Arts Bombast: Walter de Maria’s Lightning Field
It’s pretty deplorable: despite the fact that I LIVED in rural New Mexico, not even 100 miles north of Quemado, the entire time that I was there I never made … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Yanka Dyagileva
It’s not very often that we feature folk singers here on Ribbon Around a Bomb. Don’t worry guys, I’m not gonna go all Joni Mitchell on your ass anytime soon, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Beyond Belief at CJM
When was the last time that you visited an art exhibition, and really, really gave yourself permission to experience the art (and perhaps experience transcendence) with abandon? If it’s been … Continue reading
Style Ish: Philip Colbert’s Sequined Pop Art Frocks
New goal in life: get a friend to wear this Duchamp-Fountain number below as a wedding gown, then dub myself Maid of Honor, and rock the Dali-Lobster-Telephone one. The above … Continue reading
San Francisco: Jello DJs Oldies Night in the Mission Tomorrow
Thank you x a million to Mission Mission for tipping me off to this one: The KO is always a solid joint. [Biafra]
Arts Bombast: Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Roberta Breitmore Series
I just returned from a brilliant 5-day escape to New York City. Besides hanging out with some of my best friends in the world, eating a plethora of delicious bread-based … Continue reading
San Francisco: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
My dear friend Krissie recently attended a performance of one of her all-time favorite stories, the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, here in SF. I asked her to write … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Mia Zapata, 20 Years Later
“I don’t like to be a violent woman, but I know I have it in me.” -The Gits, Here’s to Your Fuck Mia Zapata was the frontwoman of Seattle punk … Continue reading
San Francisco: Burger Boogaloo
If you’ve been reading Ribbon Around a Bomb for awhile, you no doubt are aware of my extreme distaste for (ugh, I struggle even now to type the word)… FESTIVALS. … Continue reading
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