In Heiner Müller’s play “Quartet,” the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont of Les Liaisons Dangereuses have become old, saggy, warty, perhaps syphilitic, but are ever more determined to woo and exchange body fluids with unsuspecting young virgin nieces. Yet in all the rave reviews Wilson’s Quartett has received so far, not a
Serge Gainsbourg is one of the most iconic French musicians of all time. His contributions to pop, rock, soundtracks, jazz and the avant-garde are unparalleled in French contemporary music. His concept album “Histoire de Melodie Nelson” ( a rock opera about the seduction of a female nymphet ala Lolita) is one of the greatest
A couple months ago I got the chance to witness the grand opening of Kommunitas, a curated “allery” (alley gallery) located just off Townsend between 5th and 6th streets in San Francisco’s SoMa district. I had previously known SoMa’s Bluxome Street corridor well, a staple for graffiti enthusiasts on par with Mission favorites, Clarion
Dr. LLoyd Miller was a musician and ethnomusicologist who bridged the gap between Eastern music and jazz in such a way that it brought out the best of both art forms without sacrificing the integrity of either.
“Work is man’s chance to express himself . . . What I am against is the relationship man has today with the world in which he works.”—Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi is the Italian director that you come across after you have screened Fellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti and all the other titans that give
