Email Author Silke Tudor

1997 Stories by Silke Tudor

• Riff Raff

  published April 30, 1997

  What Embargo? Early last month, local jazz fusion outfit Mingus Amungus were offered a rare opportunity to travel to Havana, Cuba, where they were... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published April 30, 1997

  Kembra Pfahler was the product of a perfectly blond California union: Gidget-meets-surf-hero on white SoCal sand; the first kiss accompanied by... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 30, 1997

  Every year, thousands of people in search of potential miracles converge on the Concourse Exhibition Center for the Whole Life Expo, a massive... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published April 23, 1997

  Back to Nature, Techno Style For all those lovely, flamboyant queers, trannies, lesbians, and straights who have been at a complete loss since... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 23, 1997

  On Sunday, with the feds busy planning their raid on Flower Therapy -- a distributor of medicinal marijuana -- thousands of happy tokers find... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published April 23, 1997

  Feeling the tax crunch? Have no fear. Those sick little fucks over at "Bondage A Go-Go" are ready and willing to supply you with some monetary... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published April 16, 1997

  Anyone who has traveled through Europe or Great Britain -- or even to Portland, Ore. -- knows that to properly watch a movie, you must have a full... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 16, 1997

  From the street, the long, steep stairway leading up into the Broadway Studio (formerly Studio 435) reveals nothing. Like so many stairways in... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published April 16, 1997

  Must Be One of Those Nine-Digit Jobbies "From the first explosive I-got-you-in-my-sights delivery of charismatic frontman Stephan Jenkins, to the... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published April 9, 1997

  Beneath the tumultuous, sweat-drenched percussion and the inspirational vocals of a powerful and beautiful chanteuse named Hanitra lies the true... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published April 9, 1997

  Ciao Catino After nearly a decade of promoting shows for Bill Graham Presents and its subsidiary club branch, AKG (responsible for the Fillmore... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 9, 1997

  A friend recently wrote that April 1 marks the beginning of the Cruelest Month of the Year Week. I have to disagree. In San Francisco, at least,... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published April 2, 1997

  Henry's Special Tea Party RSVP How thoughtful of DreamWorks to send Riff Raff a CD bearing Henry Rollins' mug, titled Interview Disc. The back... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published April 2, 1997

  For me, the ethereal panhandle-wail of Paula Frazer conjures surreal childhood memories of one feverish night spent watching Shirley Temple movies... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published April 2, 1997

  It's yet another beautiful Saturday in Golden Gate Park. To a young couple bicycling down Ninth Avenue, the seduction of spring is too strong to... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 26, 1997

  One summer, when I was a child, my favorite cousin's passion turned, for a time, from classic literature to roller-skating. I don't know if it was... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published March 26, 1997

  "In-A-Gadda-Da-Oswald" is the title of the gloriously tacky Photoshop manipulation seen below, which has bum-rushed every soft corner of e-space... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published March 26, 1997

  Down south, in the sprawling mall where A&R is king, mentioning your favorite country band still requires a 20-word disclaimer and a complimentary... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published March 19, 1997

  In '92 the Cramps released Blues Fix, a delightful four-song tribute to the likes of Captain Beefheart and Lightnin' Slim. In the same year former... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 19, 1997

  Sunday morning, along Market Street, stalwart lovers of Eire flatten themselves against the cement gray walls of the Financial District in an... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 12, 1997

  The warmth of a Tuesday night in spring and the promise of never-before-seen "sexploitation" has brought all the would-be hooligans out of hiding.... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published March 12, 1997

  Stick It to the Man The world keeps getting better for the band whose name cannot be spoken. Last week, bicoastal slo-fiers Fuck watched the ink... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published March 12, 1997

  Since Night Crawler went tiki (Feb. 26), Hawaiian-shirt enthusiasts have been pounding away at my little thatched door. It has been a colorful... More >>

• The House of Tudor

  published March 5, 1997

  Space may write the very best spring-cleaning music since ABBA (or the underappreciated Pale). Wait, before you turn the page, remember that this... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published March 5, 1997

  A leather-clad motorcyclist roars onto the sidewalk outside Crucible Steel Gallery Saturday night. He pulls off his steel-gray helmet to expose a... More >>