On Saturday night, just outside the gymnasium at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, anti-violence activist Terrell "Terray" Rogers was shot and killed at halftime during his daughter's basketball game. According to the Gate:At 8:20 p.m., during halftime of the game, Terrell Rogers and another man left the gymnasium and walked across Ellis Street, between Gough and Franklin streets, police said. Two men approached Rogers near a small church parking lot. Both opened fire, striking him multiple......

There are no less than three fantastic music festivals all taking place over the weekend of September 14-16. What gives? And how do we choose? Since we live in the bay area, perhaps our decision has been made for us: we're heading to the inaugural Treasure Island Music Festival presented by the fine folks at Noise Pop and Another Planet. The two day festival features 14 bands each day on two stages with mostly hip......

On Saturday, the roads of west Marin and southern Sonoma counties were rife with those two-wheel vermin known as cyclists. Nearly 2500 of them. No, Critical Mass didn't make a drunken wrong turn on Friday night. This was an impressive gathering of the tribes known as the Marin Century.

On Saturday, neighbors convened for a rap session at 25th between Mission and Valencia....

On Saturday, fantastic Hayes Valley comic book store Isotope played host to Ed Brubaker, who's as hot a writer in the comics industry as anyone. Recently, a story of Brubaker's made headlines nationwide (and Colbert, of course): the death of Marvel Comics' icon Captain America. ...

Did you miss us last week? Here are our excuses: we caught a cold, had a birthday, and were up to here with work at our dayjob, for real. We're back now and anxiously awaiting a copy of Or, the Whale's brand new CD Light Poles and Pines to arrive in our mailbox. The few songs we've previewed on their site offer up banjo, steel guitar, and a chorus of male and female vocals......

This weekend, San Francisco's latest team, the California Victory of the United Soccer League had their inaguaral game and our intrepid photographer, Matt Cohen, was there to take some pictures. On Saturday, San Francisco's newest professional team, the California Victory played their home opener against Mexican First Division side Club Necaxa at Kezar Stadium. In pre-game ceremonies, Mayor's Liason to District 9 Alfredo Pedroza presented a Certificate of Honor from Mayor Gavin Newsom to......

This week's shows have an equal emphasis on the old and the new. Mix things up a little by seeing an up-and-comer followed by a living legend or two; it's just the kind of eclectic variety that San Francisco's concert venues have to offer. On Friday we're delighted about the opportunity to see 80 year old living legend Charlie Louvin play an early show at the Swedish American Hall. The Louvin Brothers had their heyday......

We missed SXSW last week, but some of our friends were down there covering the mayhem and brought back some great photos. You can see local photographer and friend of SFist Julie Schuchard get up close and personal with Iggy Pop and The Stooges in this slideshow and see tons of SXSW photos taken by DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio. Also check out a bunch of coverage from our friends at Austinist. Since all......

Did you get your tickets to see Menomena on Friday night at Cafe Du Nord? Hopefully you did, because the show is sold out. As we've said before, this record is already on our top 10 of '07, so if you haven't checked the band out yet - what are you waiting for? OK maybe you're broke or you've fallen and you can't get to Amoeba, so we're going to hook one of you......

What? This isn't Thursday? OK, all this holiday brouhaha has made us a day late from our usual posting schedule but we just know you'll forgive us. To make it up to you, we want to share a brand new video from Trainwreck Riders. According to our buddy Nat, last week the band hit the streets with a super 8 camera and a bag full of costumes that they dug up from their basements. They......

We're doing our part for the SFist Holiday Gift Guide this month as well, by bringing you some extra special music giveaways. Barsuk Records is home to a lot of amazing artists, including San Francisco's own John Vanderslice. One of their newest signings is Portland's Menomena, a trio who manage to blend post-rock and pop in a deliciously haunting manner. Download the title track of their newest EP "wet and rusting" and see them......

This week we give thanks for the amazing music coming out of the bay area, and the best venues in the nation to see it in. Listen up to the local music you can hear this week, and let's show our appreciation to these hardworking musicians by heading out to catch some shows. On Friday, Love X Nowhere are at Hemlock with Rondo Brothers. On Saturday night, one of our favorite local labels Birdman......

They've moved away from San Francisco to a small town in Connecticut, but we're still claiming Mates of State as our own. The birth of the couple's baby girl Magnolia hasn't slowed their relentless tour schedule: on Tuesday they play their first of two nights at Great American (The Court & Spark open Tuesday and Asobi Seksu on Wednesday). We've got a copy of their latest record Bring It Back, out now on Barsuk......

Last week we got to see one of our favorite new bands Scanners twice, in two different cities. At Cafe Du Nord there were maybe 50 people in the house, but in New York we were sardined amongst a few hundred sweaty, sweater-clad CMJers. No matter the size of the audience, frontwoman Sarah Daly pouts, glowers, stares and gives it her all. This band is talented, comely, exciting, dynamic both live and on record, and......

On Saturday, we spent all day at AT&T park digging on the Esurance Icer Air 2006 . We have to admit that in terms of coolness, it wasn't quite up there with last year's event, but it more than made up for it in terms of things to do and things to see. There was skateboarding, snowboarding, ski jumping, bands, and all sorts of other cool things. And, it was all day. Even better, while ticket prices varied, you could get in and see everything you need to see for the low, low price of $10. ...

There's something for everyone in the city tonight. If you want to hear pop rhymes from a new UK export, Popscene presents Lily Allen with Guest DJ Mark Ronson at 330 Ritch. For some glam-cabaret, see The Dresden Dolls and The Red Paintings at Bimbo's for the first of two nights. The National play grim indie rock at Great American. The naughty locals in Luxxury have a sultry CD release at Bottom of the hill......

It's not too early to make plans for Halloween weekend, and if you want to make this year especially memorable, hop a plane to Las Vegas for the Vegoose Music Festival. It's an impressive lineup of tons of bands in one place: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Mars Volta, The Raconteurs, Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band (we'll see about that), Gomez, Fiona Apple, Jenny Lewis, BRMC, and a bunch of those jammy/jazzy......

More than 70 percent of this planet is currently covered by water. Between global warming and privatization, the remaining 30 percent is quickly disappearing from public view. So, it's only natural to expect conflict as more and more people compete for less and less real estate.

Sigh. A couple of weeks ago we were lamenting the end of the 2006 Tour de France, wishing it could continue indefinitely.

Wish granted, unfortunately. On July 27, the International Cycling Union (ICU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that winner Floyd Landis' piss sample from the day he rode himself back into the Tour on the slopes of the Alps, showed elevated testosterone levels. We knew Landis had some huge balls to make that comeback, but come on.

On Saturday night, we went to go watch Raiders of the Lost Ark at Dolores Park. We love the idea of seeing movies in the park and couldn't think of a movie more perfect for such a showing. But as soon as we got there, we realized that in seeing the movie outside at the park, we were going to have to deal with our least favorite aspect of communal events, that being other people. We hate other people. ...

You know that we're all over Noise Pop, but we just can't let the fun begin and end with the music. On Saturday, from 12 to 6 check out Club Six (60 Sixth Street between Market and Mission) for the Noise Pop N' Shop. Brought to you by Noise Pop, Feria Urbana, and KUSF, you'll have your pick of clothing, jewelry, and accessories from some of our best local artists and designers. KUSF's Rock......

Note to the remaining teams in the 2006 Women's NCAA Championship basketball tournament: beware the number three seed Stanford Cardinal. ...

While the rest of us will most likely weeping into our Jell-O shots at the Mint while wailing "Fighter" into the Karaoke machine this weekend in preparation for another Valentine's Day spent lining the catbox with our exes' silk boxers, there's no reason you shouldn't be having more fun than we are. For instance, this Friday you could meet legendary "Happy Hooker" Xaviera Hollander at the Center for Sex and Culture, where she'll be......

'Twas the night before the night before Christmas, and all through the house, "Creature Comforts" was airing, and it included a few mouse....er...mice. OK. We promise never to attempt lame rhyming ever again. But we DID want to let you know that there's a "Creature Comforts" marathon on BBC America tonight, starting at 7:30 p.m. with the premiere of "Merry Christmas Everybody!" If you've ever seen Nick Park's Oscar-winning short "Creature Comforts," then you......

With only a few days left before the Very Special Election, the Governor hit the campaign trail hoping for one of those idyllic campaign weekends where all the crowds are friendly, the energy crackling, and the pictures good. So he hopped on a bus, got a visit from everybody’s favorite Republican, John McCain, and spoke to reporters about how much he was looking forward to getting everyone in the state together to fix the state’s problems. And what did he get for his troubles? On Saturday, at a rally in San Diego, Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening tried to crash one of his rallies, along with a crowd of protestors. They had been trailing the Governor on their own Magical Mystery Bus, the "Truth Squad Bus" and followed the Governor to a rally being held at an airplane hangar in San Diego. When they tried to get in, they were given the "sorry, closed party" by a hastily assembled squad of the Governor's aides who told Beatty that he wasn't allowed into the rally because he wasn't on the list to get in. Just change political rally to Koi and it's just like Paris and Nicole. Which is kind of scary when you think about it because the way things are going, SFist will someday be writing about Lindsey Lohan leading a protest against Governor Wilmer Valderrama. ...

SFist Agitates! (And no, not just from our use of the first person plural.) What causes can you promote this weekend? On Saturday alone, you've got two sets of well-paired options. Make Love, Not War: On Saturday, over 20,000 people are expected in town for the anti-war march. The march starts at noon from Dolores Park, goes up to Civic Center, and then ends at Jefferson Square Park on Eddy Street between Gough and Laguna around 5. However, complicating things, the ravers' Love Parade is happening at the same time -- and also marching from downtown to the Civic Center! Exciting cultural clashes are sure to ensue -- will the black box anarchists learn to put aside the flaming mattress in favor of the love and unity that is rave? Fat!So?: But wait! That's not all that's going on on Saturday! The Society of Bariatric Surgeons (stomach staplers) are having a Walk From Obesity through Crissy Field. Won't those surgeons be either upset (or start making stapling motions with their fingers in a Pavlovian response) when they see that Marilyn Wann from the National Association to Advance of Fat Acceptance is crashing their walk with a "Fat Fun In The Sun" protest ! People of size should show up at Crissy Field Saturday morning from 9:30-11; outdoor activity frolicking is planned. ...

When we last left your San Francisco Giants they were busy pondering their '05 existence: whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of a season's outrageous fortune or to trade for more arms against a sea of losses? And your answer? Randy Winn. Well that and no Barry but was there anyone who didnt see that coming? (side note-- remember those theories out there that Barry was sitting this season......

Well, pretty much everyone who's anyone in indie rock this weekend (including your regular columnist and SFist's new music editor SFist Krissy) is in Austin for SXSW. The rest of us forlornly left behind can comfort ourselves with the following shows. Tonight, local country-folk rockers The Court and Spark are playing at the Hemlock. Get some dreamy twang with your smokers' lounge! There's an embarrassment of riches on Friday: Metal band the F***ing Champs play 12 Galaxies, Elephone brings their avant-garde electronica to the Bottom of the Hill, Xhibit plays the Fillmore (maybe if you ask nicely, he'll pimp your ride), and for those of you looking for cheap laffs, Mandonna will be bringing the cross-dressing pointy bras and headsets to the Great American (watch out for blood from the Ian Brown show -- FYI: SFPD has decided they won't prosecute but have encouraged GAMH to sue). On Saturday, for those of you who can't spend $24-42 on tickets to blues and soul legend Solomon Burke's Friday SFJAZZ show at the Palace of Fine Arts, he's doing a free show at Amoeba on Saturday. Show starts at 1:30 but in our experience, those free shows fill up pretty fast, so get there around noonish and do some browsing while you wait. (You may remember Solomon Burke also as the man who wrote the single that got Rob and Laura together in Nick Hornby's High Fidelity.) If you make it out alive from the crazed crush at Amoeba, stop by BotH later that evening and catch Nerf Herder, the guys who recorded the Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme song. Listings for the next work week, after the jump. Picture of Solomon Burke by Kathy Willens of the AP....

Where we select choice events because to post on them all individually would take too much time. Tonight Derek Powazek and Heather Champ are hosting a little wine-and-cheese get together at Reverie Cafe to show off some of their own work and celebrate the launch of JPG Magazine. An excellent opportunity for the FBI to round up most of the photobloggers in the Bay Area for deportation to Gitmo. On Saturday, Irina over at......