Email Author Silke Tudor

1996 Stories by Silke Tudor

• The House of Tudor

  published December 25, 1996

  In 1961 The Marvelettes recorded Motown's first No. 1 hit single, "Please Mr. Postman." Despite this fact -- and a number of fluffier ones -- the... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published December 25, 1996

  "We all know that Xmas is about ... sex," deadpans John Waters as the sold-out Castro Theater crowd recovers from a raucous standing ovation and... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published December 18, 1996

  An old-fashioned barn dance sounded like a nice change of pace -- hay bales, fiddles, do-si-dos, and the like -- and even though it was scheduled... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published December 18, 1996

  This week, all of the events that look most promising to me happen on Thursday night. I couldn't choose between them, so you'll have to. It's been... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published December 11, 1996

  Early Sunday night finds the festive, star-strung environs of Cesar's Latin Palace thumping under the auspicious hand of DJ Josh. He winds through... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published December 11, 1996

  It's The Time, ladies and gentlemen. You remember them -- Prince's early pet project whose street-wise flash practically stole the show in the... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published December 4, 1996

  For a little over a year, the proprietors of the Werepad, a movie-theater-slash-art-slash-work-space, have been throwing open their doors each... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published December 4, 1996

  Not long ago, or so I am told, it was common for folks to plop themselves down in a circle and commence to singing through the tail end of the... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published November 27, 1996

  "We're asking $14 for tonight's show," says a small, polite woman standing at the chilly, gray entrance of Theater Concrete. This seems an... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published November 20, 1996

  In 1990, Diamanda Galas presented her acclaimed requiem for the sufferers of AIDS, Masque of the Red Death Plague Mass. In 1992, she followed with... More >>

• Wammies 1996

  published November 13, 1996

  SF Weekly's Alternative Music Awards Saturday, November 16, 1996 7:30 p.m. at the Transmission Theater Celebration and... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published November 13, 1996

  After last week's sojourn into the darker recesses of depravity, "Night Crawler" needed some good, clean, wholesome fun -- the kind from which... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published November 6, 1996

  Observe the essential breakbeat in its natural habitat at Future Primitive Soundsession's "21st Century Urban Breakbeats." This exhibition will... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published November 6, 1996

  Outside the 848 Community Space hangs a small, handwritten sign that reads quite simply "No Christians." This is promising. It is Allhallows' Eve... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published October 30, 1996

  The latest prefab musical thorn in our collective side comes in the form of a willowy, black-clad 18-year-old with lips that smack of collagen and... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 30, 1996

  South of Market, outside the Plunder Industries warehouse, a disheveled crowd gathers in the biting cold. A woman dressed in Mission-style earth... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published October 23, 1996

  For those who deserted the rolling tie-dyed hills of Berkeley for the funkier shores of San Francisco, or those who have never been East Bay way... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 23, 1996

  A snow-white marquee beckons from several blocks away. "Gospel Night," it reads -- a strangely pleasant contrast to the topless bars on the... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published October 16, 1996

  J.G. Thirlwell is timeless. Or at least no one seems to know how old he actually is. One of his agents -- and there have been many -- took a... More >>

• Samples

  published October 16, 1996

  Glug, Glug, Glug Yes, a corporation that regularly unleashes foaming tsunami waves of cheap, skunky, alcohol-poor, gut-mutating domestic... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 9, 1996

  Friday, as the sun slips into the tranquil sea, the plush, velvety darkness of the tropics enfolds the Presidio. There are no street lights, no... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published October 9, 1996

  The House of Tudor "Bunnyman! Bunnyman! Bunnyman!" shouts Tom Stenquist of Lars Vegas, assuming the role of a bunny-obsessed recluse. Such... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published October 2, 1996

  Remember Geekfest '96? It was a full summer day of hurtful adolescent monikers, the celebration of the beauty of puke-green polyester, and dancing... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 2, 1996

  The gathering of Harleys outside the Trocadero is even more impressive than usual -- especially for a Thursday night. The parked bikes take up... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published September 25, 1996

  The Exotic Dancer's Alliance (EDA) is a nonprofit collective organized to protect the civil, human, and labor rights of sex industry workers,... More >>