Pipe down vegan!
Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under Ask The Internet, Event Calendar, Music | 1 Comment
You know what really grinds my gears? When the Brooklyn Vegan hypes the show I’ve been looking forward to all summer, because this vastly increases the chance of its selling out. Happiness is seeing Boat live at CakeShop with less than ten other people. While I cross my fingers, enjoy track 5 of my muxtape, [...]
Read More..>>Film Streams: adaptations series (and donuts)
Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Event Calendar, Film, Food | 1 Comment
Always looking to boosterize events back in the Big O (Omaha, that is), I’m happy to pass along word of an upcoming film series featuring movies adapted from novels. The series runs from August 31 though October 4, in conjunction with Omaha Public Library’s intriguingly themed Litfest: Depraved Women Writers (& Others)1 . Library card [...]
Read More..>>Of Montreal
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Sat, January 28 10 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $12 (all ages) Of Montreal DJ Jester The Filipino Fist Grand Buffet MGMT Bottom of the Hill Tickets
Read More..>>David Foster Wallace
Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE reading & booksigning Monday, January 16 – 7 pm This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at the All Saints Church (1350 Waller) in San Francisco.
Read More..>>David Dondero/Richard Buckner
Posted on January 6, 2006 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Dave Dondero is opening for Richard Buckner I’ve never heard of Buckner, but Dondero alone is worth the admission. I think he’s MUCH better live than his studio stuff. So if you’ve only heard his studio stuff and aren’t sure, come check him out in the person Friday, Jan 6th At the Swedish American Hall [...]
Read More..>>Trans Am / The Fucking Champs
Posted on December 31, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Sat, December 31 9 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $20 New Year’s Eve… Fucking AM (members of Trans Am and The Fucking Champs) Trans Am The Fucking Champs Bottom of the Hill Tickets
Read More..>>Two Gallants
Posted on December 30, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Fri, December 30 10 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $12 (all ages) New Year’s Eve Eve… Two Gallants The Advantage tba Bottom of the Hill Tickets
Read More..>>MF Doom
Posted on December 8, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
MF Doom with Pigeon John / Willow the Gaslamp Killer 2 Nights at the Independent Thursday, Dec. 8th & Friday, Dec. 9th 9PM shows $25 tix: Thursday, Friday(Sold Out?)
Read More..>>The Wrens
Posted on December 1, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Thu, December 1 9 : 30 pm (doors at 8:30) $12 in advance $14 at the door The Wrens The Rum Diary The Pale Pacific Bottom of the Hill Tickets aren’t available via Ticketweb…sold out? Craigslist?
Read More..>>GoGoGo Airheart / The Joggers
Posted on November 30, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Wed, November 30 9 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $8 (all ages) GoGoGo Airheart Joggers The Junior Panthers Bottom of the Hill Tickets I saw GoGoGo Airheart opening for Ted Leo in September. I think I was in the minority of the crowd that night as I dug them. The Joggers’ singer annoys some [...]
Read More..>>Rick Moody / David Foster Wallace
Posted on November 28, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Rick Moody & David Foster Wallace Benefiting The 826 Valencia Scholarship Program Monday, November 28, at 8PM at the Herbst Theatre Event Info
Read More..>>Jerome Karabel
Posted on November 21, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 7:30 PM at Cody’s Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley JEROME KARABEL looks at THE CHOSEN: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Our top universities are the gatekeepers, in many ways, of success and power in America, which is why the college prep industry has exploded in recent years [...]
Read More..>>GZA
Posted on November 19, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
GZA/Genius DJ Muggs Swollen Members I Self Divine @Slim’s Nov 19th, 9:00 PM $23
Read More..>>Daniel Wilson: How to Survive a Robot Uprising
Posted on November 15, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 7:30 PM at Cody’s Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley DANIEL WILSON explains HOW TO SURVIVE A ROBOT UPRISING: Tips on Defending Against the Coming Rebellion. Did The Terminator terrify you? (The movie, not the guv.) Were you maddened by The Matrix? Completely freaked out by I, Robot? Do scenarios of robots malfunctioning, rebelling, or [...]
Read More..>>Tobias Wolff & Julie Orringer
Posted on November 6, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 6 PM at Cody’s Stockton Street, San Francisco TOBIAS WOLFF and JULIE ORRINGER introduce THE BELIEVER BOOK OF WRITERS TALKING TO WRITERS. Believer Books has collected, in alphabetical order, twenty-three conversations and correspondences between much-admired writers and the writers they admire. The interviews include favorites gleaned from the pages of the Believer [...]
Read More..>>Detroit Cobras
Posted on November 5, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Detroit Cobras Reigning Sound Killer’s Kiss @Bottom Of The Hill Sat, November 5 10 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $15
Read More..>>Al Franken
Posted on November 5, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 CODY’S PRESENTS An Evening with AL FRANKEN 7:30 PM Berkeley Community Theater (doors 6:30 PM) Tickets $5 with purchase of TRUTH in advance at all Cody’s locations beginning 10/25/05 Tickets $12 without purchase at City Box Office phone: 415-392-4400 internet: cityboxoffice.com Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell [...]
Read More..>>Okkervil River (Omaha)
Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
Thursday, 11/3/05 9:00PM @ Sokol Underground OKKERVIL RIVER w/ The Minus Story & Fizzle Like A Flood TICKETS: $7.00 Will Sheff, Zachary Thomas, and Seth Warren first met in the tiny town of Meriden, New Hampshire, (population 500), then relocated a few years later to Austin, Texas to dedicate themselves to playing music. They called [...]
Read More..>>Walter Kirn: Mission To America
Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 7:30 PM at Cody’s Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley WALTER KIRN is one of America’s toughest and best critics, whose incisive and often controversial book reviews regularly grace the pages of the New York Times Book Review. Now he offers his own understanding of the American West in MISSION TO AMERICA, a brilliant satire [...]
Read More..>>They Might Be Giants [2 Nights]
Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under Event Calendar | Leave a Comment
They Might Be Giants @Bimbo’s Thursday, November 3 Friday, November 4 A completely different set each night! Thursday – Doors at 7 p.m and show at 8 p.m. Friday – Doors at 8 p.m. and show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25. 18 & over are welcome
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