Pipe down vegan!

Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under

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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 [...]

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Film Streams: adaptations series (and donuts)

Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under

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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 [...]

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Of Montreal

Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under

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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

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David Foster Wallace

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under

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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.

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David Dondero/Richard Buckner

Posted on January 6, 2006 - Filed Under

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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
Tickets are $12 for [...]

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Trans Am / The Fucking Champs

Posted on December 31, 2005 - Filed Under

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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

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Two Gallants

Posted on December 30, 2005 - Filed Under

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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

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MF Doom

Posted on December 8, 2005 - Filed Under

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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?)

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The Wrens

Posted on December 1, 2005 - Filed Under

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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?

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GoGoGo Airheart / The Joggers

Posted on November 30, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 people, but I can overlook that for that [...]

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Rick Moody / David Foster Wallace

Posted on November 28, 2005 - Filed Under

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Rick Moody & David Foster Wallace
Benefiting The 826 Valencia Scholarship Program
Monday, November 28, at 8PM at the Herbst Theatre
Event Info

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Jerome Karabel

Posted on November 21, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 and why Wall Street
executives are [...]

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GZA

Posted on November 19, 2005 - Filed Under

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GZA/Genius
DJ Muggs
Swollen Members
I Self Divine
@Slim’s
Nov 19th, 9:00 PM
$23

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Daniel Wilson: How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Posted on November 15, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 escaping from top secret
labs strike [...]

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Tobias Wolff & Julie Orringer

Posted on November 6, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 magazine along with previously unpublished conversations. [...]

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Detroit Cobras

Posted on November 5, 2005 - Filed Under

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Detroit Cobras
Reigning Sound
Killer’s Kiss
@Bottom Of The Hill
Sat, November 5
10 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30)
$15

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Al Franken

Posted on November 5, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 Them…a
Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised [...]

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Okkervil River (Omaha)

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 the group they formed [...]

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Walter Kirn: Mission To America

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under

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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 that examines the [...]

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They Might Be Giants [2 Nights]

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under

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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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