Green River, swell as they were, weren't "the" band that helped kicked off the Seattle scene. The U-Men released their first EP in 1984, and Mark Arm has often paid tribute to them over the years, saying that they were hugely influential on him and other music-makers from what was then a pretty small scene. Both bands…

"Seasons in the Sun"
And any time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground

I work in the Castro. At the last Halloween party a fellow started shooting in the crowd, hitting several people. Plus, the neighbors and merchants had been complaining for years that the violence and vandalism had gotten out of control. They don't close the streets off or have music anymore. There are TV commercials…

San Francisco's gay Halloween was also canceled last year, and the year before that, mcc.