Tag Archives: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Obituary: Meat Loaf had a career that had to be heard and seen to be believed
Meat Loaf performs at Wembley Arena in London on the ‘Dead Ringer’ tour, on April 27, 1982. Photo: Pete Still/Redferns. Meat Loaf died Thursday at the age of 74. That surely robs the world of one of its great, unique talents and is truly sad for those of us…
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REWIND: The good, the bad and the ugly of spooky movie music
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Welcome to Week 3 of Halloween Month. As I’m writing this well in advance, something I desperately try to avoid given the breakneck 2020 news cycle, I don’t know what horrors I should probably be addressing. I’m assuming someone important is dead, for example, and…
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SF Sketchfest: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still as good as it’s been for 45 years
Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell at Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Jan. 12, 2020. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — The night began with Barry Bostwick’s backside. OK, that’s not completely true. The night at the Castro Theatre began with Trixxie Carr singing “Science Fiction/Double Feature,” the…
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REWIND is back! Starting with Donna Summer, 4 others I forgot the first time
Last week I finished the yearlong journey through the last half-century of music. It was quite the project; 52 weekly columns each taking on a year and culminating in the best five songs of 2018. Then RIFF’s editor, Roman, asked when I’d have this week’s column in. So… I…
