Tag Archives: COVID-19
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The Golden Bull back in business, hopes to bring music back to Oakland
Musicians and The Golden Bull owners Bill Schneider (left) Mark W. Lynn (center) and Jason Beebout take a break outside their bar on Oct. 14, 2020. Karen Goldman/STAFF. The owners of The Golden Bull in Oakland never expected to be reselling pizza, but now that’s what’s keeping the popular…
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Insert Foot: Stuck with ‘Halloween 2018’ in 2020 until the COVID coast is clear
Left: Tony Hicks in the ’80s. Right: Tony Hicks in “Halloween 2018.” I went to a movie for the first time in eight months on Friday night. It felt … weird. I think paying for a film with Michael Myers as the protagonist, when I had once been paid…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass raises $500k through virtual fest, awards $1.6m in grants
Fantastic Negrito performs during Let the Music Play On, Courtesy: Ken Friedman. Let the Music Play On, the virtual festival produced by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass last weekend resulted in in more than $3 million in relief for the music community in the Bay Area and across the U.S., producers announced…
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Insert Foot: Rick Moranis, jet packs and infected Washington, D.C.
Insert Foot vs. rushing through the COVID-19 pandemic. Now I know the world is going to hell. We have proof. Because who punches Rick Moranis in the head? A once-a-century pandemic? It’s terrible, but one could argue one was due. The ensuing death, suffering and unemployment? Anyone not jamming…
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Sublime with Rome’s Eric Wilson scoffs at pandemic as attempt to take freedom
Eric Wilson (center) with Sublime with Rome, Courtesy. After hosting a handful of tribute acts and regional bands at drive-in concerts last summer, the Alameda County Fairgrounds will be the scene of two Sublime with Rome concerts Friday and Saturday. The SoCal band, an offshoot from Sublime fronted by…
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REVIEW: Bon Jovi makes a bold lyrical statement on ‘2020’ but takes few rock risks
Bon Jovi’s new album is titled 2020; a simple idea for a simple record … in a complicated year. And Bon Jovi, who has always excelled at simplicity, could be what some people need right now. 2020 Bon Jovi Island Records, Oct. 2 6/10 But not everyone. Calling Bon…
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SF to approve outdoor music, with conditions like no live singing
California Street in San Francisco is not as packed on March 17, 2020, the first day of a shelter-in-place to combat coronavirus. San Francisco will soon allow physically distanced outdoor concerts—and other events—through a permitting process, Mayor London Breed announced on Friday. The “Just Add Music” permits will be…
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SF’s Town Hall Restaurant reopens with outdoor dining, hope for more help
L to R: Town Hall Restaurant co-owners Björn Kock, Steven Rosenthal and Mitchell Rosenthal photographed on Sept. 18, 2020. Derek Tobias/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Mitchell Rosenthal, the executive chef and co-owner at acclaimed Town Hall Restaurant in San Francisco, seemed beyond happy to unbutton his shirt to reveal another…
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Insert Foot: Rock books and dying dreams of COVID-19 lockdown
Insert Foot ignoring reality by doing some light reading. You want hope that 2020 will work itself out anytime soon? Sorry. This is where your dreams come to die today. Here’s how optimistic I am the virus-soaked coast will clear to emerge from our dark corner/mother’s basement/fire shelter made…
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Another Planet, Bob Weir, Congressman Mike Thompson tie venue relief with economic recovery
Bob Weir performs at Jackie Greene’s annual birthday bash at the Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 26, 2016. Jon Bauer/STAFF. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on industries across America and around the world, but perhaps none as much as live music. “We were the first businesses…
