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San Francisco's "Godfather of Comedy" Tony Sparks hosts an open mic night at the Milk Bar in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Mar. 05, 2018. (Boone Ashworth/XPress Magazine)

Comedy Godfather, City Outsider

Boone Ashworth
April 13, 2018

“Humans! Listen to my face hole!” Tony Sparks has been on stage long enough to know how to capture attention. He stands behind the mic at a sparsely occupied bar on a Monday night. He is two acts...

XPress Magazine’s guide to finals at SF State

Dani Hutton
December 8, 2014

Contributed to by Tami Benedict Step 1: Realize that you have not bought the books for the finals. Step 2: Frantically scour the internet for PDFs of the aforementioned books.   Step...

Top Five Holiday Movies that can get you into the Holiday Spirit

Janelle Moncada
December 1, 2014

Thanksgiving has passed and the Black Friday mayhem is finally over. The turkeys and pumpkin pies will now have to wait another year until their popularity can rise once again. For now, it is time...

Swift, Stuck in 1989

Katie Mullen
November 10, 2014

  Well, Taylor Swift’s album 1989 has had the biggest sales week since 2002 which went to Britney Spears with Oops…I Did It Again. Seeing as how she pulled her album from music streaming...

Beats N' Stuff #2: hiphoppin'

Beats N’ Stuff #2: hiphoppin’

Caty McCarthy
September 30, 2014

Hello everyone! This week’s playlist theme is “hiphoppin’”, which will explore just that, hip-hop (and trip-hop too I guess). Hip-Hop’s evolved a lot over time, from the smooth rhymes of A...

Kanye’s Controversy

Katie Mullen
September 21, 2014

“I can’t do this song, I can’t do the rest of this show until everybody stands up.” For those of you who do not know, Kanye West said this while performing in Sydney, Australia earlier this...

Dances On The Wall: Punch Releases Their New LP at 1-2-3-4 Go

Dances On The Wall: Punch Releases Their New LP at 1-2-3-4 Go

Lorisa Salvatin
September 20, 2014

[widgetkit id=6746] Photos and Words by Lorisa Salvatin There is quietude as the small crowd outside 1-2-3-4 Go Records filter into the store and browse through records, as they wait to pay and enter...

Summer Mixtape: New Songs Each Week!

Summer Mixtape: New Songs Each Week!

Xpress Mag Staff
June 21, 2014

Summer is officially here, so what better way to celebrate than with some new tunes? We’ve compiled for your listening pleasure, a rad playlist to kick off the summer. We’ll post a Soundcloud playlist...

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