Exploring the digital frontier of large-scale entertainment
Story by Christian Cabang
September 28, 2020
Capturing the emotional impact of a live performance through a small box on Zoom is a problem that worries the founder and artistic director of The Marsh Theater, Stephanie Weisman. The Marsh Theater in San Francisco provides varieties of live entertainment and is described as “a breeding ground for new...
Reading In Shelter
Story by Anne Lima
April 30, 2020
Currently, as local libraries and bookstores follow shelter-in-place guidelines, many avid readers have turned to e-books and audiobooks that can be accessed through public library websites. Digitized book services like Kindle and Audible offer low cost (under $10) to free e/audiobooks that readers ...
New music documentary explores 20 years of Coachella history
Amy Bigelow
April 26, 2020
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a distinctive part of the Southern California music culture. Held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, this annual event gives people a chance to discover different music genres all while enjoying live performances by some of their favorite musicians, even ...
Three Foreign Films that Explore Loneliness
Paul Kelly
April 22, 2020
Connection, or perhaps the frequent inability to establish connection, is a common thread in cinema. The theme is vast and covers various epochs of film history. In an attempt to trim down this intimidatingly, ubiquitous topic the selection has been narrowed down to three films; “Ikiru” by Akira Kur...
The current state of music
Story by Fernando Martinez
April 17, 2020
The coronavirus has affected all aspects of our lives. It has driven us from our classrooms into virtual meetings, from our workplaces to our homes or to unemployment and from an already chaotic political climate to one of greater uncertainty. However, we still have music. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gHXq6yknBEBjyU5nWCwkJ Some artists, such as Lady Gaga, HAIM and ot...
No Better Time to Clear Your Backlog
By Wilson Gomez
April 15, 2020
A quick look at the Steam global gameplay statistics web page reveals that only 68% of people who own “The Witcher 3” have completed the first story quest and only 26% have actually completed the entire game. That means that not only have 32% of the people who own the game not even played it for...
Top five streamable horror films to scare you into forgetting COVID-19
Story by Ryce Stoughtenborough
April 14, 2020
5. “Creep” (2014) — Netflix For me, found footage horror films are usually a motion sickness inducing mess — I’m looking at you, “Blair Witch Project.” The violent shakes and two-second camera glances of the monster in question has never been visually appetizing to me. However, whe...
‘The Leftovers’ mirrors our internal and global chaos
Story by Fernando Martinez
April 8, 2020
Global pandemics bring out the best and the worst of humanity, or out of whatever is left of humanity. There is something about a society collectively going through a traumatic event, such as a terrorist attack, a war, a recession or a virus outbreak that simultaneously erodes yet strengthens our soci...
The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City – Beach Slang
by Amy Bigelow
February 25, 2020
With the recent release of their latest musical endeavor, Beach Slang will perform in San Francisco on March 31 at Bottom of the Hill during their upcoming tour, which kicks off next month. Their newest record delivers an energetic, unabashed attitude through a diverse range of instrumentation. Its mal...
Top 10 albums of 2019
by Amy Bigelow & Chloe Mcdaniels
December 9, 2019
The best albums of the year picked by music radicals Amy Bigelow and Chloe McDaniels. Listen to our favorite tracks on each album with the Spotify playlist provided. Chloe's top 5 albums FKA twigs MAGDALENE From start to finish it is a pure masterpiece. It’s hypnotizing. Dire, doleful, deep. Distorted vocals sound a...
Support local music scenes! A look at independent music venues in San Francisco
By Amy Bigelow and Photos by William Wendelman
October 30, 2019
As yellow lights scatter patterns of squares all across the 7,700-square-foot venue, onstage, a band is running through their setlist and tuning instruments. At Mezzanine, soundcheck for Ginger Root is nearly finished and its members are ready to captivate concertgoers with their opening performance. F...
The D.R.A.M.A. of Punk
story and photo by Chloe McDaniels
October 30, 2019
A metronomic drum click, guitar feedback, lingering bass chords, screeching guitar riffs and howling vocals are faintly heard outside the closed door of room 304. In the heart of downtown San Francisco, off Turk Street and up a flight of stairs, lies a place where ear plugs are recommended, but not re...