Arts Bombast: Beth Hoeckel
I’m completely taken with Baltimore-based collage artist Beth Hoeckel! And why wouldn’t I be? Her work clearly has strong similarities to Linder Sterling (one of my favorite human beings ever), … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in the United States and Mexico
When most people consider Surrealism, they imagine an exclusive group of men, whose highbrow and absurdist antics embody that ironic, bohemian European man that (too) many of us know today. … 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
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
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
In the Mood For… Femme No Wave
There is something that I am genuinely curious about (maybe even troubled by) and I think the No Wave (anti-) movement can provide some insight. Why were women so much … Continue reading
Style Ish: Anya Philips
So, to make up for my I-couldn’t-help-myself Vivienne Westwood post last week, I have the total opposite punk fashion icon and designer. Anya Philips, you guys. This New York No … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Francesca Woodman
San Franciscans: This is the final week to check out SFMOMA‘s brilliant retrospective of Francesca Woodman’s photography. A highly original artist of the ‘70s, the bulk Woodman’s photographs are hazy … Continue reading
Ribbon Around A Bomb 