If you asked Serj Tankian about how he made his newest solo album, Harakiri, he could explain to you how he composed all of the parts on every song on the 11-track record. But he could also tell you about the part fiber, part postconsumer recycled, part flax seed and Read More…
It’s clear in the beginning of Michael Chabon’s newest novel, “Telegraph Avenue,” that Nat Jaffe and Archy Stallings are fucked. In fact, it is the second sentence emitted from Nat’s mouth to his co-owner of Brokeland Records, a fictional, yet realistic, jazz music store in the fold of Berkeley and Read More…
The best way to enter the exhibit “Six Lines of Flight” is to walk up the SFMOMA’s four flights of stairs, through an arch and onto an indoor bridge where the walls are bathed with light and you are in a sort of whitewashed paradise. Before you is a giant Read More…
Midway through Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film “The Master,” the camera frames two men side by side. To the right, we see a casual gentleman. He’s wearing a fitted suit, leaning in elegant repose with a sense of assurance and authority beyond his years. This is Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Read More…
The play opens in a hospital waiting room. The setting is 1981 New York City. A strange new disease has begun to spread within the city’s gay community. Forty-one cases have been reported. One by one, young and healthy men are dying, but no one knows the cause. The symptoms Read More…
Eight years ago, Green Day exploded from near-obscurity after their post-Dookie decline to rockstar superstardom following the release of the now Broadway-approved political epic American Idiot. Since then, and for most of their career, the East Bay natives have faced criticism for selling out their punk appeal to major-label record Read More…
From surveillance footage to dashboard camera close-ups, writer and director David Ayer gives audiences a 360-degree view of two young Los Angeles Police officers in his cop drama “End of Watch.” Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Brian Taylor and Michael Pena as his partner Mike Zavala “End of Watch” is an Read More…
Pop’s self-proclaimed punk princess/perpetual party-girl has released her latest album, The Truth About Love, at a point in her life when she should be best qualified to remark on the subject with the eyes of a seasoned veteran. Whereas her previous album, Funhouse, was a post breakup, revenge-fueled swing at Read More…
VISUAL ART Beginning next week, artists and art groups will fill public spaces in San Francisco’s Central Market neighborhood with their latest artwork, crafts, and performances as they collaborate in the 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival. With special events and activities running through the entire few weeks concentrated Read More…
On Saturday against USC, quarterback Zach Maynard reverted back into his old, mediocre form. Having said that, any further evaluation of Maynard’s play on Saturday needs to be prefaced with two things. First, his offensive line absolutely let him and the team down. The unit was completely dominated by USC’s Read More…
