Arts & Entertainment Ossi Bond of Johnossi Show is at 8 at the Independent. Tickets are $15 After Party starts at 10:30 at the Poleng Lounge 1752 Fulton Street Best show you've ever played and what made it great?
Arts & Entertainment Beirut's Jason Poranski Jason Poranski (he’s in the red t-shirt) plays guitar, ukulele, and mandolin in Beirut and was kind enough to answer some questions for us about the band and tour. Why the name
Arts & Entertainment New (ish) Contributer Interview: Julie Feinstein Adams I wanted to write for SFist because: I need attention. Lots of attention. You should read my pieces because: You'll eat better, look nicer, be more surrealist, and give interesting holiday gifts. Best
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Andy Vogt Where is the best place to see art in the area? Hard to pick one since they all have something different to offer. I always enjoy shows at Ampersand International Arts, Gregory Lind
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Svea Lin Vezzone Best place to see art in the Oakland? I'm biased...Swarm Gallery! What's your take on the art scene here? Accessible and abundant. It's exciting to be a part of historically, but difficult
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Creators of The Thing If you can’t wait that long we have two suggestions. The first is to read the interview below in which you will find that Will and Jonn have a lot of great
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Chris Wiggum Do you believe your own hype? No, but I believe my own hyphy. Seriously, though, I don't hype things I don't believe in. If I'm publicizing something I don't like, you'll be able
Arts & Entertainment Review: Band of Horses If you’re not familiar with Band of Horses, its time to check them out. We originally heard about them in an interview with Molly Sims (mock all you will, but InStyle occasionally
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Amanda M. Lynch You can see Amanda Lynch’s art the second Garage Biennale pavilion in a show called “Fired!” on Sat. June 30th from 7-10. Swarm Gallery will feature the same show opening in Oakland
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Craig Billmeier US Air Guitar Tour (tour bus and all) June 27 • San Jose CA • The Blank Club (21+) or June 28 • San Francisco CA • The Independent (21+) When did you first begin to air
Arts & Entertainment Mog's David Hyman Are you a music Junkie? Very much so. What kind of music do you like? Too hard to categorize. I’m a huge Dylan/Neil Young fan, but also am getting way into
Arts & Entertainment Interviews: Colma! The Musical Colma opens at the Embarcadero Cinema June 22 Introduce yourself in one sentence: H.P: Hi, I'm HP and I'm a Pisces with a Virgo rising which means I don't put any stock
Arts & Entertainment The Noisette's Dan Smith Best show you've ever played and what made it great? Best show was the first at the Mother Bar in the east end of London- It was the best because it was our
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Laura Veirs Best show you've ever played and what made it great? Our last gig in Paris at La Maroquinerie in April 2007. The place was packed with 400 fans who knew all the words
misc Remembering Voxtrot Sometimes even SFist is ahead of our time. Like last year when we made Voxtrot our official summer 2006 crush. They’ve just released their new, full length, self titled album, and they’
Arts & Entertainment Jolene Garcia of Penny and Maude Why'd you start your own company? Because I want to be able to work my own hours while my kids are little. Favorite items? I love Super Chick and all the bobbi pins
Arts & Entertainment James Elkington of The Zincs Best show you've played and what made it great? Vienna in Austria - I broke the PA with my classical guitar. The best fans are: Zincs fans. Favorite Venue? The Doug Fir Lounge
misc SFist Reviews: Awesome Color and Dinosaur Jr. Awesome Color opened last night at Slim’s for Dinosaur Jr and impressed a moderate crowd although they deserved bigger. As a long time fan of Dinosaur Jr and J. Mascis in general,
Arts & Entertainment Miniview: David Best So, witty and erudite readers, this one is up to you. We’re pretty sure that you could win commenter of the week by interpreting the cryptic responses below. What is Best not
Arts & Entertainment Alexandra Lipsitz, Director of Air Guitar Nation If you’re hoping to get into the competitive side of air guitar, or just prove to your partner that your moves really are totally solid, you should check out “Air Guitar Nation”
Arts & Entertainment Nic Dillon from Casados Best show you've played and what made it great? Heather and I have played a lot of shows. Our favorite shows are the ones where we can tell people are really listening and
Arts & Entertainment David and Edie Ichioka, Makers of <em>Murch</em> What was the most surprising thing to you about Walter Murch Walter is a true renaissance man. His areas of expertise are varied and surprising. Not only is he an Oscar winning editor
Arts & Entertainment Sloan's Patrick Pentland Best show you've played and what made it great?: Osaka, Japan, 1998. Playing our first show, so far from home, not knowing what to expect, and having the crowd go from sitting politely
