Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: U2 The first time we saw U2 it was 1984 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Obviously, that was a long time ago: pre-Apple commercials, pre-hanging out with politicians, pre-heavy-handed attempts at irony, pre-blues co-opting,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: The Primitive Screwheads Oh, how we adore the Primitive Screwheads. Our first experience with them was at the final (sob) performance of their most glorious Evil Dead: Live, in which the guerilla (to wit: they rehearse
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Watches Arnie & George When we last saw our favorite Republican bigwigs, Arnie and George, they were having a bit of a problem getting together. Twice, during the President's extended and ill-fated vacation, he visited our fair
Arts & Entertainment Go Nuts This Weekend Have we ever mentioned how much we love the Primitive Screwheads? Our infatuation began when we attended their final performance of , and we've been slavering to see what they'd do next. They'd mentioned
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Living to the Fullest Live food was all the rage two years ago. Everybody was oooh and aaah-ing at Roxanne, a haute cuisine place which did not cook its food. Everybody who could afford it, as the
Arts & Entertainment Everbody Sing, Everybody Dance For those looking to party all night long, Threshing Floor Productions and The Hub at the JCCSF, along with the Progressive Jewish Alliance Present, DAWN, The 2nd Annual Arts Event Inspired by the
Arts & Entertainment Prog Rock's Not Just For Boys Anymore We'll confess -- every now and then, we listen to 107.7 The Bone, (usually when Live 105 goes through one of its fifteen minutes of Sublime programming jaunts) -- where, save for
Arts & Entertainment (Yet) Another Hole in the Head: SFist Has You Covered The fun begins Thursday night at 8 with the launch party at the Rickshaw stop, which includes a screening of . Right after the movie, bands The Formaldebrides, The Godz of Rock, and the
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Go Ask Alice So Coldplay tickets apparently sold out in less than one minute on Sunday, huh? And there was tons of borderline-illicit craigslist bartering for wristbands, right? But -- come on, Gavin Newsom calling into
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Gav Says/He's Done With Sergio The irrepressible Mr. P.J. Corkery asks the question on everyone's mind -- what's on Gavin Newsom's iPod? Well, after some hemming and hawing ("I don't have time to download 99 cent tunes,
Arts & Entertainment Dirty Laundry: Fab! Holy Cow, has San Francisco actually been able to get something done? A few months ago, everyone was hemming and hawwing about how nobody shoots films here anymore and that the city really
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Drag Queens. Reassignment Surgery Optional. [] So our friends at Beau Bonneau Casting are at it again. This time they're not looking for skinny hipsters, but for 'drag queens.' There are few casting calls that SFist would really
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Bruce Campbell Alert! (Well, no, not really.) No big intro this week -- let's just get on with the picks, starting with something we just know you'll want to see: at the Off-Market Theater You guessed it: Evil Dead: Live
SF News President Boxer? And no offense to Senator Boxer, and not that she hasn't been doing things while in office, but really, this appears to be one of the first times she's made national headlines since
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Be a Couch Potato Somewhere Else for a Change at Theatre Tableau Vivant Pass the Hat Productions presents an episode each of "Three's Company" and "The Golden Girls." Here's what they have to say about their show: "The only way to relive
SF News Get Ur Geek On Special Edition -- Warbussing EssEff We decided to take a day trip on the Muni. And now that we have our wireless card, we decided to warbus the city. Live blog updates after the jump. Ever since we
misc Apologies from the Essefficist Surely your lonely life has been just a little bit more hollow the past couple of weeks, what with the holidays and the poor weather and the Essefficist not really writing at all.
misc SFist Watches: As TV Looks Back In other news, this week TV offers up the inevitable "Year in Review" programming. Perhaps the best bet is VH-1's The Best Year Ever. If you're a fan of The Best Week Ever,
Arts & Entertainment "Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn"- This Week in DVDs So in light of this week's being another crappy week in DVD releases (wait til next week! We're talking Buffy, Spike, Will Ferrell and David Brent -- could it BE any better?). We'd
misc The Essefficist Surely you're just dying to know something, right? So what is it? Where to get glass cut? What to do about that ex who keeps stalking you? Why the Sutro Tower is red
SF News Walk This Way Those of you who were bipedal in 2002 will probably remember almost every day that year, there was someone getting hit by a car on 19th Avenue or a child getting hit by
