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Turn me on
Burger fever and mixed tape metaphors at Burgerama IIBlack Lips at Burgerama II.PHOTOS BY DALLIS WILLARDarts@sfbg.comMUSIC"You know how the Ramones made a bunch of people wanna start their own band?" I...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: The Trashies do the worm
The view from my studio apartment’s bay windows includes a clear view of my building’s garbage chute. Often times the chute gets clogged and the trash piles high for days. I think about it and freak...
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Undercover Juggalo
Could an outsider infiltrate the juggalo sect during Insane Clown Posse's Oakland stopover?Spot the real juggalos of the East Bay.PHOTO BY DALLIS WILLARDarts@sfbg.comMUSIC When I pitched attending one...
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Mexican summer
Exploring the Mexico City punk scene through house shows and tumultuous SF pit stopsarts@sfbg.comMUSIC There was no reason for me to be awake at 7:31am, since I'd flown into Mexico City the day before....
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Live Shots: Treasure Island Music Festival 2013
Maybe people just don’t know how to party anymore, but I didn’t come across vomit once at the Treasure Island Music Festival. The crowd’s vibe was more or less well-behaved all weekend -- pretty chill...
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Cover me bad
The art of the Halloween tribute band traditionWeezer is on Yogurt Brain's mindMUSIC Halloween's like Christmastime for crafty weirdoes. But for me, crudely sewn, elaborate costumes are only half the...
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Goldies 2014 Performance/Music: Brontez Purnell
"I romanticize the outsider. There's always going to be this running theme of me versus the world."Guardian photos by Saul Bromberger and Sandra HooverRelated: Goldies 2014GOLDIES After being informed...
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Live Shots: Hether Fortune gets cathartic at the Night Light
Hether Fortune at the Night Light, 2/14.PHOTOS BY SADIE MELLIEROLast Friday it was Valentine’s Day, but all I saw was tears. I’ve wondered before how some musicians can sing some of their more...
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On the Rise: Useless Eaters
"Angular punk"Guardian photo by Keeney + Law Photography"On the Rise" almost feels inappropriate for Useless Eaters, since it began in 2008 as Seth Sutton's bedroom recording project in Memphis,...
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The shaman, the oracle, and the engineer
Sleep Genius bands are pushing boundaries — and proving the Bay Area underground is alive and wellShannon MaddenPHOTO BY ANDRE TORREZarts@sfbg.comRead more »
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The sound of America
Hits and history mix in 'Motown the Musical'Krisha Marcano (as Florence Ballard), Allison Semmes (Diana Ross), and Trisha Jeffrey (Mary Wilson) in Motown the MusicalPHOTO BY JOAN...
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Find your fangs: Total Trashfest is upon us
Hunx doin' his thing as Gayracula.PHOTO COURTESY TOTAL TRASHFESTI can already envision the sound of Shannon Shaw's voice singing Metallica's "Enter Sandman," and it's music to my ears. The James...
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