Email Author Silke Tudor

1996 Stories by Silke Tudor

• Night Crawler

  published June 19, 1996

  "Where's the blessing?" asks a slightly inebriated man with a fluffy white rabbit perched on the top of his looming knapsack. A fortuneteller, who... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published June 12, 1996

  Nothing like George Clinton and a big liquor sponsor to get a party really hoppin'. Last Saturday's Southern Comfort "Rocks the Blues" (whatever... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published June 5, 1996

  "Ladies and gentlemen, start your hunt!" commands the warm voice of professional private investigator Jayson Wechter. He, along with Chronicle... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published May 29, 1996

  Outside the Casanova Lounge Wednesday night three svelte young men in well-cut cream-colored trousers stand under a striped awning while a pretty,... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published May 22, 1996

  The sun shimmers across the Marina Sunday afternoon as a raucous line of 50 customers in summerwear and shades stands outside the Paragon Bar &... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published May 15, 1996

  It's Saturday afternoon and North Beach locals sit drinking vino inside Caffe Trieste. GianFranco Giotta, a Sinatra-like singer with brown-tinted... More >>

• Samples

  published May 15, 1996

  Satan Takes a Holiday Knowing they were about to embark on a 10-week European tour with Unsane, someone should have given the members of... More >>

• Utter Madness

  published May 8, 1996

  Even after nearly a year of touring, the Swingin' Utters apparently still need to blow off some steam. Plunging head-on into the anthemic "Teenage... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published May 8, 1996

  A light wind flicks playfully at the giant brown feathers adorning a sweaty troupe of Aztec dancers as they pound the pavement of Mission Street.... More >>

• Samples

  published May 1, 1996

  Off the Record Always a touch-and-go industry, the local indie record trade is currently in a state of particular flux. Berkeley's... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published May 1, 1996

  From a distance, the motley crowd covering People's Park and neighboring Haste Street last Sunday appears engaged in the kind of Dionysian revelry... More >>

• Samples

  published April 24, 1996

  Taking a Break Where have we heard this before? Last week, the doors of the Nightbreak were closed to the public. That's right -- no more... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 24, 1996

  The giant paid to guard the entrance of the Endup blockades the entire door with only a slight pivot of his tremendous form. An unexpectedly warm... More >>

• Music

  published April 17, 1996

  Info:Correction date: Correction:April 24, 1996 Night Crawler By Silke Tudor The interior of the Trocadero felt like a sweltering... More >>

• Samples

  published April 10, 1996

  Two Tickets to Paradise Punkers standing outside the Goops show at Slim's last Wednesday were greeted by comedian Cheech Marin as he... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 10, 1996

  Yasmina stands six inches away from a mammoth speaker that looms menacingly over her. Her face hidden by a visor, movement begins in her hands and... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 3, 1996

  "Media tables are in the first tier," directs an usher at Bimbo's 365 Club last Wednesday, with a flick of his pink scarf. I sit down between an... More >>

• Samples

  published April 3, 1996

  Building a Better Mouse Trap Plunder Industries, a renegade artist collective of, er, two, treated some 500 people to a bizarre nostalgia... More >>

• Samples

  published March 27, 1996

  Hacks and Flacks The deepest insight to be gleaned from Thomas Pynchon's latest piece of writing turns out to be his observation that Boris... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 27, 1996

  Aaah! Caviar dreams and champagne nights. It's Oscar time, and even in San Francisco the stretch limos abound. A luminous white ball floats above... More >>

• Recordings

  published March 27, 1996

  Bad Religion The Gray Race (Atlantic) In light of two decades of pithy punk sloganeering, in which the naked expression of... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 20, 1996

  Most every country has a patron saint: England has her St. George, Scotland has St. Andrew, Mexico has the Virgin of Guadelupe. Uniquely,... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 13, 1996

  "Will you unzip your jacket, please?" requests one of the three looming security guards posted outside Deco, a Tenderloin nightspot celebrating... More >>

• Samples

  published March 6, 1996

  Stage Fright When the Fillmore first opened in the '60s, San Francisco bands like Santana and the Dead were a crucial part of the booking,... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published February 28, 1996

  "Ooh, I don't really feel like drinking tequila just now," says Morrie, a member of the Young Adults Division of the San Francisco Jewish... More >>