Looks like the Wu's troubles are never over. First, it's Ghostface hating on the Rza for being a "hip hop hippie" on the production values of the new record 8 Diagrams. Now U- God is claiming that he's not getting paid on royalties from 8 Diagrams and hasn't seen the paper on the last Rock the Bells Tour, snap ! U- God is suing for 170,000 G's, plus 9% percent interest and the payment of all his legal fees to cover the lawsuit. Dude has been working on his math skills !
Click here for the story via Allhiphop.com.
--Oscar Medina
DC's psych rockers Dead Meadow are releasing the new album Old Growth on February 5th via the Matador imprint and have announced a tour that will not stop here in SF. What the fuck ? Why you guys hate ? Click for the tour info .
--Oscar Medina
Everybody's favorite Mexican surrealist painter and Communist sympathizer gets a fitting 100-year-old birthday celebration courtesy of MoMA. Head out to the museum in June for a rather comprehensive exhibit detailing the finest moments of her prolific career:
Frida Kahlo (Painting/Photography)June 14–September 28, 2008
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth, this exhibition—organized by SFMOMA and the Walker Art Center with renowned Kahlo biographer Hayden Herrera—brings together approximately 50 paintings spanning the artist’s career, from 1926 to 1954. Focusing on Kahlo’s hauntingly seductive and often brutal self-portraits, the presentation will elucidate the progression of her practice, reflecting both her private obsessions and political concerns. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum will present a small selection of photographs from the Vicente Wolf Photography Collection, including portraits of Kahlo by preeminent photographers of the period, as well as personal snapshots of the artist with family and friends from the artist’s own photo albums—some of which have never before been published or exhibited.
San Francisco's very own doom metal rockers OM have announced a US tour with Chicago's The Lichens. OM released the album Pilgrimage last year which was a detour from their usual straight ahead metal drone and instead offered something more varied, less predictable and more comprehensive. These guys rarely tour so be sure to check them out live as they are famed for their face melting shows ! Click more for the info
Local indie pop act Scrabbel has a pretty darn cute new video available for its single “Emily, I.” Check out the stop-motion animation and sweet felt costumes as the group offers a warm ‘’n’ fuzzy view of San Francisco. – Jennifer Maerz
Silversun Pickups performs this Wednesday in the name of hip Apple accessories. Get in for the low cost of $free.99. Peep the details, then click "more" for the flyer if you don't believe me:
Vestalife and Element Skateboards Present:Ladybug Launch Party
in conjunction with Macworld Expo
special live performance by
Silversun Pickups
featuring
DJ Chad Muska
DJ Satva
Blow Up DJz
live art by
Bigfoot
Adam Flores
Ryan Schaefer
Lafe Eaves
Space is limited,
early arrival suggested
You must RSVP to attend:
or call 818-728-0694
ASD gets down with Jilly from Philly. What with the warm smile paired with the contemporary and urbane insights. Go see her live next month in Oakland. You got me:
Two Shows With!
JILL SCOTT
with Raheem Devaughn
Thursday and Friday, February 7 and 8, Doors 7:00 PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Paramount Theatre
Tickets are $77.50, $62.00 and $42.50 for reserved seating plus applicable service charges...all ages
Tickets are available at Livenation.com
It's Monday, January 14th, and the invasion has begun. Be on the lookout for the doofy, the doughy — the Mac pack. The Macworld Expo starts tomorrow at Moscone Center. Apple CEO Steve Jobs wants to give you a shiny new tool for that grotesque utility belt you're developing, and no doubt you'll be fingering said tool on our MUNI by Wednesday. Well, we bide our time pretending to read the paper, knowing the tumor is metastasizing nicely in your right ball. Welcome to Your Monday Morning Hangover, I'm the web editor, David Downs.
SF Weekly went out and DID WORK this last weekend. We got:
-Pictures from the Shooting Gallery opening
-Pics from Upper Playground's Fifty24SF Presents "Letters to the Editor" By Ryan Jacob Smith, Cum*, Mario Wagner, Brent McHugh, Eine.
-Pictures fromWhite Walls SF with work by Alex Lukas, Chris Pew, and Amy Casey. Pictures by Josh from Creep Machine
-Plus, shots from the Black Heart Procession at Bottom of the Hill
-As well as coverage ofManicato at Mojito's
This week, we rule your monitor. Every day we have:
-Joe Eskenazi Investigating the Future of Investigative Journalism.-Music and Apple news during our Macworld coverage on the Snitch.
-And Laser-Guided Awesome gathering life hacks for cheaper, easier more fun to use San Francisco.
And Every Monday:
SF Government InAction tells you what's going to happen this week at City Hall
Every Tuesday:
The Lowbrow Art Sale curated by Josh from Creep Machine will help you max out that credit card on something other than PS3 gamesAnd San Francisco Blogs so we cover it in a weekly feature called BetterKnowAnSFBlog.
Every Wednesday:
Hot Comments on SF Weekly get some attention, and the SF Music Stream this week will include The Cool Kids and Dan Deacon.
Thursday:
We dissect the Most Popular on SFWeekly.com.
And this Friday:
We do the Friday Morning Pre-Party and learn of Christopher Hitchens' Next Ten Controversial Books, including "How The Missionary Position Ruins Everything."
Plus we'll be at:
Helluv more art shows, concerts, and bars, of course. Many bars. We're especially looking forward to freak folk beardo Devendra Banhart at MOMA this Thursday. We look forward to it so much -- we went out and established, for all time, The Top Ten Beards in Modern Music.
(Your Monday Morning Hangover hits at 9-ish a.m. every Monday morning with a weekend review, plus a weekly news and culture outlook, because we feel sorry for you clowns — driving your clown cars to your clown offices where you do clown work and lunch on clown food.)
Click on the pic for more from Ryan Jacob Smith, Cum*, Mario Wagner, Brent McHugh, Eine. Opening reception January 10, 2008. Through January 30. —David Downs
You're strong. Carefree. Rugged. And your face is warm. While the mustache has become an ironic joke, the beard will always be a scratchy, somewhat pungent sign of manliness (or homelessness). It represents wisdom, and proves you don't have to shave for any old day job. When even hot girls tolerate your pube-topiary, consider adding yourself to our elite list of: The Top 10 Beards in Modern Music. Just in time for Devendra at Moma this week. —By Dustin Glick
