Melissa Goldstein

Vincent Moon’s latest take-away shows come to the world by way of the bay.

March 2, 2008, 1 p.m. With the sun blazing overhead—a divine occurrence, timed as it was to the earliest intimation of spring—Dolores Park was in the throes of one of its Garden of Eden days. And so it was something of an embarrassment of hipster riches when, like the pied piper of under-the-radar bands, French director Vincent Moon appeared on the scene. Video camera in hand, Moon (whose real name is Mathieu Saura) was trailing local indie-rock outfit Sholi for one of his trademark "take-away shows."

A brief backstory on the festival that's guaranteed to be the hottest show of the summer.SF's own Another Planet Entertainment has joined forces with the cofounders of Tennessee's legendary Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (and the SF Recreation & Park Department) to mount the inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival August 22 to 24 in Golden Gate Park.

A lexicological guide to the very definition of a modern musical master.

Beck Time \bek t?m\: It's not like Miller Time. It's not even like "insert-name-of-teenager-here time": words uttered by exasperated dads the world over while waiting, engine running, for their mall-dwelling offspring to get in the car. Like shalom or aloha, "Beck Time" can be applied to any number of situations.

Mirissa Neff—aka DJ Felina—shares a few of her own SF nighttime picks.Considering that Mirissa Neff—aka DJ Felina—has ancestral roots that stretch from the Caribbean to the Ukraine, it’s fitting that the 33-year-old graphic designer and art director is responsible for creating the sound tracks to some of the best world-music dance parties in town.