Email Author Silke Tudor

1998 Stories by Silke Tudor

• Riff Raff

  published October 28, 1998

  Scream III Just in time for the season of ghouls, Chris Cobb and fellow San Francisco Art Institute student Paul Quinones offer up "All the... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published October 28, 1998

  To call the Raincoats post-punk's most exhilarating all-girl band would be an insult. In 1978, the members of the inspiring group were already in... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 21, 1998

  Twenty Reasons SF Weekly's Ninth Annual Wammies Music Awards Were Just Like Any Other San Francisco Night 1) Outside Bimbo's 365 Club, an... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published October 21, 1998

  For over six months, multimedia artist NG Yrizarry and his roommate, potter and jewelry maker William Richard Kuchler, have lived without heat or... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published October 21, 1998

  The Many Faces of essence Dear Riff Raff Readers: We recently realized that, for the first time ever, we had been holding out on you, hoarding... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 14, 1998

  Downtown Hustle In the opening scene of Chalk -- the most recent indie film directed by local Cassavetes zealot Rob Nilsson -- a petty bar... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published October 14, 1998

  Although they have been compared to Pere Ubu, Fred Frith, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, and the Residents, I must submit that Uz Jsme Doma is Prague's... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published October 14, 1998

  A Jazzman's Life Bay Area composer and tenor saxophonist Glenn Spearman died of cancer in his home Thursday morning, Oct. 8. He was 51. A colossal... More >>

• SF Weekly's Wammies '98

  published October 14, 1998

  Americana/Roots Wilson Gil& the Willful Sinners Wilson Gil brushes off old memories like any good yarn-spinning country singer. But the... More >>

• Welcome to Wammies '98

  published October 14, 1998

  It hasn't been an easy year for music lovers. With newly enforced noise restrictions and high-priced "live/work" spaces insinuating themselves... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published October 7, 1998

  Eternal Zest The people of New Orleans are on intimate terms with death. It surrounds you, hanging in the air, buried within the thick... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published October 7, 1998

  Give Me Royalties or Give Me Death Inc. Three of the four former members of the Dead Kennedys, the long-defunct San Francisco political punk band,... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published October 7, 1998

  The voice of Pinetop Seven singer Darren Richard sways delicately between the pale, sophomoric timbre of Jonathan Richman and the pregnant,... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published September 30, 1998

  As Berkeley as They Want "If God didn't want us to eat people," poses Vinnie Pescado, "why did he make them taste like meat?" Pescado grins... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published September 30, 1998

  Confidential to the Lastnameless and Lowercased essence We're hurt. You know that Riff Raff cares about you and your ongoing romps through the... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published September 30, 1998

  Like low-hanging clouds on a warm Louisiana morning, Damon & Naomi's latest offering, Playback Singers, seeps into your clothes and clings to the... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published September 23, 1998

  Ethical Instigation Regular readers know that every once in a while, Riff Raff likes to lean back in our chairs and ponder ethical questions both... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published September 23, 1998

  Put on your coziest pjs and join Miss Kristi for a night of seduction and cookies at the "Bedtime Stories Pajama Party." Miss Kristi will sing... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published September 16, 1998

  What They Want to Have "Girls want action just as much as guys do," states Laney in a tone that resonates with that none-too-rare brand of... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published September 16, 1998

  There are few musicians in the world who have survived as many ODs and produced as many exemplary works as Nick Cave. He is the musical master of... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published September 16, 1998

  Under and Over On April 11, Police and Fire Department officials raided and shut down San Francisco's most important underground music spot. In... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published September 9, 1998

  Patron of the Arts It's a golden, quiet, seemingly abandoned Sunday morning on McKinnon Avenue. The forklifts in front of Ace Auto Wreckers... More >>

• Riff Raff

  published September 9, 1998

  A Fair Excuse If they stay in the business long enough, every promoter faces a disaster of a show. But promoters don't usually face catastrophes... More >>

• House of Tudor

  published September 9, 1998

  Susana Baca found her voice at a very early age, but it took much longer to find her heritage. For centuries, her native Peru had all but... More >>

• Night Crawler

  published September 2, 1998

  Side Showmanship Phineas Taylor Barnum was not called the greatest showman of all time because he put together spectacular shows; what made... More >>