Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Beatropolis: Oh joy! Beatropolis has returned! (Not that they really went anywhere, but it always feels like forever when they're not around.) Anyway, Beatropolis' special brand of dance rock, live drum 'n' bass,
misc SF Sketchfest Review: Fresh Faces of Comedy It was standing room only at the Mezzanine, and the place was already packed to the gills when we arrived fifteen minutes before the show. This made us a little bummed -- standing
misc SF Sketchfest Giveaway: Mary Lynn Rajskub We love us some Mary Lynn Rajskub. To the point of rushed-to-the-hospital exhaustion, really. If you know her work, you see that it's hard not to. Popular from her role as CTU techie
misc SF Sketchfest Review: Friday Night's Dr. Jonathan Katz Professional Therapist and Patients Our spouse was a huge fan of the ‘90s, animated version of Dr. Katz (we enjoyed it, but didn’t go out of our way to watch it), so he can offer a
misc SF Sketchfest Giveaway: Fresh Faces of Comedy We are ecstatic that Tim and Eric will be performing (they really do an awesome show -- great job, guys), along with Bob Odenkirk and Michael Showalter. A comedy-packed night, for sure. Zach
misc SFist Tonight RiffTrax Live at the Castro - Plan 9 from Outer Space: MST3K's Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett provide live commentary on Ed Wood's cult classic, the abominable and beloved Plan
misc SF Sketchfest Ticket Giveaway: Brent Weinbach in Boomtime He's cute, 1/3 Jewish, 1/3 Filipino, and 1/3 Los Angelian. What more do you need? Oh yes, he also brings on the funny. Big time. And tomorrow night he will
misc SFist Tonight The Sound of Young America Live: Live public radio featuring Jesse Thorn, Morgan Murphy, Merlin Mann, Danny Hoch, and Bucky Sinister perform le stand-up hot. Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave) provides the music.
misc SFist Tonight Information Society: Remember these guys? No? How about now? They perform along with Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Spellbound (a Siouxsie tribute band), DJs Decay (Death Guild), Shindog (New Wave City), and Callum McGowan (Retrowerks)
misc SFist Tonight Whitest Kids U Know: In addition to winning the Best Sketch award at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Festival and being crowned one of "10 Comics to Watch" by Variety, these guys are, apparently,
misc SFist Tonight - Sketchfest Edition Before hitting the sundry of top-notch hilarity littering San Francisco during the 7th Annual SF Sketchfest - i.e., the sad clowns making funny - be sure to stop by tonight's opening party.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Michael J. Nelson of RiffTrax and MST3K RiffTrax is Mike Nelson's clever venture which allows him (and frequent contributors Murphy and Corbett) to make fun of more current films (and TV shows) without having to deal with annoying copyright issues.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to SF Sketchfest's First Annual Filmed Sketch Night Why gather with strangers in a theater to stare at funny films on a screen when you could . . . sit at home on your couch and stare at funny films (even these most of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Paul Reubens Tribute The scene at the Palace: No kids. Just adults who were once in various stages of kidness and under Reubens' thrall. "We've all grown up," observed Big Sis. The show opened with a
misc SFist Paul Reubens Contest Tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts, noted journalist Ben Fong-Torres will have a "conversation with Paul." We don't know if you've been to one of those "conversation" type things, but it's rather
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Cole Stratton We should have asked him what he did to attract performers from Mr. Show, The Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Stella, The State, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Upright
Arts & Entertainment "All Tommorow's Jokes" at the Hemlock Tavern "All Tommorow's Jokes" features the comedy stylings of music duo Hard N Phirm, stand up comedian Jasper Redd, the sketch comedy group Prank the Dean, and stand up comedian Brent Weinbach. The show
