The 2013 San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival (SFUSFF) hits the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, April 13th with two big programs full of shorts AND the World Premiere of the feature film La Bamba 2: Hell Is A Drag written and directed by Rob Fatal.

Hosted by Peaches Christ and Sam Sharkey, the SFUSFF is dedicated to supporting underground cinema from Bay Area filmmakers. ACT 1 (Shorts Circus) begins at 7:00pm and ACT 2 (Shorts After Dark) begins at 9:30pm. La Bamba 2: Hell Is A Drag premieres at Midnight.

The SFUSFF will be a physically immersive event with Christ and Sharkey kicking off the night with a Live Rock Show, followed by special appearances from some of the filmmakers themselves and the stars of the films. Some films will screen with a live interactive component where the film is presented in 4-D!

Please note that the second program of the evening (Shorts After Dark) will feature the more adult content of the festival (basically all the blood and sex), so be sure to bring your mom.

Get your tickets HERE!

Don't miss our Saturday Sidewalk Sales on Telegraph Ave. in front of our Berkeley store every weekend from 11am - 7pm.

You can pick up some great deals on clearance items at bargain prices, all buy-three-get-the-fourth-free! Plus, we'll have some awesome 7-inches for just 50 cents.

Swing by and enjoy the great outdoors and the great prices!

 

This Friday marks a special milestone for the Universe as we know it, as March 22nd will be William Shatner's 82nd birthday.

Best known as Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk, The Shat has since worked his way into the very fiber of our pop culture and continues to be an active contributor to Earthlings via TV, film, numerous autobiographies, and  -- of course -- the Internet. If you've been following his Twitter feed, then you've certainly seen this gem of a bucket list, posted today:

If anyone is going to punch a shark, it's going to be The Shat!

In honor of the great man's birthday, The Vortex Room in San Francisco is hosting a special William Shatner Birthday Tribute Night full of Shatner rarities, burlesque dancers, and a special screening of  1958's Screeming Mimi, a strip-tease murder mystery with Anita Ekberg and Gypsy Rose Lee, in 16mm projection! The burlesque talent for the evening will be provided by Szandora LaVey, Laika Fox, The Indra, Mistress Pon-Farr, and your Mistress of Ceremonies, Odessa Lil. Find out more and RSVP on the Facebook HERE!

Amoeba Music’s Home Grown Independent Artist Program supports the indie spirit and the local music community by spotlighting the music of unsigned artists.

The San Francisco, Berkeley, and Hollywood store locations each pick their own favorites based on this criteria:

-- Home Grown artists must be unsigned

-- Home Grown artists must have a self-released project available

-- Home Grown artists must be totally amazing

Amoeba San Francisco is proud to announce their latest Home Grown artist, Eitch (pronounced "H")! She has formed a sound that is both vocally driven and atmospheric (floating somewhere between alternative, electronic, and pop), which she playfully describes as: “Altronipop.” 

You can get her debut album Everything, Nothing right here on Amoeba.com. It's a collection of work she began writing and recording in 2006. Unpredictable and full of wonder, these songs reveal the scope of her imagination.

Nominate your favorite, unsigned, local band here!

The sixth annual Switchboard Music Festival brings its eclectic blend of performers and music to San Francisco’s Brava Theater on March 24th from 2-10pm. It's going to be a non-stop, eight-hour musical spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres—be it rock, jazz, classical, hip-hop, world, or something less defined. It is a showcase for innovative local music that easily traverses disparate genres—a physical analog for a borderless, digital world. This year’s festival features groups both established and new, from the Bay Area and beyond.

The 2013 Festival features the piano duo ZOFO, whose most recent album, Mind Meld, was nominated for two 2013 Grammy awards; Subharmonic, led by Jazz Mafia’s Adam Theis; Ava Mendoza’s UNNATURAL WAYS; accordionist Rob Reich (of Tin Hat) and his quintet; and clarinetist Michael Lowenstern. The all-day festival will also feature performances by Addleds, Areon Flutes, Billygoat, Build, FutureCities, Ignition Duo, Oakland Active Orchestra, and bass clarinet duo Sqwonk.