Arts & Entertainment Interview: Count Through a labor intensive process, Count creates a collage of sound by layering textures of small noises and sounds. This unique thumbprint has led musicians with a similar aesthetic to work with Count
SF News Putting Politics on the Back-Burner By now, hearing something referred to as "only in San Francisco" has been thrown around so much that it's almost not worth saying anymore. Every once in awhile, though, we come across a
Arts & Entertainment Get a Ticket, By Any Means Necessary It's hard to remember what it was like back then through our misty-colored "I Love the 80's" eyes, but there was a time when PE was the mightiest musical force that roamed the
Arts & Entertainment Curious About The Curiosa Festival? The Curiosa Festival rolled into our very own SBC Park on Saturday. We were originally horrified at the choice of venue. Um, death rock and Barry Bonds? However, upon entry to the stadium,
misc Labor Week: Rubbing the Wrong Way Ahhhh, nothing soothes like tension at Berkeleys Claremont Resort and Spa. Along with your signature "Mayan Temple Journey massage and exfoliation, or your "Moor Than Mud" bath, the Claremont also offers a
Arts & Entertainment Sussing Out the Fuss Few bands can believably be compared to Joy Division, the Cure, Duran Duran, and Echo and the Bunnymen. Especially if they are from Las Vegas. Yet The Killers, the newest indie dance sensation,
SF News Oh My iPod "Well, HP wants a digital music player as part of their new line of media products for the home user." "Hmm. Over at Apple, we want to distribute our products to people who
SF News Synchronized Swimming Back Story Well, heres a weird Olympics story. Team USA synchronized swimmer Tammy Crow, based out of Santa Clara, will be competing on tonights taped telecast. (No, we wont spoil it for
Arts & Entertainment Duck and Cover We warn you because the DMB is around town all the time, and boy do we have lots of bridges. Many of their top albums were recorded accross the Golden Gate at The
Arts & Entertainment Attention Cheapskates: Virgins, Whores, and Pizza in Berkeley One of SFist's favorite theater companies, Berkeley's Impact Theatre (full disclosure: one of us is heavily involved with the company, but we wouldn't be if the company weren't so damned good), launches its
Arts & Entertainment PJ Harvey Rocks SF The indelible "Polly Jean Harvey" rocked "the Great American Music Hall" Thursday night. The sold-out show was a must see for PJ fans, who have only dreamt of seeing her in such a
Arts & Entertainment Sweet Home Boise Boises favorite sons will be performing at Slims both tonight and tomorrow. Although its been nearly three years since Built to Spills last release, its a sure bet
Arts & Entertainment There is Only One Thing That Can Kill The Movies, And That is Education This is the part of SFist where we talk about movies that are opening this weekend, but we're just so thrilled we can barely type since this weekend sees the opening of Alien
Arts & Entertainment Join the Indie Pop Revolution Not Lame Records has released , a three-cd, 69-song set featuring the best of indie pop bands, including three Bay Area-based bands: The Bobbleheads, The Veronicas, and Preoccupied Pipers. IPO bands just finished a
Arts & Entertainment Too Cool for School Man, the entire Bay Area publishing community seems to be jumping on the DJ instruction phenomenon. First it was the East Bay Express with their "School of Scratch" feature. The next day the
Arts & Entertainment Indie Jones 12 years and 6487 albums after making a seminal appearance on MTV's "Sex in the 90s," Lou Barlow, performing as Sebadoh, returns to San Francisco for a night of indie rocking at Bottom
Arts & Entertainment Something for your Ear Being able to afford vinyl records is one of the things that keeps SFist coming in to work every day instead of laying on the couch and scratching inappropriate places. There's nothing like
Arts & Entertainment Park Party SFist loves us some old-school hip-hop, yo. We've got an entire library of classic movies, records and books on the subject. Which is why we were so excited to attend a park party
Arts & Entertainment Music + Fun + Bikes = Social Change Or so says Vikter Veysey, who first approached SFist as we were riding our bike to the Caltrain Station along the Embarcadero. Although we turned town his invitation to be a bicycle ballerina
SF News Calling All Dems Sfist loves doing things for the good of humankind. We also love to drink. So we plan on attending a MoveOn.org fundraiser, for John Kerry, next week at The Make-Out Room. The
SF News Chuck Johnson, Oakland Original SFist sadly notes the passing of Charles "Chuck" Johnson today. He will be truly missed by friends, family and the larger Oakland community. Mr. Johnson founded Soul Beat TV as a cable station
Arts & Entertainment My Guy Ever wonder if San Francisco really has soul? Far be it from SFist to answer such existential questions, but we can recommend that you at least attempt a meeting with one of Motown's
Arts & Entertainment Home Furnishing Fantasy SFist often fantasizes about the day we win the lottery and, among other things, kick our crappy-ass IKEA furnishings to the curb (or hire someone else to do so). Our dream then moves
SF News The City that Knows How "I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is
