[SFG-A] Sunday, Feb 10th: Benefit and Going-Away Party for LEYLA

[Tomas Diablo]

Strangelove presents:
A Benefit and Going-Away Party for LEYLA

with DJs
Tomas Diablo (Strangelove, Rock This Town)
Fernando (Assimilate, Shrine of Lilith)
Fact50 (Debauchery, Less Than Zero)
and Skip (New Wave City, Something)

SUNDAY, February 10th
7PM to 12 Midnight (early, so you can still get yer sleep)
at the Cat Club - Folsom at 8th, San Francisco
Suggested Donation: $10

Come down and show some support for a long-time member of the SF Goth  
community.  You may know Leyla from Twilight Zone, House of Usher,  
Roderick's Chamber, Assimilate, A Winter Gone By, Shrine of Lilith,  
Catacombs, Death Guild, Meat, or Strangelove.

For 12 years, Leyla has lived in the same apartment in Western  
Addition.  4 years ago, she accepted Jamahl as her roommate, and 2  
years ago Jamahl allowed his mother and brother to move in to his  
bedroom.  They lived there RENT FREE, and quickly destroyed the  
apartment and any semblance of peace.  The mother, a particularly  
nasty woman, would turn her speakers towards Leyla's wall and crank  
music, lock herself in the bathroom for hours if she knew Leyla had  
to go to work, and even PEED ON HER TOOTHBRUSH.  As master tenant,  
Leyla tried to have them evicted, but they claimed squatter's rights  
and wouldn't budge.

In November, Leyla was arrested for "Threat Crime" for saying she  
wanted to kill her rooommate's mother.  She spent 2 weeks in jail  
before friends could bail her out.  Leyla gave up her rent-controlled  
apartment, and friends moved all of her belongings into storage.  She  
has been broke and homeless ever since, and recently accepted a plea- 
bargain of "Attempted Threat" so she can finally move on.  She'll  
soon leave for the Mid-West to spend time with her ailing father (who  
is fighting cancer for the 3rd time).

We hope to raise $$$ for her to pay off bail debt and cover some  
travel expenses.  This will also be the last chance for many of us to  
wish her well.