Do you know who these ghouls are?
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Contest
Do you know who these ghouls are? The first three correct replies (to scene@sffoghorn.info) will win a prize courtesy of the Foghorn. The contest ends at Midnight on Halloween night. Don’t forget to leave the e-mail address you would like to be contacted at!
Tags: Contest, ghouls, halloween
A Beautiful Fall
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Film
When some think of a neglected arthouse film, the image that comes to mind is a modern, avant-garde affair that looks into the abyss of the human condition and returns with stylishly esoteric profundity–all on a shoe-string budget, backyard sets, and a cast of newly-graduated drama majors. By this logic, though privately financed, minimally distributed, [...]
Tags: blog, Film, Mimi Honeycutt, Review, San Francisco Foghorn Scene, The Fall
Get on your Soap Box
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Event
Staff Writer: Kylah Frazier
I knew there were going to be a lot of people at the Red Bull Soap Box race this past Saturday but I had no idea that there would be that many people. Later on that dayone of the MCs would announce that there was an estimated 75,000 that showed up. Dolores [...]
Tags: Dolores Park, Kylah Frazier, San Francisco Foghorn Scene, Soapbox
Save Me
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Film
Staff Writer: Laurel Bentley
Director Robert Grey’s film “Save Me” provides an intimate look at the church driven phenomenon of “reassigning” the sexual preference of homosexuals. Although the idea of converting gays to the “straight-and-narrow” through prayer and religious conditioning is nothing new, it has become increasingly prevalent in recent years as gay rights continue to move [...]
Tags: Film, Laurel Bentley, save me
A Beautiful Fall
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Music
Staff Writer: Colin Gibbons
Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco.
Baltimore noise rockers Ponyail have been gaining a lot of attention in the wake of their recent release Ice Cream Spiritual, an experimental celebration of all things wild and raucous. The quartet’s penchant for untethered live performances has earned them a reputation as one of [...]
Tags: a beautiful fall, Colin Gibbons, interview, Music, San Francisco Foghorn Scene
Beverly Hills Chihuahua — putting the wuuuh? in Chihuahua
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Film
Staff Writer: Brita Thompson
If you’ve seen the previews to this film, wherein thousands upon thousands of dancing and singing CGI Chihuahuas swarm over an Aztec pyramid, you’re probably looking forward to this film being an immensely expensive mess. To its credit, Beverly Hills Chihuahua had its moments that were surprisingly funny in a self-deprecating way. Part [...]
Tags: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, blog, Brita Thompson, San Francisco Foghorn, Scene
Treasure Island: Day by Day
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Music
Staff Writer:Kylah Frazier
The past two days have been an insane musical overload, I’m more tired than I’ve ever been and I’m pretty sure I’ll be partially def for the rest of my life but it was all well worth it. I came back from the Treasure Island Music Festival with a long list of new [...]
Tags: blog, concert, Kylah Frazier, San Francisco Foghorn, Scene, Treasure Island
Whoever Said Justice Couldn’t Be Served?
Posted by pacotacomike | Filed under Music
Chris Crowley
Saturday marked the start of the second annual Treasure Island Music Festival. The festival, which ran Saturday and Sunday, held some big name headliners with Justice on Saturday and Jack White’s side project, The Raconteurs, on Sunday.
When I arrived on Saturday, I was truly awed by the site of the venue. With the whole [...]
Tags: blog, festival, Music, San Francisco Foghorn Scene
