lol, yes. and i had completely forgotten abt that
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
Santa Barbara is *way* farther south
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
LMBO at Carpiteria, still not sure if that was a troll post or not, well done.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
i know, just trying to be "california completist" if quincie is considering other parts xpost
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Can't believe no one has suggested Lodi yet
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
Take it to the CCR thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Sure thing josh in CHICAGO
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
Would you prefer Josh in Chico?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
nobody wants to live in Chico
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
oh wait sorry I was thinking of Chino
Chico's not so bad
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
https://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2019/01/GettyImages-1047605856-920x584.jpg"Chiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnooooooo ... "
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
yknow where is really poppinHercules
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
Chico is full of idiotic beer pong loving college drunks
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:54 (four years ago) link
or might i suggest ~flourish~Clearlake
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:55 (four years ago) link
quincie do you like meth, perchance?
lol beer pong
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
Oh dear, spouse talked to some tech bro and now wants to add RENO to the mix??? Wtf??? How did we get from NoCa to RENO?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
Hemet is where it's at ... or Turlock
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, August 28, 2019 8:55 PM (yesterday)
If she does, I would really like to give a shout out to Bakersfield!
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Oh dear, spouse talked to some tech bro
I've found the problem.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Reno pros: cheap, close to Tahoe, "under the radar cool"Or so I hear. Friends move there and people nod and say "yeah Reno is actually supposed to be pretty cool." idk
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
I am not moving to fucking reno
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Ned otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
"Dude, and each year, Burning Man is RIGHT THERE."
"Wow, you've sold me."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
Yeah well for better or for worse spouse is a tech bro so we do need to go somewhere where he can do that. I figure we will both end up working at Kaiser.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
On cursory inspection, Santa Cruz looks like Coney Island?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
I figure we will both end up working at Kaiser.
headquarters in Oakland, represent!
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Does coney island have redwoods? Locals dont generally bother w the boardwalk
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Santa Cruz is pretty small and it's two most notable features are probably the university and the boardwalk. But essentially it's a small beach town (with all that that implies) on the edge of a redwood forest.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
xp - hey, we fucked w/the boardwalk on $2 Tuesdays! ... Santa Cruz was more scruffy boho prior to the earthquake in 1989. It's gotten way more bougie since the extensive earthquake damage allowed developers to gentrify the fuck out of it. One of the best used record/books stores, Logos, that I remember from my teen years, closed in the past few years ...
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
I went to school there so would never call myself a "local" (altho DJI can def claim that)
I have many records that still have the LOGOS price sticker stamped on them
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
same here! some of them I sold last year for at least what I paid for them ... so many $3 punk and new wave records ...
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
We was ridin high til the '89 quake Hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall Like a wrecking ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ujuoo9VbA
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
I have no knowledge of pre-earthquake SC. I guess downtown is more bougie, but the overall city itself still seems to have that weird insular bubble vibe college towns sometimes have - still a mix of hippie burnouts, students/academia, surfers, retirees, and weirdos
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
way better vibrant music scene than their used to be, as well
Reno is fine to visit but idk abt living there
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Camper Van Beethoven would like to have a word with you.
Here's a good history of the UC Santa Cruz banana slug mascot:
https://www.ucsc.edu/about/mascot.html
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
*cough* I think I trust the guy who lives within driving distance of Santa Cruz and is actively involved in music to be able to say how the scene's been doing in comparison to recent years -- like, say, this century. You know?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
It was a joke. You know?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Oh I’m a huge CVB dork. Of course they were done by the time i got there. I did see Cracker’s very first show ever at the Catalyst in SC though. They covered Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
But when I was there there was nowhere for small bands to play (or even rehearse), one local label in operation, and maybe a half-dozen (non-hippie) bands trying to play house parties and random breweries and shit. The Fucking Champs were the biggest thing going.
There’s way more going on now afaict
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Maybe you're forgetting about my band from high school? Stigmata?
― DJI, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
I think the (((Folk Yeah!))) guy has been a godsend to the area, he's booked a bunch of stuff in SC. There's a metal scene, there's psych stuff, we recently did a show with a great singer-songwriter type guy from down there. There's two major places for smaller, independent music that opened up since I left (Moe's Alley and the Abbey), etc. There's an actual recording studio at UCSC's Music Center that did not exist when I went there (I did get in there a couple years later when they were initially setting it up). It's very different now.
When I went there touring bands did *not* come through Santa Cruz - with the exception of boomer bands coming through the Catalyst and the odd "secret" Neil Young show - and shows by local bands were generally tiny, illegal, and sparsely attended. One time I saw the Melvins at a (now defunct) brewery, that felt like a big deal.
lol DJI xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
I always thought it was crazy that there would be a university and no on-campus venue or resources for live music, but that's the way it was then.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
I saw Nirvana open for Dinosaur Jr at the Catalyst in 1991
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
yeah that was just before I got there
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
the Catalyst was really the only game in town at the time
Reno is shitty, trust me.
― akm, Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
I'd live in santa cruz if I didn't have to commute to SF.
― akm, Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
Are there IT operations jobs plentiful in SC? No way would spouse be up for an SF commute (nor would I, but my options are more flexible, plus they will all pay fairly shitty regardless).
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link