PATTERNS AND TONES

"The Space Lady" 1990 You cannot talk about San Francisco in the Eighties and Nineties without mentioning the street performers that ran the gamut in both talent and entertainment. From the tribal, dreadlocked violin player adorned in only a loin cloth playing in the BART stations to the soulful blues singer selling late night tickets on 16th and Mission; these musicians, performers and entertainers added to the rhythm of the city and made our day and night just a little bit brighter. When me and my friends reminisce about who and what we remember the most about "our" San Francisco back in our day, The Space Lady always comes up in conversation. She seems to have made the largest impression on most of us who were lucky enough to have caught her performing either on her guitar, accordion or her new Casio keyboard. Many of us referred to her as Susie Space. Her ethereal presence and soundscapes that she carved out at the Castro Street Wells Fargo ATM machin...