Results tagged “davidbowie”

-- Completely Hollywood (abridged): The Reduced Shakespeare Company's latest stage play skewers "Tinseltown's most lauded stars and starlets" ranging from the silent era to today's most beloved and pretentious independent films. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. at Marines Memorial Theater; $45-60.

Here's what's opening this week: Wild Hogs About four wannabe bikers who stumble into a chapter of Hell’s Angels, the film looks like an updated (and not-so-yuppie) retelling of City Slickers. Wild Hogs features Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta and William H. Macy. A huge event for the Chinese “Year of the Pig” saw all four of the film’s stars in some sort of parade on the Embarcadero. There were supposed to be floats-- and motorcycles, of course. We hear you couldn’t pay press to attend. Let's hope the same can't be said of the movie.

While the Castro has that fabulous organ, the Red Vic (1727 Haight St at Cole) wins the prize for best popcorn, a very important aspect of our movie-going experience. Tonight the Red Vic screens the D.A. Pennebaker documentary, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a cinema verité cult classic depicting David Bowie getting ready for and playing one of the last Ziggy-era concerts, featuring glam rock guitarist extraordinaire, Mick Ronson (who grew up Mormon). (7:15pm & 9:15pm)

Courtney Love is scheduled for a book signing event at the Mission Bay Borders (200 King St. @ 3rd) to promote her "multi-textual memoir," . According to the official PR, the author will only sign her new book at this event. We assume that means don't bother asking Ms Courtney to autograph her late husband's albums or any appendages or pharmaceutical containers. (7pm)

We are a little embarassed to admit that during high school Pink Floyd was our drug of choice. We actually didn't need to enhance the experience with anything else (we were way too jittery and naturally paranoid for pot), but a nice six a.m. bus ride in the pitch-dark cold Cleveland winter with Pink Floyd playing on a Walkman, well, that was pretty transcendent. So we were saddened to hear of Syd Barrett's passing. The oral legend around rock bands, and the 60s in general, is pretty overgrown, and separating fact from fiction can be, well, daunting, so we make no claims to the veracity of this next anecdote. But if you're trying to put into context just how unknown but influential Syd actually was, consider this. David Bowie admits that he was influenced by early Pink Floyd, and is said to have noted after David Gilmour replaced Syd in the band that, "When Syd left, there was no more Pink Floyd for me." That's right, the group that went on to incredible super-stardom and recorded an album that remained on Billboard's Top 100 chart for over 500 weeks didn't exist for Bowie once Barrett was no longer a part of it.

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much.

Remember in , when the pre-Skeletor-phase Jennifer Connelly, on the advice of a talking worm, walks through what appears to be a solid wall, but is actually a gap in the maze when she thought she was at a dead end?

While we've been known to swill Pabst like there’s no tomorrow, SFist does indeed have a cultured and classy side. That’s why tonight we’re rolling over to the Davies Symphony Hall to check out an exclusive joint performance between Phillip Glass and the Bang On a Can All-Stars.