Bandcamp Daily • 27th July 2021 The Punk Legacy of Frontier Records Lisa Fancher wasn’t planning on a legacy when she started Frontier Records. She released the Flyboys’ posthumous EP in 1980 and it failed to take off (no pun intended).
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 12th May 2021 ‘Mental Health Comedy Hour’ a safe space for laughter and serious discussion Comedian Guy Branum is certain that those who suffer from chronic depression like him were better suited for the isolation created by the pandemic this past year.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 24th March 2021 How Bob Odenkirk turned into an action star in ‘Nobody’ Bob Odenkirk owns a Martin acoustic guitar, a copy of the one that Dana Carvey gave him after they worked on 1993’s “Wayne’s World 2.” A thief broke into Odenkirk’s house a few years ago and took the original. That was just the first time someone broke into Odenkirk’s house.
Bandcamp Daily • 11th March 2021 Total Punk: The Label That’s Exactly As Advertised After weathering a difficult divorce, punk lifer Rich Evans realized he needed to do something positive to help lift his spirits. He decided to book a national tour, lining up shows in different cities that he’d always wanted to visit, made up of bands he’d always wanted to see. Evans wouldn’t be playing a note: he’d devised a six-week cross-country tour that he’d experience as an audience member.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 28th February 2021 ‘I came out of the closet,’ NOFX’s Fat Mike says about latest album Mike Burkett, better known as Fat Mike of the punk band NOFX, loves his leather sheets. At the mere mention of them during a recent video interview with The Chronicle, he jumped out of his chair to grab one and show it off.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 26th February 2021 Remember when Levi’s made a retro clothing collection for the Summer of Love? Paul O’Neill’s latest collection of clothing for Levi’s Vintage re-creates the fashion and aesthetics of the late 1980s music scene in Manchester, England, built around the culture that came from bands like the Happy Mondays and Stone Roses. The clothes blend the rugged, vintage look of thrift store clothing with the windbreakers and hoodies made necessary by the city’s gloomy weather.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 17th February 2021 How a Levi’s designer re-created a 1980s British music scene in S.F. during COVID One truth about the fashion industry that Paul O’Neill has learned over his decades in the business is that it stops for nothing or no one. In his role as head designer for Levi’s Vintage Clothing, O’Neill needs to come up with a new collection every six months — no matter what.
San Francisco Chronicle • 13th February 2021 Thrasher at 40: S.F. magazine still skates and destroys misconceptions about 'boarders Thrasher Magazine, skateboarding’s bible, turned 40 last month. The magazine is an adult now, but there are still no plans for it to act its age.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 30th December 2020 W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu bring back ‘Politically Re-Active’ podcast in time for a political reckoning With Joe Biden the president-elect, it’s a new political era in America, and comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu look forward to continuing to provide the commentary.
Bandcamp Daily • 18th November 2020 Medical Records: The Only Synth Reissue Label Helmed by an Oncologist It took years for Dr. Troy Wadsworth to find his people in Seattle. After moving to the city sometime around 2008, he began searching for people who loved synth music just as much as he did… in a city known for producing guitar heroes and the occasional rapper.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 27th October 2020 New Alameda Comedy Club brings laughter back to the stage — sort of — during pandemic Comedians often start their sets by asking the crowd, “How are you doing?” But seven months into this pandemic, Joy Gohring already knew the answer to that question. Instead, she walked onto Alameda Comedy Club’s outdoor stage and asked whether it was the first time anyone in the audience had left their house.
Berkeleyside • 22nd September 2020 The New Parkway has a pandemic-born food program and its loyal moviegoers are eating it up The screens have been dark at Oakland’s New Parkway Theater since March, and instead of crowds of moviegoers, the only thing filling the theater’s two viewing rooms for the past six months are crates of food.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 18th September 2020 Carlos Alazraqui is back with the return of ‘Reno 911’ This year’s been full of unwanted surprises, but 2020 also saw the comeback of “Reno 911,” so it’s not a total bust.
Bandcamp Daily • 9th September 2020 Kribo Records is a Distinctly Singaporean Home for Classic Funk and Soul Inspiration When Haqim Isa, aka Maggot, started his record label three years ago, he wanted to invoke a certain look. The word Kribo, which means “frizzy” in Malay, popped into his head.
Book and Film Globe • 8th September 2020 Vinyl Nation Movie Review More than 25 years after my first record purchase, I watched Vinyl Nation, a movie about record collectors like me and how the vinyl resurgence of the 2010s vindicated our favorite hobby.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide • 23rd August 2020 8 Bay Area comedy events to keep you laughing through the pandemic this fall For many comedians and promoters, a 2020 calendar is a painful reminder of what should’ve been.
Book and Film Globe • 8th July 2020 The Black Disney Animator Who Loves 'Song of the South' It took 30 years, but Disney finally removed its last reference to The Song of the South. Last month, Disney announced it was “re-imagining” Disneyland’s Splash Mountain ride because it uses characters from the controversial movie.
San Francisco Chronicle • 6th July 2020 Need a laugh this summer? Check out Bay Area comedy online The coronavirus pandemic proves that stand-up comedians are the cockroaches of the performing arts. They’ve adapted to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders, booking online comedy shows not long after the governor’s announcement and continuing to perform to provide humor to fans seeking a break from the realities of the virus and the country’s unrest. No stage, no crowd, no problem!
San Francisco Chronicle • 2nd July 2020 Filmmaker Danny Plotnick details his adventures with Super 8 in new book When California issued its stay-at-home order back in March, filmmaker Danny Plotnick — just like about every artist creating in isolation — started live streaming.
San Francisco Chronicle • 30th May 2020 San Francisco author encourages you to ‘Write It Down’ during the coronavirus pandemic Mary Ladd has a simple solution for those feeling frustrated during the coronavirus shutdown: Write.
