SF News Cagney & Lacey Reunite In SF While we enjoy poking fun at the Chron, make no mistake that our love for Leah Garchik runs deep. Very deep. Take, for example, this story she broke on what could possibly be
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker THEATER: Celebrating the New Year, the international troupe Shen Yun performs classical Chinese dance at the War Memorial Opera House. Evolved over five thousand years, classical Chinese dance includes both
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Grass Widow at the Knockout, Tuesday 12/29 by Taryn Harrington Grass Widow was just another band, another Myspace Top 8, until I read a recent article in Color Magazine with Shaybe Sartin from the Fresh & Onlys. He considered the
Arts & Entertainment Elliot Randall & the Deadmen Album Release: 2/9 by Taryn Harrington Elliot Randall is a country music singer songwriter based in San Francisco, whose sweet voice and country-rock rhythms create mellow, likeable music. His sophomore album, Caffeine & Gasoline, will release
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Live 105's Not So Silent Night @ Oracle Arena by Moses Namkung Intrigued by the opportunities to photograph Metric frontwoman Emily Haines and to finally see Vampire Weekend live, we headed out to Oracle Arena to experience Live 105's Not So Silent
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Prisencolinensinainciusol" See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today's Big Thing. Julie Klausner and the fine folks at Boing Boing bring our attention to this gem: "Prisencolinensinainciusol," a 1972 song written by Italian
Arts & Entertainment Alice Waters DJs Alice Waters appeared on LA radio station KCRW today as part of their Guest DJ Project. Her play list? Only the finest, most artisan songs, of course. Nina Simone's "I Want a Little
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Lady Gaga at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF, 12/14 Though she performed at Mezzanine earlier this year, as well as 715 Harrison in 2008, pop art fans, neo-club kids, and creative types reacted like the second coming of Christ came to San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Ty Segall at Cafe Du Nord by Taryn Harrington Ty Segall played at Café Du Nord on Saturday night to a small and rain soaked crowd. Still, Segall made up for its low attendance. For even in a smaller
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Orrin Hatch, a Mormon, Writes Hanukkah Song Eight Days of Hanukkah from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo. Hanukkah starts this week. And tis the season, chosen ones, for Orrin Hatch (R-Orrin Hatch) has written you a song. It's called "Eight Days
SF News Apple Moving Into "The Cloud" Taking lessons from recently acquired LaLa, Apple is said to be making moves to make iTunes more web-friendly, potentially allowing users to access their music via "the cloud" online, rather than having it
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2010 Acts Revealed Artisan musical treats like Magnetic Fields, Mark Kozelek, Rogue Wave, Atlas Sound, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Four Tet, John Vanderslice, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wallpaper, Zee Avi, The Limousines, and Foreign Born
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: The Fresh & Onlys @ Amnesia by Taryn Harrington Saw what is, arguably, one of San Francisco’s hottest new bands at the moment, The Fresh & Onlys, at Amnesia on Saturday along with The Aerosols and Austin-based Woven
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker MUSIC: With Baudelaire-meets-Carl Perkins lyrics, The Aversions are a punk rock band for the thinking set. They also hail from Quebec, so now imagine all those rhymes with a French
SF News Local Acts Receive Grammy Nominations The Grammys are considered the lowliest of the four biggies (Oscar, Emmy, Tony rounding out the block) because they typically award old people or Alison Krauss. Most Grammy Award-winning music is, for better
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker THEATER: Fat Pig, a contemporary play by Neil LaBute, tells of the forbidden love between a handsome young man and a smart, funny, but overweight young woman. Can Tom withstand
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/30 - 12/6 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Plenty of post-holiday options this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Chris Brown @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung The last time Chris Brown performed in the Bay Area, he sold out Oracle Arena. A TMZ-obtained photo of Rihanna's battered visage, an awkward Larry King appearance, and a guilty
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Annie by Moses Namkung Five long years after she burst onto the indie music scene with Anniemal, a debut universally embraced by indie music critics, Annie is finally releasing her much-delayed sophomore effort, Don't
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/16 - 11/22 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Too many choices are always
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Multimedia artist Carter riffs off of Robert Rauschenberg's iconic drawing Erased Willem de Kooning in Erased James Franco, in which contemporary actor, James Franco, is stripped of the sureties of his craft
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Paramore @ The Warfield by Moses Namkung Many of those in attendance at the Warfield weren't close to being legal which wasn't much surprise, considering the last time we cared about anything associated with the Warped Tour
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight GALA: AIGA San Francisco presents Hung up, its annual fall gala. This year, AIGA celebrates the art of skateboarding and has invited its members to contribute custom skate decks, which will be auctioned
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Soul legend Bill Withers (of "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Just the Two of Us" fame) is profiled in the new documentary Still Bill, which will be screening in San
misc Guitars? In My Catholic Mass?! Pardon us for being raised by California hippie atheists, ones who (thank God) believed in the word of television more than the word of the Lord, but... is this a problem? Are there
