San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman

Cary Cronenwett's 'Maggots and Men' (Re)stages a Revolutionnew

Set in a mythologized postrevolutionary Russia but based on actual historical events, Maggots marshals early Soviet cinema, the gutter erotics of Jean Genet, and what at times seems like a transgender cast of thousands to build its case for the necessity of queer utopias.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman | 06-17-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cary Cronenwett, Maggots and Men, gay & lesbian issues

Charo Spills the Cuchinew

The singing, dancing, and "cuchi-cuchi!" spouting Castilian sex kitten that pratfalled with the best of 1970s television, the Vegas institution who wound up in that sub-A list purgatory The Surreal Life, is the Charo America knows and loves. But according to this 40-year show biz veteran, the other Charo -- a classically trained musician with serious Spanish guitar chops -- is just getting warmed up.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman | 06-25-2008 | Performance

Tags: performance, gay & lesbian issues, Charo, The Surreal Life

Stars of the Lid Continually Refines the Mixnew

Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride have taken their time refining their soporific version of Brian Eno's barely there aesthetic, releasing just a handful of beatless, slow-burning full-lengths during the past decade.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman | 04-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: And Their Refinement of the Decline, Stars of the Lid

Chris Watson Finds Music in the Belly of the Beastnew

The sounds one hears on Watson's solo releases are a far cry from the ubiquitous whale song CDs that clog new age bins.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Storm, Chris Watson

Two Takes on William Friedkin's 'Cruising'new

The 1980 tale of an undercover cop's pursuit of a serial killer in the West Village's leather-clad S-M scene is being screened in select cities in anticipation of the DVD release.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman and Jason Shimai | 09-05-2007 | Reviews

Tags: William Friedkin, Cruising