Email Author Silke Tudor

1997 Stories by Silke Tudor

• The House of Tudor

  published September 3, 1997

  Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 have given up the glories of touring -- the flat tires, the free beer, the weak coffee, and the menagerie of... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published September 3, 1997

  Just through door of the Covered Wagon, an epicurean redhead flashes her pearly whites and demands five bucks. Hesitation seems out of the... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published September 3, 1997

  Chapter 37 in an Ongoing Saga After the San Francisco Chronicle's two-year search -- two years! -- to add a second pop music critic to the... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published August 27, 1997

  Long before David Byrne plunged into the I Wish I Were Latin segment of his solo career, he had been nurturing his love of authentic ethno-aural... More >>

• riff raff

  published August 27, 1997

  Take a Really Deep Breath Just as housewives of yore used to "extend" their supply of meat by adding increasing quantities of bread, grain,... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published August 27, 1997

  Nearly 40 people mill around outside the Chameleon, smoking cigarettes and drinking cheap booze with Snapple Peach Iced Tea out of brown paper... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published August 20, 1997

  The pale, antiseptic lobby of the Union Square Holiday Inn makes the hotel seem an unlikely place for a celebration of Oriental dance. Luckily, a... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published August 20, 1997

  The Drummer Vanishes In a moot juxtaposition of publicity spin and state propaganda, Riff Raff offers the two pictures seen here. One we received... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published August 20, 1997

  Even a simple Idiot Flesh performance would be well-worth a flag-waving testimonial -- but the Friday, Aug. 22, Idiot Flesh show at Maritime Hall... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published August 13, 1997

  As a warm, summer dusk settles over SOMA, hints of ukulele and roast pig waft through the intersection of Harrison and Eighth Street. Trader Joe's... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published August 13, 1997

  Some Friendly Advice to All Baby Boomers From the Music Editor Concerning the 20th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's Demise Upon That Fabled Toilet,... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published August 13, 1997

  Soon after writing the remarkable autobiography No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, John Lydon began to record Psycho's Path, a deeply personal... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published August 6, 1997

  Publicity TKO In keeping with the current spirit of publicity in San Francisco, Riff Raff offers no comment on the reported scuffle between OMC... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published August 6, 1997

  For students of theology, this is a fruitful season. In the Japan Center Peace Plaza, dozens of women and girls -- outfitted in picturesque silken... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published August 6, 1997

  The Old 97's are playing again (here, insert a Homer Simpson-like gurgle used to express great joy and love for beer or candy) at the Great... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published July 30, 1997

  A young woman walking down Howard Street with her freshly fluffed miniature poodle smiles pleasantly when she hears a man call out: "We like your... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published July 30, 1997

  At this point, the stalwart lads from Undercover S.K.A. have been awaiting the "big ska revival" for over a decade and a half. They clocked into... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published July 30, 1997

  Ingenuine Draft For the record, that was Dave Grohl -- the guy who played drums in Nirvana -- onstage at the Fillmore doing a Miller commercial... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published July 23, 1997

  DJ Damon has a very busy week ahead: On Wednesday, July 23, his limp but fiscally successful fetish dance night, "Bondage A Go-Go," is hosting its... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published July 23, 1997

  A boisterous line of campy enchantresses and adoring queers (it's a fussy distinction) stretches out from under the glittering Castro Theater... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published July 23, 1997

  Another Reason Why S.T. Should Henceforth Be Known as Riff Raff's "Goth Correspondent" Those of you who were watching Hard Copy on June 26 -- and... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published July 16, 1997

  A Clarification, Courtesy of the Music Editor, Regarding the Credo at the Very Bottom of This Column That's "flack," not "flak." We like flak.... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published July 16, 1997

  At least 30 people stand outside the Transmission Theater, hoping that someone inside will be unable to withstand the heat and the scratchy stink... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published July 9, 1997

  A pale summer sun seems hesitant to fight the cantankerous shoal of clouds that threatens the city's Fourth of July picnicking. By noon, it has... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published July 9, 1997

  Lawyer Rock Colossal Pictures -- the San Francisco multimedia company that brought you MTV's Liquid Television, among other things -- has filed... More >>