Music I realize I've already post two Cuts of the Day from Matt Sheehy's Tigerphobia ("Lunatics" and    More

Music Tom Jones turns 68 years old this Saturday. Yet, last Thursday at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, women of all ages threw panties at him, squealed with twitterpation and smiled at his every word. Even I, a somewhat peripheral fan, wore a backless dress and pair of undies I thought both sexy and disposable—i...   More

Here Comes Your Fan Tom Jones turns 68 years old this Saturday. Yet, last Thursday at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, women of all ages threw panties at him, squealed with twitterpation and smiled at his every word. E ...   More

Music As this clever li'l blog by OPBmusic's Jeremy Petersen pointed out, Sasquatch! is not for the shallow of pocket (read Jay Horton's somewhat, ah, looser accounting    More

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At the end of the South Park episode where the Cure's Robert Smith defeats a giant, monstrous Barbra Streisand—she plays “Mecha-Streisand” to his “Smithra” in a battle of Godzillian proportions—Kyle yells, “Disintegration is the best albu...   More

Here Comes Your Fan At the end of the South Park episode where the Cure’s Robert Smith defeats a giant, monstrous Barbra Streisand—she plays “Mecha-Streisand” to his “Smithra” in a bat ...   More

Music For forthcoming release Eight Golden Greats (out July 10), the Old Believers have gone classic—way classic. The whole record is cast in a wholesome, burnished Pleasantville haze, recalling '50s picket-fence domesticity, Sunday morning AM radio pop and Nashville country crooners all at...   More

Food Reviews & Stories As many a downstairs musical guest has observed, the Doug Fir’s pseudo-rustic décor recalls that most weird of Northwestern soap operas, Twin Peaks—see the log cabin motif, duck wallpaper, bar-overseeing glass buck head and antlers aplenty if you’ve any doubts. The mirror-li   More

Food Reviews & Stories Just when you think you know a neighborhood bar like the back of your hand, it goes and gets nautical! At least that’s the case with Wimpy’s, one of Nob Hill’s last bastions of divey goodness. On a recent visit, the dark and smoky joint’s devilish decor was found newly adorne   More

Food Reviews & Stories You’d think the weirdest thing about the VC’s new digs would be the fact that they're, well, new. The hardwood floor is gleaming; the burgundy-and-cream velour wallpaper is pristine. But by far the most unsettling thing about this downtown favorite—which, thankfully, brought most o   More