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The Demise of Hyphy

Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

By Eric K. Arnold

Published: February 20, 2008

After breaking through to mainstream pop-culture awareness in 2006, the Bay Area's youthful, party-oriented hyphy movement seemed poised to become the next big thing. Fueled by cannabis, thizz...

Matt Smith

Local Union Leader Rosselli Blasts SEIU Boss Andy Stern

By Matt Smith

Published: February 20, 2008

Somewhere in California there's a woman alone in a nursing home with bedsores that grow more painful and life-threatening by the day. And down the hall there's an orderly who would like to do...

Sucka Free City

SF's $12 Cup of Coffee at Blue Bottle Cafe

By Joe Eskenazi

Published: February 20, 2008

Until quite recently, if I had been asked what would have to be in a cup of coffee to warrant a $12 price tag, I'd have answered, "About 10 bucks." And yet earlier this month, there I was at...

Letters

Wikipedia Idiots Respond en Masse in SF Weekly Letters

Published: February 20, 2008

Outing Wiki Wackos The enlightened troll: Mary Spicuzza's article [" Wikipidiots ," Feb. 13] on etiquette at Wikipedia — and, unfortunately, the occasional lack thereof — was...

Sucka Free City

Chron Watch's #1 Star - Caltrans Director Bijan Sartipi

By Dan Reed

Published: February 20, 2008

Bijan Sartipi is the director of Caltrans District 4, which covers much of the Bay Area. I'm not sure I can correctly pronounce his name, but I'm sure I'd know him if I saw him. That's because I...

Sucka Free City

Vexatious Litigant Burton Wolfe Fighting Eviction After Threatening More Lawsuits

By Lauren Smiley

Published: February 20, 2008

For years, self-described public-interest litigator Burton Wolfe has bragged that he was one of the few people to get off the state's so-called vexatious litigant list for self-represented...

Music

Noise Pop Preview: Mountain Goats Delve into Divine Dread

By Michael Powell

Published: February 20, 2008

John Darnielle's songs operate with the grace of a slasher movie. They are precise in their depiction of messy situations, triumphant even in desperation, usually grisly, sometimes hilarious. His...

Reviewed

Maceo Parker and the WDR Big Band

Roots and Grooves (Heads Up International)

By Andy Tennille

Published: February 20, 2008

In the spring of 1959, Ray Charles — 29 years old and hot off his chart-topping hit "What'd I Say" — recorded 12 covers backed by a string orchestra and an all-star band of Count Basie...

Music

Noise Pop Preview: Kelley Stoltz Finds Happiness in Simplicity

By J. Pace

Published: February 20, 2008

To understand Kelley Stoltz, you needn't look much further than the lyrics to "Wave Goodbye," the sunny stomp that opened his 2006 album, Below the Branches : "Find a thing that makes you...

Reviewed

Michael Wolff Trio

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Wrong Records)

By Ezra Gale

Published: February 20, 2008

In a perfect world, Herbie Hancock smacking down Amy Winehouse and Kanye West to win album of the year honors at this year's Grammys would mean a flood of new jazz releases from a record industry...

Music

Noise Pop Preview: Quick Picks

By Tony Ware, Doug Wallen, Tamara Palmer, Keith Laidlaw, Ryan Foley, Hannah Levin, Mark Keresman

Published: February 20, 2008

If it's the end of February, and the clubs are packed with indie darlings from here and abroad, that can only mean one thing: Noise Pop has once again taken over the town. San Francisco's...

Reviewed

Kronos Quartet and Wu Man

Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic (Nonesuch)

By Mark Keresman

Published: February 20, 2008

San Francisco's Kronos Quartet is globally renowned for championing the works of contemporary classical composers. Though Terry Riley's profile isn't as high as that of colleagues Philip Glass and...

Let's Get Killed

Noise Pop Preview: Film fest spotlights a headbutter, headbangers, and Hollywood punks

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: February 20, 2008

This week SF Weekly takes a close look at Noise Pop . The 15-year-old festival is a chance to hear indie acts hot on the heels of their spring releases; it's also an opportunity to catch the...

Bouncer

Cougars, Paul Robeson, and PMS Pepper Bouncer's Trip to Kilowatt

By Katy St. Clair

Published: February 20, 2008

So I went off Prozac a few months back, and my brain is just starting to stabilize. At first I fell into a really gnarly depression, the usual dark matter that sucks you into the void. But that...

Hear This

Crime pays: OG San Francisco "punks" offer rare live appearance

By Sam Prestianni, Mark Keresman, John Garmon, Jess Scott, Ernest Barteldes

Published: February 20, 2008

Fishbone is the quintessential hyphenated combo. From its inception in 1979, the spazztastic Los Angeles septet has been mashing genres, pioneering a ska-punk-thrash-funk sound that's as fresh,...

BeatBox

Two Bay Area Legends in One Night (but at separate clubs): Digital Underground and Too $hort

By Tamara Palmer

Published: February 20, 2008

British drum 'n' bass icon Goldie has generated a second wind for himself and his record label Metalheadz, which set the genre standard for sharp, instrumentally aggressive tunes throughout the...

Eat

Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant: Bland Name for Bomb Food

By Meredith Brody

Published: February 20, 2008

Expectations were high for the first meal at Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant. For one thing, I thought I knew what to expect. I'm a big fan of chef Ola Fendert's other S.F. restaurant, Oola, and not...

Eat

PROMOTION: This Week Thrillist Recommends Epic Roasthouse

Courtesy Of Thrillist.com

Published: February 20, 2008

This article is brought to you by Thrillist.com , our homies. If you could hire a psychic manservant, your every need would be wordlessly met - like hugs when you're sad, or frosty Beast Ice...

Fresh Eats

New Restaurants

Published: February 20, 2008

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats . Apollo: 1064 Divisadero (at Turk), Western Addition . Coffee, panini, and pastries. Blue...

Film

Teen Comedy Charlie Bartlett Could Use a Dose of Mean

By Ella Taylor

Published: February 20, 2008

Like most wannabe heroes of eager-to-please teen comedies, poor little rich boy Charlie Bartlett is charming and quirky. Too charming by half and not nearly quirky enough, as played by an artfully...