Results tagged “pattismith”

• Rainbow Skate: As if rollerskating couldn't get any gayer, Redwood Roller Rink has made Wednesday nights exclusive queer. So tonight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and even a smattering of straight folks come together to whirl around the rink. Starts at 8 p.m.; $7 covers both admission and skate rental.
• Benefit for the Metropolitan Arts and Technology's Drama Program: Help the kids won't you? Metropolitan High -- you know, that large school on Treat Street, targeting "communities with the greatest need" -- aim is to send every student to college. And the theater/drama department needs your help. Rock (and, dare we say, emo-sounding) local bands Union Trade, Aim Low Kid, and Audiophase perform for your listening pleasure. Doors open at 8 p.m. at Rickshaw Stop; $10 donation.
• Black, White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007): '70s punk aesthetics are bandied about in this documentary focusing on the relationship between photo collector Sam Wagstaff, notorious photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and Patti Smith. Screens at 6:30 p.m., 8, 9:30 at the Roxie; $5-9.

-- SF Macarons versus Macaroons. [Gridskipper]

-- Trannyshack's Siouxsie and the Banshees Night: Trannyshack icon and Scissor Sisters [NSFW] star Ana Matronic returns home to help Heklina host tonight's Siouxsie tribute. Also, we heard a rumor that Ana likes to watch live Broadway musical clips on YouTube. (i.e., str8-gay hipster suicide.) Is this true? We don't believe it. But if she does, she just landed herself a new stalker. Music starts at 10 p.m. and the show begins at midnight...

In honor of Van Halen being nominated to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, we give you this, a video of prime Van Halen in 1981 playing "Unchained" at the Oakland Arena. If we remember correctly, this was an actual video MTV would occasionally air. Yeah, R.E.M was nominated too and we would have played one of their videos, but we couldn't find one with a shirtless, boot wearing Michael Stipe leaping off the drum riser as Bill Berry hits a giant gong behind the drum kit as the gong shoots off flames.

In a fantastic speech at the National Conference on Media Reform in St. Louis, Bay Area hip-hop historian and KPFA radio personality Davey D gave a keynote address (which he shared with folks like Al Franken, Jim Hightower and Patti Smith) on the role of media in the community and how people can strike back against giants like Emmis and ClearChannel. Early on, he issues his call to action: