Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands for sf weekly

Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands
You can go to a restaurant and ask the server to offer wine pairings to accompany your fancy-pants menu choice. But imagine you're home and have just reached for the latest album from that hip new San Francisco band. You're all ready to crank up those sweet tunes, but what to drink to compliment the sonic snack? [...]

Last night: The Good Life for sf weekly

Last Night: How The Good Life's Rock Resembles Messy Relationships
The anatomy of a messy relationship: Step 1. The first meeting. The Patron Saint of Messy Relationships, Mr. Tim Kasher, the driving force and lifeblood of Saddle Creek indie rock group the Good Life, climbed onto the miniscule Bottom of the Hill stage last night [...]

Local Frequency: Q&A w/ Myles Cooper for sf weekly

Local Frequency: Q&A w/ Myles Cooper
You might recognize Myles Cooper from his yearlong stint with hugely popular San Francisco indie popsters Girls (you can catch a glimpse of his cherubic mug in their NSFW video romp "Lust for Life"). Or you may have seen the new tripped out, candy-colored music video for his song "Gonna Find Boyfriends Today" on other local blogs [...]

Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone for sf weekly

Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Bottom of the Hill
There's a ghost in the machine. "Wizards did it!" one helpful audience member offered. Yes, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (A.K.A Owen Ashworth) was suffering from a few minor technical difficulties during his Popfest appearance at Bottom of the Hill last night [...]

10 things for under $10 for sf weekly

10 Things To Do For Under $10: Roller Disco, the '90s, John Waters
Finals are over (if you're the schoolin' type), your office is starting to seem half-full (if you've got the 9-to-5 life), and the park is suddenly bursting with grass dwellers (if you unemployment-collectors are used to barren weekdays). Yes folks, it's summertime. And we San Franciscans can feel the change in our midst. Free concerts, cheap dance dates, and outdoor parades - this Memorial Day weekend has it all [...]

street food vendors for j. the jewish news weekly

Takin’ it to the streets: Jewish vendors add deli favorites to S.F. mobile food scene
San Francisco’s Madame Bubbles was on her way to teach Hebrew school a few weeks ago when a small crowd of curious bystanders gathered around her [...]

emily jane white for sf weekly

Emily Jane White evokes melancholy nostalgia
Emily Jane White has a sorrowful singing voice that evokes feelings of long-forgotten, foggy memories [...]

dawn 2010 for j. the jewish news weekly

Shooting for the hip: All-night culture festival shines light on Shavuot
Young, hip Jews looking for something to do in San Francisco might not put an all-night Shavuot study session at the top of the list [...]

10 things under $10 for sf weekly

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10: Gastronomic Adventures, Free Comics, Electro-disco Noiseniks
There's plenty to see this weekend for the San Francisco explorer on a budget; here's our list of events under a 10-spot [...]

rykarda parasol for j. the jewish news weekly

Family’s past leads sultry songstress into some dark places
Singer-songwriter Rykarda Parasol has a habit of writing songs that channel her family’s macabre history [...]

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Mothers, daughters put special spin on Passover
Every woman at the Mother-Daughter Seder at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco last week brought along a memento, a keepsake.

Some brought weathered black-and-white photos of their ancestors, others shared beloved Shabbat candle holders or their grandmother’s hand-scrawled recipe for the perfect matzah ball [...]

10 things under $10 for sf weekly

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10
While most of the music world is far away drinking excessively and waiting in line for sweaty, packed shows at SXSW, we San Franciscans still have plenty of homegrown activities to keep our culture palette satisfied [...]

music voyager for j. the jewish news weekly

Former S.F. man spans the globe for rhythmic adventures
During a journey to India last year, Jacob Edgar ate goat brain, learned how to play cricket and listened to a lot of local music [...]

yoko ono plastic band for sf weekly

Yoko Ono Plastic Band at The Fox Theater
When I told friends and Facebook contacts that I'd be seeing Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band during Noise Pop, the reactions were split down the middle. Half the responses were incredulous. You'd pay money to see her? The other half was excited, and dare I say it - a little jealous? But this is to be expected with Ono, whose artistic efforts have always had a galvanizing affect [...]

musings on 90210 for sf weekly

Ten Bands That Have Rocked 90210 - Then and Now
With the return of The CW's humdrum spin-off soap 90210 this week (March 9), we guilty-pleasure seekers are likely to be treated to a season of catfights, trysts, and--most importantly--new music cameos [...]