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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
30th annual Pink Triangle returns for San Francisco Pride
The Brief More than 800 volunteers installed the pink triangle on Twin Peaks, a reclaimed symbol of LGBTQ resistance and remembrance. The one-acre display will remain through the end of June as a visual centerpiece of San Francisco's pride celebrations. SAN FRANCISCO - Over 800 volunteers gathered atop Twin Peaks Saturday morning to install the 30th annual Pink Triangle, one of San Francisco's most enduring and symbolic Pride landmarks. The massive installation, made up of 175 bright pink tarps, spans roughly an acre and can be seen from across the city on a clear day. The pink triangle, once used by the Nazis to mark people as homosexual, has since been reclaimed by the LGBTQ community as a symbol of remembrance, resistance, and unity. "It's a heck of a lot of fun, but it's also a way to give back to those who came before us, in the Holocaust," said volunteer Chrissy Cronin. "It's crazy, fun chaos." Volunteer Troy Brunet has participated for nearly 20 years. "I love to see all the people coming together… even when we had a small group of people, just being able to present something to the world that's meaningful to us," Brunet said. "Being a gay person in this world is already difficult enough, but when you have good representation out there - it's just great to be part of it." The annual installation began three decades ago with a small display organized by Patrick Carney, who still leads the project. "The Pink Triangle is more important than ever this year," Carney said. "Who would've thought that 30 years ago when we first started? But with over 500 anti-LGBTQ and trans bills proposed across the country - they're going after personal freedoms, free speech." Families, longtime volunteers, and first-time participants comprised the diverse crowd contributing to the installation. "The Pink Triangle is a reminder of what can happen if we let society get out of hand and let hate rule," said volunteer Joanie Juster. "Just look at the love here." "It's terrific to be in community with so many other folks," said Andi Plantenberg, who volunteered with her daughter Roxie. "It's so family-friendly, and everybody takes care of each other." "This is actually my fourth year doing this," said Audrey Baeten-Ruffo, who participated with her dads. "When we first moved to San Francisco, it was a fun way to get involved in the community. We've just kept coming back, it's such a great gathering." The installation was followed by a commemoration ceremony featuring remarks from city and state leaders, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, and performances by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band. "This is my 20-something year of doing this," said Paul Valdez. "I always love putting it up in the morning and sharing the history of the symbol with the public." The Pink Triangle will remain on display through the end of June. Volunteers will be needed again to help take it down following Pride weekend.
CBS News
2 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
San Francisco's Pink Triangle returns for Pride Month
As San Francisco prepares for Pride Week, an enduring symbol of that celebration appeared Saturday morning on the hills above the city. The Pink Triangle is an annual tradition, but this year, hundreds of people arrived for the installation as a show of defiance to the federal government's targeting of the gay and transgender community. For 30 years, the Pink Triangle has towered over the city during Pride Month. But founder Patrick Carney said it began almost on a whim. "The first one went up in the dark of night and we thought it was just sort of a fluke to add a little color to the parade," he said. "And then we realized that people didn't know what it was, so that's why it's here after 30 years." The deeper meaning of the symbol is not a cause for celebration. The pink triangle was the insignia given by the Nazi's to suspected homosexuals as they were shipped to concentration camps for extermination. "With the Pink Triangle, we're just trying to remember what happened and how it ties into Pride," said Carney. "Because part of celebrating and appreciating any Pride is knowing where you've been. And this is it, this Pink Triangle. So, we have to have it here for Pride. Especially with what's happening in Washington. It really is more important than ever this year." With the Trump administration targeting transgender individuals and challenging previously established same-sex rights, participation in the installation of the triangle reached an all-time high. More than 800 people showed up in the cold, foggy morning to hammer down the sections of pink canvas making up the one-acre symbol. "And it shows that we still need it. That many people wouldn't show up if this project wasn't needed," said Carney. "They wanted to come up to help build it to make sure it was a part of Pride Month." After the installation was complete, local leaders spoke about this year's Pride celebration being about a lot more than just a fight for LGBTQ rights. "We are going to be at the vanguard, fighting to save this American republic," said SF Board of Supervisors president, Rafael Mandelman. "And that's what Pride is about this probably will be, as least for the next three." "When we look up here from any point in San Francisco, and we see this triangle, it reminds us of what we stand for," said CA Assemblymember Matt Haney. Then he showed the crowd his cap from the Navy ship named for gay rights crusader Harvey Milk, a ship that has been ordered by the Secretary of Defense to be renamed. "Erasing people is what they do," said Haney. "Celebrating people and history and identity is what we do." Carney has shepherded the Pink Triangle project through 30 years and its continued existence is reflected in his personality. "Persistence, longevity, stubbornness, I'm still here," he said, with a laugh. "And someday I'll find a successor. But, no, we had no idea that it would still be going on. And it really is important, especially this year. It's more important than ever after what's happening in Washington, D.C." The Pink Triangle will remain on display until the end of Pride month, on Sunday, June 29. And while it will continue, its meaning has changed. It began as a warning about man's inhumanity towards those seen as "different." Now, it's become a symbol of defiance to that very same thing.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sunday Conversation: The Black Keys Gear Up For A Big Year
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: (L-R) Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach at THE BLACK KEYS launch ... More of their new single 'Beautiful People' at Chateau Marmont's Bar Marmont on January 13, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by) Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, also known as The Black Keys, are getting ready for a huge rest of 2025. The beloved alternative rock band hit the road for a major tour next Sunday (May 23) and they just announced their superb new album No Rain No Flowers, out August 8. Buoyed by the spirit of collaboration, the duo tell me that 20 years into their career they feel like they're making their best music. After collaborating with the likes of Beck and Oasis' Noel Gallagher on last year's underrated Ohio Players album, this time around they brought in industry heavyweights such as Rick Knowles, Desmond Child and Scott Storch. I spoke with Auerbach and Carney about their now iconic record hangs, the new album, collaboration and more. Steve Baltin: Congratulations on the new record. We really gravitated to the last song 'Neon Moon.' It's so different. Dan Auerbach: Thank you. We wrote that one with our buddy Daniel Tashian who lives in town and is one of the first people that Pat met here in town. But that one happened so quickly, we almost overlooked it. We've got our buddy Leon Michaels and Tommy Brennick playing on that track. We cut it live, and it was one take Baltin: Did you work with a lot of different people on this record again? Because when we talked last year you brought in a lot of new energy? Auerbach: Yeah, we continued that to a certain degree. I don't think we over did it, I think each song relied on maybe a couple key people. We find it really fun to do the collaborating. Like you said, there's an energy there and we really feed off of that. Baltin: You guys have both produced and worked with other people so much. You understand the spirit of collaboration. Auerbach: Absolutely, it's more fun for us. We really like it. Patrick Carney: What really was effective on this record was that we were really proud of the work we had just done on Ohio Players. And then we're aware, even though we felt this is one of our strongest albums what can happen if things aren't all completely lined up appropriately. We can only do so much on our side; the writing, the recording, the performing live, overseeing artwork, picking the band, rehearsing the band. And on top of that there are other pursuits that we have. We have families, Dan has a label, so when it comes to like the rollout of a record to see something fall flat for various reasons it adds a little bit of fire to us to just want to make more music. In this instance, for No Rain No Flowers, it started with the idea that the last album we'd worked with some heroes of ours like Noel Gallagher and Beck and we did a lot of material with those guys. I think for this one we wanted to do something similar, but we went right to the source. We're trying to look for some songwriters that have stuck around and been putting out good work for a long time. The guy that came to mind first was Dan suggested we check out Rick Knowles, who when Dan produced the Lana Del Rey record Ultraviolence, he had noticed that Rick was involved in quite a few of Lana's tracks and we reached out to Rick and like a week later he happened to be coming to Nashville for the first time in his 50-year career. He had never been here before and we happened to be like, 'Do you want to work?' He said 'Of course.' He came to the studio and within two days we had written four songs. It became a really fruitful collaboration and component of the album. One of the first songs we wrote was the title track 'No Rain No Flowers.' It was great to get in a room with this heavy-hitter songwriter, who was just there. The way that song started was Rick asked Dan, 'Do you have any song titles? I like to start with a song title.' Dan threw out the title, "No Rain No Flowers." Then from there, Rick's like, 'Well, how would you sing that?' So, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening. And Rick then just helps us compose it. Auerbach: With chords that we never would have come up with on our own in a million years. But it was also very easy and quick. Baltin: At what point did you realize that these pairings you were doing for this album were really coming together? Auerbach: Instantly with Rick, I think we knew. It was very strong because it just started on such a high. And being in the studio with Scott and Desmond, we mentioned that we need some strings for this song because it has a Philly soul type of feel to it or something like that. And he gets us on FaceTime with Larry Gold, who did all the strings for the Philly Soul Records (laughs). It was incredible. It was multiple generations of music makers in the room FaceTiming, it was incredible. And the whole experience with the collaboration, what you end up hearing is us reacting to the person in the room. Carney: Yeah, I think when you're assembling these guys, like a guy like Scott, we didn't we didn't know him. So, we invited him to Nashville, and we spent five days with him just trying to feel him out and getting to understand what his real strengths were. So, by the time he came back we knew to pair him up with Desmond and pair him up with Daniel and jump off on this stuff. But I think that the cool thing that Dan and I realized is that if the core of the song is Dan and I then people can come in and we can work with them and it ends up still feeling like The Black Keys, cause we're only playing the stuff that we want to play and stuff we like cause we're editing the whole thing and pushing ideas through. So, it's like getting to filter your idea through someone else's brain and then getting someone else to sit there and show you like how they would approach it. Auerbach: It's such a thrill, honestly. And it makes it so exciting. Just knowing that every day when you walk into the studio, anything is possible. When I know that I'm about to walk into the studio with somebody like Scott, I'm excited, like it's Christmas. Carney: I feel like that just happens a lot for us. There's an interesting thing though, too, a lot of times bands, throughout history, would go work with a new producer and a new studio and all of a sudden the band would have a whole new sound, like every sonic element is now different. Whether it's like Nirvana, Nevermind to In Utero or something like that. Sometimes it's really fascinating and works and sometimes it doesn't work. I think what's fascinating about Dan and I is that we've recorded our stuff ourselves the entire time. So, there's this aesthetic change that happened over time as we've gotten different abilities or tastes, but it's all rooted in this kind of sonic template. So, as we bring in influences to songwriting and stuff, it's always going to sound like us. Baltin: Talk about your record hangs. Carney: We have definitely been heavily influenced also by spinning records collecting 45s and DJing playing records out and how crowds react to different records. I think it definitely opens our minds to sonic possibilities. Auerbach: That's been a huge thing, doing our record hangs, spinning our 45s, realizing what works. If you're playing something to somebody that they don't know then you're at a disadvantage. It's got to have all these components. And the records that work in that context are records that have an economy of space where it just hits in. There's this great intro. There's a verse. There's maybe a solo section. There are these things. Well, no matter it's a real formula, but what it is is that it never drags. And when it does drag, the whole room drags down and you see it. And so that was like a nightmare when that happens. And you're spinning records, but you can't make every song like that. That doesn't apply to 'Neon Moon.' 'Neon Moon' is not one of those songs. That's a go for a nighttime drive type of song or something. But 'Baby Girl' for sure, 'No Rain No Flowers, you know. So, it's just exciting to be doing something for over 20 years and feeling like at least personally, we feel like we're doing our greatest s**t. I think that's all that matters. Baltin: Talk about the upcoming tour. Carney: We have made some lists of songs you want to learn and songs of ours we want to play, and I think it is important to us on this tour to get in there and mix it up a bunch. That's the plan, have fun. That's the real key, if you're having fun on the road and you're enjoying what you're doing on stage I think it translates pretty heavily to the fans. And I think part of that is picking the right venues, making sure that it's an enjoyable experience. If you're going to go out of your way to leave your house and go see a band let's make it memorable.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Black Keys to perform at MassMutual Center as part of 2025 tour
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Grammy Award-winning rock duo The Black Keys are bringing their highly anticipated No Rain, No Flowers 2025 North American Tour to the MassMutual Center in Springfield on Sunday, August 17. The concert, presented by MGM Springfield, is expected to draw a full house for what promises to be an unforgettable night of live music. Known for their gritty blues-infused rock and energetic live performances, The Black Keys–Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney–will headline the Springfield show as part of a national tour that showcases their continued evolution as one of modern rock's most dynamic acts. A variety of exclusive presales are available ahead of the general public sale: Artist Presale begins Tuesday, May 13 at noon EST using the password NORAIN Venue Presales begin Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. EST VIP Package Presales also begin Tuesday, May 13 Fans are urged to act quickly, as this show is expected to sell out, according to organizers. Formed in Akron, Ohio, The Black Keys have earned multiple Grammy Awards and released critically acclaimed albums featuring hits such as 'Lonely Boy,' 'Gold on the Ceiling,' and 'Tighten Up.' Their signature sound has cemented their reputation as one of the most influential rock acts of the 21st century. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Forbes
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
U2's No. 1s Record Matched Again By A Beloved Rock Band
The Black Keys' 'The Night Before' hits No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, giving the ... More duo its eighth leader, tying the band with U2 and Weezer. INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 18: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys attend the 2020 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO at The Forum on January 18, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo byfor iHeartMedia) The Black Keys are in charge of a Billboard chart again this week. The group's latest single, "The Night Before," soars to the summit of one major radio list in the United States as the duo returns to the peak position. The musicians match several other hugely popular bands for a new spot in the history books as they collect yet another airplay favorite. "The Night Before" lifts from No. 2 to No. 1 on the current edition of the Alternative Airplay chart, a list that measures total audience impressions across American radio stations focused on alternative music — often referred to as alternative rock. The Black Keys replace Mumford & Sons at the top, as the English band's single "Rushmere" dips one space, trading places with the Ohio superstars. The Black Keys have now collected eight No. 1s on the Alternative Airplay chart throughout the years. That's the seventh-most leaders in the tally's tenure, according to Billboard. With another ruler now included in the band's discography, The Black Keys match both Weezer and U2, as each of those two acts has also accrued eight leaders on the list. Prior to this latest win, the duo was tied with Imagine Dragons on the all-time roster, but now the ranking has shifted, at least for the time being. The Black Keys still have a way to go before matching the all-time record, which is held by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That band has collected 15 champions on the Alternative Airplay chart. Between the Los Angeles hometown heroes and The Black Keys come Cage the Elephant, Green Day, and Linkin Park with 13 No. 1s each, Foo Fighters with 12, and Twenty One Pilots with 11 chart-toppers. The Black Keys have been on a winning streak lately. Before "The Night Before," the group landed its most recent No. 1 on the Alternative Airplay chart about a year ago, when "Beautiful People (Stay High)" spent two frames in charge in the spring of 2024. The outfit first reached the summit of the radio roster back in 2010, when "Tighten Up" ran the show. That single would go on to become one of The Black Keys' most successful tracks, spending 48 weeks on the Alternative Airplay tally — the most among any of the band's tunes.
