Lit Bombast: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
Tomorrow at this time I’ll be on a plane to LAX. Instead of my usual scrambling to find an semi-interesting magazine at the ‘port, I am already completely decided on … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Evolution of Social Serigraphy in San Francisco
So, I just got home from the Raincoats show, which was pretty ACE. All-female, SF-based lo-fi outfit Grass Widow opened, and returned to the stage during the encore to join … Continue reading
San Francisco: The Raincoats at Great American Music Hall
On a similar note to my excitement over WLMA, if you live in the Bay Area, you ought to go see the Raincoats TONIGHT at the Great American Music Hall. … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Female Liberation Music
There’s a newish feminist site out the interwebz. It’s called Women’s Liberation Music Archive, and it kicks ass. WLMA features “Feminist Music-Making in the UK and Ireland, 1970-1990” and although … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Joe Brainard
I have Brainard on the brain. Yesterday would have been Joe Brainard’s 71st birthday. For me, the New York poet and visual artist embodies everything good about pop art, queer … Continue reading
Style Ish: Kim Gordon x Surface to Air
Thurston who? Seriously all of my dreams came true in one minute and twelve seconds when I watched the new video for Surface to Air‘s Spring collection designed by the … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Valerie Phillips
Photographer (and skateboarder) Valerie Phillips does the whole “unruly youth” thing right… as in, check out the amazing photo of PJ Harvey. I’m digging the attitude in these photos. Sure, … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Dogs
The Dogs (a.k.a Les Dogs) are a punk group from France who formed in the mid-seventies. I recently discovered the rock ‘n’ roll brilliance of the song “19,” featured on … Continue reading
Style Ish: ’60s Mod
I was sort of over the mod fashion revival thing for a couple years. But recently, I realized that was because most of what I was seeing was girls with … Continue reading
Film Bombast: Last Fast Ride
No plans tonight, SF? Head over to 924 Gilman for a FREE screening of Last Fast Ride, a documentary about Bay Area “punk goddess” Marian Anderson. Oh, did I mention … Continue reading
Ribbon Around A Bomb 