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MUSIC: It's a punk extravaganza with the legendary Toys That Kill, Fleshies, and Rank/Xerox. 9 p.m. // The Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St) // $7 FILM: Gary Busey, Corey Haim, and Keanu Reeves

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ART: Artist Mark Warren Jacques will exhibit a new series of work, I’m Here Now, which unveils a new direction in concept and theory in Jacques' work, inspired by his newly acquired

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Potrero Hill Festival/The MAP Potrero Hill Exhibition: The 20th Annual Potrero Hill Festival takes place all weekend. During Saturday's event, Mobile Arts Platform will present visual art, video installations, performances, and spoken

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THEATER: Relationships between couples in crisis and the tensions between noise and silence take center stage at One-Act Fringe, an annual festival of student-penned plays. The festival has a track record for acting

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ART: At the Exquisite Book Project Signing Party & Live Drawing event, co-author Julia Rothman will be signing copies of The Exquisite Book, which features work created by 100 artists while taking part

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Brock Bartends: Tomorrow night, SFist's own Brock Keeling will be this month's guest bartender at Jardinière. Be sure to order the "Brock 2010," a 20th Century rendition of vodka, lillet, lemon and white

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Nothing Says Metal Like Halloween: San Francisco Metal Show for (most of) October

by Erick Pressman Hey kids, it's October, and what better way to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead than by getting your face melted off by the most brutal live music San

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ART: Several Bay Area artists will be showing their work at the group exhibition, Above the Plane, which will "navigate the viewers through a habitat of art away from the traditional wall hangings

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Yesterday's Car Explosion Receives Paltry Coverage

The Examiner was there, and KGO put up a brief note about the car that spontaneously combusted in downtown S.F. yesterday as well. But as a few commenters noted, it's surprising that

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SFist Watches: Fishbone Documentary 'Everyday Sunshine' Lives Up to Its Name

by Erick Pressman SF Docfest kicks off this Thursday evening with the Bay Area premiere of Every Day Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, followed by a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers

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Car Explodes Near Montgomery BART Station

SFist received news that a car exploded on Montgomery Street near the BART Station around Noon today. Check out some video of the billowing black smoke from the scene. At least two very

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FILM: Grant Morrison, who's known as the "Rock Star of Comics," is profiled in Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods. The film features extensive interviews with Morrison, along with never before seen photos and

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MUSIC: Capsula, from Spain, bring their mix of "straight-up scuzzy garage punk and like Death Valley 69-era Sonic Youth" sound to the Elbo Room. SF's Blammos and The Angel & Robot Show (a

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ART: Local artists Chor Boogie, Jacqueline Norheim, Rose Smith, Kirsten Harkonen, and many others will be selling their work at The Restoration Art & Music & Fundraiser. One hundred percent of art sales,

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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Killing My Lobster's 'The Coffee Wars'

This gem has been all over the place this week. Local comedy group Killing My Lobster poke some major fun at our fair city's artisan coffee craze with this brilliant spoof on a

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ART: SOMArts presents its annual Day of the Dead exhibit, Honoring Revolution with Visions of Healing, featuring altars and installations that will honor the dead and provide offerings to the living. Tonight's opening

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SFist Attends: 'Paris Review' Editor Lorin Stein at City Lights

There’s sex, love, and betrayal in the Fall Paris Review. Prepare to be seduced. by Naomi Kirsten A few years into the millennium, we attended a party at the Paris Review. It

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Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day

Via B.K.: "bed bugs in the news suddenly? why? It's not like they materialized a month ago. So why the sudden press? Did the alpha bed bug bring it's vast fortune over

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The Decisive Moment: Get a Free Henri Cartier-Bresson Poster at SMOMA Today

SFist is super excited to see the upcoming Henri-Cartier Bresson exhibit at SFMOMA, which opens on October 30 and runs through January 30 -- we'll be hitting the museum's First Tuesday next month.

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COMEDY: The refreshingly goofy Kristen Schaal, most notably known as Flight of the Conchords' biggest fan and a regular correspondent on The Daily Show, will be at Cobb's all weekend. Schaal's new book

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ART: Bay Area artist John Belingheri will exhibit his calming and mesmerizing collection of oil and mixed media paintings on canvas, which "express an interrelationship of form, process, contradictions and turmoil". 5:30

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SFist Interviews: Literary Death Match Co-Creator Todd Zuniga

by Naomi Kirsten Litquake’s most riveting event just may be its most violent. At least in theory. Literary Death Match co-creator and Opium magazine founding editor Todd Zuniga reveals why literature could

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MUSIC: The original members of the legendary Guided By Voices (aka, Guided By Beer) will perform GBV's classic songs from 1992 to 1996 off of the albums Propellor, Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and

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MUSIC: Japanese garage punk power trio Guitar Wolf, who coined the phrase "jet rock 'n' roll", which they also use to describe their musical style -- an energetic cross between the Ramones, rockabilly,

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FILM: Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system and confronting the consequences of industrialized agriculture: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and