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Music Hear This

Riff Raff @ Social Hall

By Jessie Schiewe

Film Film

By Sherilyn Connelly

Top Five Parties This Week Plus Notable Local Records

Music Some Thoughts of a Certain Sound

Top Five Parties This Week Plus Notable Local Records

By Chris Zaldua

Film Film

By Jeffrey Edalatpour

Sponsored Travel

By Kyle Ellison

Depopulation Agenda

Culture Art

Depopulation Agenda

By Jonathan Curiel

News Feature

By Tom Molanphy

Faith No More Will Re-Release Its Out-of-Print Debut After Founding Bassist Bill Gould Discovered The Masters

Music Music

Faith No More Will Re-Release Its Out-of-Print Debut After Founding Bassist Bill Gould Discovered The Masters

By Jessie Schiewe

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Mar 12-19, 2014
Vol. 33, No. 8

Digital Edition

News

Feature
Exit Music: Musicians Are Leaving San Francisco. Can the City's Legendary Scene Survive?
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, San Francisco, Oakland, Robbie Kowal, Los Angeles

Sucka Free City
Old Match, New Flame: Dating Sites Embrace an Ancient Mating Custom
by Rachel Swan
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, Lauren Kay, San Francisco, Lisa Clampitt, Brooklyn (New York City)

Sucka Free City
Chapped Asses: The San Francisco Bulls Are Gone. Their Debts Linger.
by Joe Eskenazi
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, Cow Palace, eBay Inc., Angela Batinovich, Ben Coleman

Sucka Free City
Drink Up: S.F. Water Customers Are Incentivized to Waste
by Joe Eskenazi
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, David Zetland, San Francisco, Vancouver, Las Vegas

Letters
SF Weekly Letters March 12-18, 2014
by Staff, SF Weekly
Tags: Letters, Columns, Google Glass, Lynn Schwarz, Mollie McWilliams, San Francisco

Chem Tales
Naming Names: Who Stands to Benefit from Outing Informants in a Dirty Cop Case?
by Chris Roberts
Tags: Chem Tales, Columns, Jayme Walsh, Daisy Bram, San Francisco Police Department, Jeff Greeson

The Snatch
The Snatch: Already Beta-Testing Google Nose
by Staff, SF Weekly
Tags: The Snatch, Columns, Google Glass, Jeff Lucas, WhatsApp, Instagram

The Snitch
Activists Try to Thwart Mass Poultrycide in Chico
by Rachel Swan

The Snitch
Bathroom Selfie, with Firearm, May Get Two SF Students Expelled
by Chris Roberts

The Snitch
St. Patrick's Day DUI Checkpoints Announced
by Joe Eskenazi

The Snitch
Watch This Pedestrian Dart in Front of a Speeding Caltrain (VIDEO)
by Erin Sherbert
Tags: Video

The Snitch
Survey States the Obvious: San Francisco Commuters Dissatisfied with Cleanliness Onboard Muni
by Melissa Hellmann

The Snitch
Bill Gates: Most Startups in Silicon Valley Are "Silly"
by Chris Roberts

The Snitch
Feel Good About Bicycle Consumerism With Non-Profit Bike Shops
by Leif Haven

The Snitch
City College: Arrests Made as Protesters Barricade Themselves into Campus Building
by Joe Eskenazi
Tags: Video

The Snitch
Unlicensed Driver Hits Pedestrian Who Was Possibly Drunk
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
Shootings, Stabbing in Bloody Night in San Francisco
by Joe Eskenazi

The Snitch
Castro Street Gets a Makeover With Gay Crosswalk
by David-Elijah Nahmod
Tags: Castro Street, Jane Warner Plaza, Supervisor Scott Wiener

The Snitch
Mission Bay Fire: Welding Equipment Likely Cause of Five-Alarm Blaze
by Chris Roberts
Tags: Video

The Snitch
Son Jailed After Biting Parents During Violent Fight Over the Family Cat
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
Clever Woman Teams Up With BART to Nab Bike Thief
by Erin Sherbert
Tags: Video

The Snitch
Mary Baca Identified as Balboa Park BART Fatality
by Joe Eskenazi

The Snitch
Fearless Cyclist Hitches a Ride on Muni in Most Dangerous Way Possible
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
Waterfront Height Initiative: Judge Mulling Arguments, Ruling Pending
by Joe Eskenazi

The Snitch
One Man Stabbed in the Head, A Second Man's Throat Sliced During Weekend Fight
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
This New BART App Will Help You Catch Criminals and Idiotic Passengers
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
Report: Private Prisons Incarcerate More Blacks, Latinos By Design
by Chris Roberts
Tags: Drugs

The Snitch
Private Sector Pushes For Advances In Marijuana Research
by Chris Roberts

The Snitch
Uma Keshavan Identified as Woman Whose Body Washed Up on Shore
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
Woman Pushes Cyclist Off His Bike, Pedals Off With It
by Erin Sherbert

The Snitch
California Cops Want to Ban Hash, Dabs, all Marijuana Concentrates
by Chris Roberts

Music

Sizzle & Fizzle
Sizzle and Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music
by Staff, SF Weekly
Tags: Sizzle & Fizzle, Macaulay Culkin, Janelle Monae, Justin Herman Plaza, Merrill Garbus

The Space Lady's Ship Has Landed
by Sam Lefebvre
Tags: Music, Feature, Susan Schneider, San Francisco, Boston, Joel Dunsany, Elbo Room

Hear This
Cool Ghouls: Show Preview
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Hear This, Show Preview, San Francisco, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jefferson Airplane, The Velvet Underground, Amnesia

Hear This
Forest Swords: Show Preview
by Reyan Ali
Tags: Hear This, Show Preview, Matthew Barnes, The Independent

Hear This
The Phenomenauts: Show Preview
by Rae Alexandra
Tags: Hear This, Show Preview, The Clash (Band), Elvis Costello, Comic-Con International, The New Parish

Hidden Agenda
Certain Clamorous Destruction
by Sam Lefebvre
Tags: Hidden Agenda, Column, Toxic State, Columbus (Ohio)

All Shook Down
Sometimes It's Better to Anticipate a Band Before You Can Actually Hear It
by Sam Lefebvre
Tags: Hidden Agenda, Freak Vibe, So Stressed

All Shook Down
Sorry, Prince's Two Shows Wednesday at the Fillmore Are Already Sold Out
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Prince, the Fillmore

All Shook Down
Tool Gives the Air-Drummers a Workout at Bill Graham Civic, 3/11/14
by SF Weekly
Tags: Failure, Tool

All Shook Down
Nelly's "Hot in Here": Only a Few Hours Left to Lose Yourself in the Radio Loop
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Nelly

All Shook Down
Music Links: Superhero Bart Davenport and the Music of a Bicycle
by SF Weekly
Tags: Bart Davenport, Perfect Pussy, SXSW

All Shook Down
Oakland Fader DJ Enki on the Importance of Learning to Actually DJ and His Favorite 45
by Christina Li
Tags: 45 sessions, Brick and Mortar, DJ Enki

All Shook Down
This Week in Music: Tragedy at SXSW, Weezy's Last Album, and Moz Being Ecstatic
by Rae Alexandra
Tags: Music Quotes of the Week, Beyonce, Debra White, Grace Liu, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne, Lorde, Mitch Wilson, Morrissey, New Found Glory, Roland Swenson, Steve Klein, SXSW, Video

All Shook Down
BottleRock Napa Valley Announces 2014 Lineup, Which Includes OutKast
by Ian S. Port
Tags: BottleRock, OutKast

All Shook Down
Metallica's New Song Is an Eight-Minute Bone-Crusher Called "The Lords of Summer"
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Metallica, Video

All Shook Down
The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Weekend
by Derek Opperman
Tags: Jonah Sharp, Martyn, Midland, Portable, Tom Trago, Top Five Parties

All Shook Down
Listen: tUnE-yArDs Goes Funky "Wooh-Ha!" on "Water Fountain"
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Merrill Garbus, tUnE-yArDs, Video

All Shook Down
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's a Playlist of Good Irish Songs -- And No U2
by Ian S. Port
Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

All Shook Down
Is San Francisco's Music Scene Doomed?
by SF Weekly
Tags: San Francisco music scene, The Space Lady

All Shook Down
Truckfighters on How to Make Desert Psych-Rock in Snowy Sweden
by Dave Pehling
Tags: DNA Lounge, Truckfighters, Video

All Shook Down
Jimi Hendrix Is Getting a Stamp: Fuck Yeah
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Jimi Hendrix, stamps

All Shook Down
Chuy Gomez Returns to Bay Area Radio as Host For New Hot 105.7 Hip-Hop Station
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Chuy Gomez, HOT 105.7, Latin Mix

All Shook Down
Top Five '90s Bands We Wish Were on the Bottle Rock Lineup
by Ian S. Port
Tags: BottleRock, Goo Goo Dolls, Harvey Danger, Video

All Shook Down
Prince's Surprise Show at the Fox Oakland This Saturday Already Appears Sold Out
by Ian S. Port
Tags: Fox Theater, Prince

Dining

Eat
Undiscovered Country: The Food of Laos Plants Its Flag in San Francisco for the First Time
by Anna Roth
Tags: Eat, Reviewed, Champa Garden, San Francisco, Asia, Laos

Eat
Topsy's Fun House Is a Cocktail Carnival
by Pete Kane
Tags: Eat, Reviewed, Financial District, Wild Turkey

Eat
Report from the Mission's New Lers Ros Thai
by Pete Kane
Tags: Eat, Reviewed, Hayes Valley, VH1 Television Network, Dawson's Creek

Distillations
Distillations: Discovering a World of Pure Imagineering at Rickhouse
by Benjamin Wachs
Tags: Distillations, Column, San Francisco, Google Inc., Rickhouse

Recent Openings
Recent Openers March 12-18, 2014
by Staff, SF Weekly
Tags: Recent Openings, Columns, Charles Phan, Noe Valley, Los Angeles, Cyril Magnin

SFoodie
Conquer Stinky Tofu at 5 Joy in Foster City
by Trevor Felch

SFoodie
Girl Scout Cookies and Beer Collide at WOODS
by Jason Henry
Tags: Cerveceria de MateVeza, WOODS Polk Station

SFoodie
Here's the Trailer for Josey Baker's New Bread Cookbook
by Anna Roth
Tags: Video

SFoodie
These S.F. Neighborhoods Contain the Best and Worst Tippers
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
Drink of the Week: Double Feature at Foreign Cinema
by Lou Bustamante
Tags: cocktail recipe, Kevin Dowell

SFoodie
Nob Hill Bar Offers Free Cocktail to Google Glass Wearers
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
Hip L.A. Chef Roy Choi Attempts to Make Google Glass Cool
by Anna Roth
Tags: Video

SFoodie
Fort Mason Off the Grid Kicks Off 2014 Season
by Lou Bustamante
Tags: Food trucks

SFoodie
S.F.'s Controversial Bagel Pop-Up Returns to Dear Mom
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
San Tung Doubles In Size, Queues Form for Dry Wings
by Pete Kane

SFoodie
Congrats to the Bay Area's 20 James Beard Award 2014 Nominees
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
Chicken Run: 1,800 Rescue Hens Looking for New Homes After Egg Farm Shutters
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
Wine Country Report: Hall Wines, Exciting Sweets from Matthew Tinder
by Mary Ladd
Tags: art, hall wines, LEED, matthew tinder, meadowood resort, napa valley, pastries, st. helena, true detective, wine country, wine country report

SFoodie
Local Cellar Opens in the Mission
by Mary Ladd
Tags: beer, jake des voignes, local cellar, local mission market, mission district, wine, yaron milgrom

SFoodie
Beer of the Week: Pink Boots Society Unite Pale Ale Celebrates Female Brewers
by Jason Henry
Tags: Drake's Brewing, Pink Boots Society

SFoodie
Presidio's Fort Point Brewery Teams Up With Mikkeller, Release Party Tonight
by Anna Roth

SFoodie
Enter: the Cragel, House of Bagels' Croissant-Bagel Hybrid
by Pete Kane

SFoodie
East Bay Bite of the Week: Cake with a Side of Scandal at Crixa Cakes
by Molly Gore

SFoodie
Week in Vegan: Oat Milk, Whale Controversy, and Decadent Pie
by Mark Shrayber
Tags: Video

Film

"Better Living Through Chemistry": A Pharmacist's Lusts, Uncapped
by Jonathan Kiefer
Tags: Film, Film, David Posamentier, Geoff Moore, Jane Fonda, Olivia Wilde, Video

"Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me": A History of Acting, Swearing
by Sherilyn Connelly
Tags: Film, Film, Elaine Stritch, Bela Lugosi, John F. Kennedy, John Turturro, Video

"The Face of Love": Annette Bening Definitely Has a Type
by Jonathan Kiefer
Tags: Film, Film, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Amy Brenneman, Arie Posin, Video

"Generation War (Part 1 and Part 2)": The Germans of WWII Had Feelings, Too
by Jonathan Kiefer
Tags: Film, Film, Philipp Kadelbach, Berlin (Germany), Katharina Schuttler, Ludwig Trepte, Opera Plaza Cinemas

"The Grand Budapest Hotel": Andersonian Whimsy, Matured
by Jonathan Kiefer
Tags: Film, Film, Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel, Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Video

"Love and Demons": Giving Voice to Temptation
by Sherilyn Connelly
Tags: Film, Film, J.P. Allen, Berlin (Germany), Chris Pflueger, Lucia Frangione

"Particle Fever": A Search for What Really Matters
by Sherilyn Connelly
Tags: Film, Film, Walter Murch, Mark Levinson, Large Hadron Collider, Higgs boson, Video

Arthouse Movie Listings March 12-18, 2014
by Staff, SF Weekly
Tags: Film, Film, San Francisco, Wes Anderson, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Film Feature
Reality Show: Physicists Seek the Truth of the Universe (or Universes) in Particle Fever.
by Emilie Mutert
Tags: Film Feature, Column, David Kaplan, Mark Levinson, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider

Calendar

Night&Day
Round-Robin Readers
by Evan Karp
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Amrit Chima, Jasmin Darznik, Jim Warner, Josef Aukee, La Movida

Night&Day
Expression of Confused Nature
by Evan Karp
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Richmond, SFSU, Monarch

Night&Day
Scammers' Secrets
by Devin Holt
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Patrick O'Reilly, University of California-San Francisco, Bernard Madoff, Commonwealth Club

Night&Day
Natural Chaos
by Silke Tudor
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Andy Goldsworthy, Amanda Palmer, Brenda Way, K.T. Nelson, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Night&Day
Tech boom
by Irene Hsiao
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Anastasia Kostner, Maarten van der Glas, Tianne Frias, Taoist Center, Kunst-Stoff Arts

Night&Day
Covered CA Comedy
by Devin Holt
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Eloisa Bravo, Sean Keane, Jon Allen, Rachel Maddow, Punch Line

Night&Day
Kirke Paints "Girls"
by Michael Singman-Aste
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Jemima Kirke, Jessa Johansson, Girls (TV Show), Forbes Media LLC, Fouladi Projects

Night&Day
Kids with Cameras
by Silke Tudor
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Ruth Asawa, New York City, Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, Roxie Theater

Night&Day
Men En Pointe
by Laura Jaye Cramer
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Ida Nevasayneva, Paul Ghiselin, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall

Night&Day
Forever Young
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Lance Bangs, Portland, Louisville (Kentucky), MTV Networks Company, Roxie Theater

Night&Day
Anarchist Literature
by Emilie Mutert
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, The Crucible

Culture

Stage
The Undergroundlings: Bitch and Tell Heralds a Comeback for Highbrow Comic Variety Shows
by Lily Janiak
Tags: Stage, Stage, Tracy Shapiro, Mary Alice Fry, Audrey Spinazola, David Facer, The Garage

Kill Your Television
Schedule of Shame: Real and Unreal Reality Shows
by Katy St. Clair
Tags: Kill Your Television, Column, VH1 Television Network, Flavor Flav, Los Angeles, The Real World (TV Show)

The Whore Next Door
The Daddy Issue: A Real-Life 50 Shades
by Siouxsie Q
Tags: The Whore Next Door, Column, Madison Young, James Mogul, San Francisco, E.L. James

The Exhibitionist
#SelfieSF: San Francisco Ranks 11th Selfiest City in the World
by Jonathan Ramos
Tags: pointless study

The Exhibitionist
Extra Sparkle and Shine at the Ballet: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
by Irene Hsiao
Tags: ballet, drag, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

The Exhibitionist
The Best Zillow House Listing in San Francisco
by Mollie McWilliams

The Exhibitionist
San Franciscans to Compete in U.S. Memory Championship
by Jessica Nemire

The Exhibitionist
Ermahgerd, You Can Vote for a New Scrabble Word! YOLO!
by Mollie McWilliams

The Exhibitionist
Drag Queens Say Farewell to Mission Institution Esta Noche
by Laura Jaye Cramer
Tags: Bars, cocktails, drag, Esta Noche, Laura Jaye Cramer, LGBT, queer

The Exhibitionist
Love and Demons: J.P. Allen is In Love with San Francisco
by David-Elijah Nahmod
Tags: J.P. Allen, Love and Demons

The Exhibitionist
Headspin: California Ranks High and Low in Overall Education
by Jonathan Ramos
Tags: pointless study

The Exhibitionist
Top 10 San Francisco Instagram Accounts to Follow
by Juan De Anda
Tags: Instagram, Ballet, Collen Cummins, fog, Golden Gate Bridge, IgersSF, Instagram, Jessica Zollman, Jonathan Ramos, Juan De Anda, Kevin Systrom, Lindsay Crowder, Livia Edwards, Michale O'Neal, Mike Kriegar, Photography, Refinery 29, San Francisco Photography, San Francisco Zoo, SF Ballet, SF Photos, SFO, SFO Museum, sunset, Tinker Street

The Exhibitionist
St. Patrick's Day Events: A Parade, Beer, Irish Dancers, and More!
by Mollie McWilliams

The Exhibitionist
"Wrestling Jerusalem": Telling the Complex Palestinian-Israeli Story
by Emily Wilson
Tags: Aaron Davidman, Intersection for the Arts, Wrestling Jerusalem

The Exhibitionist
Be Kind, Don't Rewind Le Video: Let's All Help the Video Store Stay Alive
by Sherilyn Connelly

The Exhibitionist
Do-Good Huggers Hit Downtown S.F. for HugFest 2014
by Adrian Rodriguez
Tags: haphephobia, HugFest 2014, hugs, Video

The Exhibitionist
The Real World Ex-Plosion, Episodes 9 and 10: Explosive Ex-Plosions
by Katy St. Clair

The Exhibitionist
Cottages & Gardens Magazine to Debut San Francisco Edition
by Jessica Nemire
Tags: Video

The Exhibitionist
Ban Bossy: Lifetime TV's Message to Young Girls
by David-Elijah Nahmod
Tags: YouTube, Ban Bossy, Beyonce, Jane Lynch, Lean In, Lifetime TV, Sheryl Sandberg, Video

The Exhibitionist
The Write Stuff: Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown on the 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy
by Evan Karp
Tags: Write Stuff, Video

The Exhibitionist
Link Round Up: Cool Things we Found on the Internet This Week
by Mollie McWilliams

The Exhibitionist
Under Construction: 5 (Mostly) Green Alternatives to Dolores Park
by Jonathan Ramos

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