[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYJKfunfC0&w=560&h=315] The music video is a delicate and intricate art form. Done right, it has the potential to lift a song to new heights, extend its reach, force and meaning. Done wrong, it can leave an unpleasant taste, like an excess of sugar ruining an otherwise palatable dessert. And Read More…
This weekend in the Bay Area, you have a variety of opportunities to catch exciting films both classic and current. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njt0muCyAdc&w=560&h=315] The 3rd Annual Oakland Underground Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with “Yelling to the Sky,” which was a hit at this year’s SXSW and stars Zoe Kravitz — Read More…
What do all three of those things have in common? Big events are happening this week for each! Amoeba Records in San Francisco has a full weekend of in-store performances. The shows begin on Friday with an acoustic set and signing from Grammy winner Ziggy Marley, who will be promoting his Read More…
This past Wednesday, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, currently located in two separate facilities on Bancroft Way, held a community open house to unveil the prototype for its new location. The plan has been underway since 1997 when the current BAM building was deemed seismically unsound and Read More…
Rasputin Music will soon be taking over Galaxxi’s former location on Telegraph, expanding their grand record store even further. Those passing by can see shelves and racks full of CDs and other items that will one day populate Rasputin’s new extension. When asked about the plans for the expansion, Rasputin Read More…
It’s September. And everyone knows what that means. The fresh smell of school supplies, annual “International Talk Like a Pirate Day,” and of course, new TV shows. If only the powers that be could combine those last two, then we’d have something to get excited for. So, in the spirit Read More…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ67bk2YFMY&w=420&h=345] Missed Terry Riley’s concert at the BAM last Friday? Staff writer Sara Hayden brings us exclusive footage of this visionary performance from the father of minimalist music (not to mention, he’s also a Cal alum.) Cozy up and have a listen.
Image credit: http://blogs.SFWeekly.com/shookdown This week seems like it’s going to be a blast from both the Fab Four and the psychedelic wah-wah master Jimi Hendrix. The Beatles’ record 1 will be re-released in remastered glory, while a four-disc box set will be released to honor Jimi Hendrix to honor SF’s Read More…
If you bumped into Terry Riley on the street, you might at first mistake him for Dumbledore in casual, muggle street wear. His distinctive wisps of beard trail to the tops of his breast pockets and his rich, velvety cap looks like it holds more than a few (magic) tricks. Read More…
Zines were the blogs of the ’90s—homemade, alternative publications that allowed the creator to dedicate pages and pages to whatever interested them and their respective subculture. While the most common platform of self-published expression is now digital, many artists, writers and activists continue to make and trade zines, preffering to Read More…
