May 6–13, 1999 six pick Kaiju-Con Godzilla is back and he’s headed this way. Just whenyou thought the streets were safe from giant irradiated lizards,the king of all monsters returns as part of the Spring ’99 Kaiju-Conconvention. This gathering for…

April 1–8, 1999 critic pick The Tragic Loves of Needles Jones and Sylvia Horowitz Performance artist Ira A has led many lives. In the character of Needles Jones, Ira has, since the early ’80s, lived a true-to-life junkie drag queen…

March 11–18, 1999 six pick Sno-Core Tour     Undoubtedly, you’ll have to weather plenty of gnarly exclamations about slopes with wicked powder and bogus stands managed by tubular dudes hawking their rad wares, yet the 1999 Levi’s Sno-Core Tour…

March 11–18, 1999 theater Fine Toner   Michael Toner: He always has his Irish up.   Growing up in an Irish-American family in a time when children weren’t so self-conscious, Michael Toner happily recited and sang at home for relatives…

February 11–18, 1999 disc quicks Clipper Erickson, piano An American Journey: Piano music by Roy Harris, Rubin Goldmark, Quincy Porter, John Work, Nathaniel Dett, George Gershwin (Direct-To-Tape Recording Co.) This all-American recital ranges from the very familiar (Gershwin) to the…

February 11–18, 1999 hit and run Dirty Chili This Saturday will see Dirty Frank’s Third Annual Chili Cook-Off, which began in 1997 after local artist Phil Sumpter and a Texan quarreled about heartburn stew—what goes into it, and more importantly,…

February 11–18, 1999 critic pick Johanna Berrigan To listen to the news, when the U.S. beats up on Iraq, we’re really only attacking one man—Saddam Hussein. Little or nothing is said about the countless innocent Iraqi citizens harmed by our…

February 4–11, 1999 movies No Pain, No Gain   Master and Servant: Mistress Catherine with a client during a seesion at Fifth Avenue’s Pandora’s Box in Fetishes.   At the beginning of his documentary Fetishes, Nick Broomfield pronounces himself “intrigued,…

January 21–28, 1999 critic pick “Nasty” Cartoons       The term “nasty” is derived from his name; he invented the Democratic donkey, Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; and he single-handedly brought down “Boss” Tweed’s corrupt New York empire. These…