazy characters hitting SF stages this weekend....