Most musicians don’t dream of being famous for peeing and puking while onstage.
Sadly, due to riotous early shows, the Atlanta-based Black Lips, who play the Great American Music Hall on Monday, have become saddled with that notoriety. It’s a shame, since the band deserves merit for its unique interpretation of swaggering garage-rock psychedelia. Read More
Soul crooner Allen Stone still remembers when doubt about dogmatic religious beliefs began to creep in. It was in his early teens, on one of several church-sponsored missions he undertook with his pastor father to impoverished parts of Ukraine. Read More
Who’s in townScience-fiction author William Gibson, whose works include the cyberpunk novel “Neuromancer,” appears in conversation. [7 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St., S.F.]LecturesFuture homes: Speakers discuss how to expand ideas about the house of the future and create inspired visions of the 21st-century American dream. [6 p.m., SPUR, 654 Mission St., S.F.] Read More
Who’s in town
Best-selling novelist Ridley Pearson reads from his new thriller, “The Risk Agent.” [6 p.m., Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F.]
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It made perfect political sense for author Naomi Klein to speak in front of Wells Fargo at Occupy SF recently — for any consumer wanting to understand exactly what’s going wrong with the corporate world today, her books “No Logo” and “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism” are required reading. Read More
It’s a banner year for punk legend John Doe. He recently wrapped three tours: one with his original outfit, X, with Exene Cervenka; another with his and Cervenka’s twangy spinoff, the Knitters; plus dates with Jill Sobule, backing their recent duets disc “A Day at the Pass.” In November, X will visit South America as the personally-requested opening act for Pearl Jam before returning to San Francisco for the annual year-end “X-Mas” concerts. Read More
Dum Dum Girls bandleader Kristin “Dee Dee” Gundred has always loved the lo-fi garage rock and plush girl-group sound of the ’60s. But the Raybanned, black-leather-jacketed ultracool kitten was tired of recording her all-gal outfit by herself, DIY style, as she did on the debut “I Will Be.” So for the band’s retro-hip new “Only In Dreams,” she pulled out all the production stop. Read More
Two iconic San Francisco concert halls are abandoning Ticketmaster for a venue-owned ticketing operation, starting Sunday.The Warfield and Regency Ballroom, venues owned and operated by sports and entertainment presenter AEG, will begin using AEG’s new service, axs Ticketing. The service is designed to provide a better ticket-purchasing process. Read More
If you’re heading down to Great American Music Hall this Sunday for the Twin Shadow show, take it from us — get there early to catch the promising new talent John 0, a feather-Mohawked, raccoon-masked neo-Bowie whose “Special Affections” debut on AstralWerks is one of the catchiest records of the year. Read More
Sure, you’re already heading down to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in a couple of weeks in Golden Gate Park — one of the greatest music festivals on the planet, and free to boot. But did you know this? Read More
