San Francisco and what to do in it

it looks like there's just one support act and it says it starts at 8pm, should be over before BART stops running

This is undoubtedly my favourite show at the moment! Fucking love this show!

ok so a few days ago one of my co-workers e-mailed all her fellow co-workers in the office that live in the Mission (including me) asking if anyone had gotten one of these on their door:
https://pacificfeltfactory.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/door-hangers-3.jpg?w=640

these were apparently all over her block at 15th and Guerrero. (No one else had seen them). I didn't think much of it, beyond thinking that it was kind of a shitty thing to do to invade people's privacy with a more-or-less threatening message implying imminent arrest.

Later in the week, totally unrelated, my wife relates to me the continuing saga of our homeowner's associations conflicts with this artist collective that has moved into a live/work space adjacent to our building. Turns out they want to also host events, live music, public parties, etc. all while using our building's entrance/exit and courtyard. (Obviously we are not so happy about this, presents a security risk, among other things). And guess what - the artist who did this stupid doorhangar thing is part of this collective. Oh joy. I am all for art spaces and supporting artists and have been doing so for 20+ years in this city, but these people seem like jackasses.

Typical NIMBY haha.

Confused though. Artist collective is using ur building's space? Or are they part of your building? I can't imagine your insurer would be pleased in either case.

Door flyer thing seems like typical promotion crossed with post-9/11 paranoia. Don't see implied threat.

I know lol

when our development was purchased/built this old brick building (formerly a felt factory) was set aside and designated to be used by artists as a live/work space. The developer (as is typical with developers) took forever to get the place ready, didn't properly remove asbestos, etc. before finding a buyer for the space. The developer found a buyer, and the artists just moved in over the last few months. BUT they are not part of our HOA, they are separate. And so they have lots of different ideas about how they are allowed to operate, which are now being hashed out with our lawyers. For example, their building can only be accessed from the sidewalk through our building entrances. We initially had a bunch of robberies in our building for years, and went through a lot to secure our building - the prospect of the gallery allowing essentially random, unsupervised access to our building is not v attractive.

anyway

condo ownership, the joys of

Beats the alternative, but yeah I know feeling. :-/

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/14/san-francisco-immigrant-families-describe-hopelessness-after-eviction.html

live Kenneth Anger sdtk thing tonight in SF (I will be projecting the films):
https://www.facebook.com/events/882228311819538/

some year maybe i'll get to this

https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-san-francisco-silent-film-festival-2015

Fireworks still raises eyebrows/has a capacity to shock apparently

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pfft 4.0 I don't even get outta bed for that shit

lol

I was awake and typing and thought, "Man, I must be typing faster than usual, why is the desk wobbling?" It got clearer a bit after that.

A lamp fell over

I thought my cat was just scratching herself on the bed.

I was outside having coffee it felt pretty goddamn real. We were about 3 miles from epicenter.

kinda surprised at this, I mean they are *always* doing good business

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2015/09/03/fate-of-mission-districts-boogaloos-unknown-with-rent-increasing-to-17500/

hard to cover a 20K nut on pancakes and spud temples

Yeah issue isn't if they're doing well issue is three-fold rent increase.

How is that even legal?

No rent control on commercial.

Gutted, that was my only 'regular' place in SF

gay shame guys always doin good work imo:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COEwen5VEAAIbWi.jpg

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I see someone did the math in the comments to show that its the rent increase, and not the minimum wage increase for workers that is the main issue

Wow you read SFGate comments?

I mean good on you if you found a nugget of wisdom in there, but jeez just glancing at them usually turns my stomach.

wasn't aware that anyone suggested it was the min wage increase (which is not mentioned in the story)

sfgate comments are a cesspool, just like every other comments box

oh great, now people get $15 an hour and so i can't wait in line for two hours for a breakfast burrito MY LIFE IS SO HARD.

You can still do that at St Francis fountain, don't worry

http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2015/
head is spinning looking @ the lineup for HSB this year

I would go just for Jamey Johnson but the crowds are SO huge, I was miserable last time I went

I can't really imagine Big Star's Third translating well to a festival crowd performance

:( yeah it's crazy now on the weekend days.

yeah at first it was a cool thing to do with my family, now it's sort of oppressive - like you have to get there super-early, pick you're one spot/stage, and then never attempt to move until show is over

some marin dad in toe shoes tried to fight me once for stepping on his blanket during lyle lovett while his wife was hitting my joint smh

I keep forgetting I should probably post here more now. Hello.

yo

we should have a welcome-Ned-FAP

Wha? Didn't know about this... That sounds like a good idea. Welcome, Ned!

xxpost "marin dad in toe shoes" made me lol

he was so mad. i was like chill bro its lyle lovett jeeze.

Yeah I've been here since May and settling in as I do. Which amusingly enough has also meant regular writing published at both the Chronicle and the Weekly!

That's awesome. And I would def try to make it to a welcome fap if such a thing occurs

Well we kinda did aim for one in May but that was haphazard. Maybe we should just do a general Zeitgeist thing for the hell of it.

oh hi

HELLO