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Released on Kill Rock Stars, 10/13/09
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Know Better Learn Faster makes it easy for listeners to step outside of themselves and treat this album as one that transcends the typical stigma of breakup albums. More
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Restaurants
Hayes Valley’s Low-key Sushi Hangout
Otoro Sushi’s small dining room has managed to carve out a niche for itself in Hayes Valley as a less-expensive, drop-in spot that offers more exciting fare than standard rolls. More
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Music
Released on Matador, 10/6/09
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars.
The War on Drugs’ guitarist Kurt Vile’s latest offering is hard to classify, but easy to love. Childish Prodigy is immensely impressive and yet rough around the edges. It sounds like it was recorded in someone’s bedroom, but in a good way -- sparse, a bit echoey, deceptively simple. More
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Music
The Audacity of Hype
Alternative Tentacles, the Bay Area record label that helped launch influential punk band the Dead Kennedys, celebrates its 30th anniversary starting November 5th with Incest-a-Thon, a three-night stand at the Great American Music Hall. The shows will feature label owner and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, along with several of the label’s acts from over the years. After primarily focusing on his spoken word career for many years, Biafra released The Audacity of Hype with his new band in October. He spoke with SF Station during a phone interview. More
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Clubs
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
DJs Aye~n and Mal of 2cents and the Colonel MC have been making dirty drum n' bass beats since 2002. As a team, they represent the musical goodness of DJ production and what prolific attention and fame it can gather. With two tours of Europe under their belt and the long awaited comeback of Compression, there’s no reason to not to join this duo at their next party. Chatting with SF Station out of their studio in Lower Haters, these two share their shrewd thoughts about the SF music scene. More
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Clothing & Accessories
Spice + Nice
Shotwell may seem like an odd name for a shop on Grant between Banana Republic and Chinatown, but it’s no mystery the young establishment already has a loyal following. With a refreshing mix of vintage and edgy international and local designers, consider Shotwell a prerequisite for the discerning style maven looking for something spicier than an outfit ripped out of an Urban Outfitters catalog. More
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Galleries
Art Meets Technology
A digital wave of change has finally rolled into the heart of the Tenderloin. On October 2nd, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) hosted its inaugural, show titled "Open". The non-profit organization's gallery's allure comes not only from its blend of cubism and minimalism but also from its strong emphasis on expansive forms of technology. More
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Movies
How Basketball Saved Five Lives
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
The first words that come to mind after watching More Than a Game, a borderline hagiographic documentary about NBA superstar and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, his longtime friends and fellow basketball players and their championship-winning high-school basketball team, are “slick", “sentimental", and “superficial". It’s also affecting, poignant, and, on occasion, insightful, and for basketball fans (and especially for LeBron James’ fans), worth the price of a DVD rental or catching it on ESPN. More
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Movies
A Sequel That Improves on its Predecessor
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Producer Emmanuel Benbihy, who scored a modest arthouse success three years ago with Paris, je t'aime, an romance-centered anthology film that mixed 18 filmmakers with Paris’ 18 arrondissements (districts), is back with New York, I Love You, the second in a planned “Cities of Love” series (Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai are next). Unsurprisingly for an anthology film, the shorts range from the slight and superficial to the insightful and reflective. More
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Movies
A Solid Period Piece
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
An Education, a coming-of-age drama directed by Lone Scherfig and adapted by Nick Hornby from Lynn Barber’s memoir, arrives in North American movie theaters ten months after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January. Minus a third-act stumble, the praise received on the festival circuit for An Education -- Scherfig’s unobtrusive direction, Hornby’s deft screenplay and newcomer Carey Mulligan’s performance as Jenny -- is more than justified. More
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