San Francisco and what to do in it

On a different note:

https://sf.curbed.com/2020/1/3/21030045/san-francisco-sf-fixed-problems-ideas-solutions-help

hey I know that guy

kmc otm. k@r@ sw1sh3r can fuck right off.

let me amend that: almost everyone quoted who failed to even mention prop 13 in passing can fuck right off.

it's amazing to me that as this state has become completely blue that Prop 13 repeal is - still! - never on the table

so much so that people engaged to bloviate about housing seem to forget it even exists! "what's water" etc etc... but it's maddening and kmc has been one of the few clear voices on this over the past 10 years or so. how she found an outlet at techcrunch of all places is also a mystery to me.

Robobarista made me irrationally angry. So happy to see it die.

another one down
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Zume-pizza-delivery-laying-off-employees-14965536.php

another SoftBank Vision Fund victim

We're gonna need a UBI for laid-off robots.

remind me on January 19th though.

how about a few days early

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EItT1YWU8AAtih2?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

really nice poster

whoah
https://brokeassstuart.com/2020/01/22/lennon-studios-is-being-sold-for-millions/

Surprised it survived this long but still a major loss. Amnesia is closing soon, too. Unclear what will become of the new space.

Amnesia I don't care so much about - I knew the previous owners and assumed it was a zombie space as soon as they packed up with their kid to "spend a year in Mexico" (they never came back)

Lennon we patronized way back when and definitely found useful, but it was kind of hard going and inconvenient. Secret Studios and Lightrail are both way better.

Amnesia also looks like its keeping its liquor+ performance license so they're probably just looking for new owners.

uh Director of Public Works arrested by the FBI?!

Shakey Mo nominated to take over; free drinks for everyone.

I mean this 2011 piece makes it sound like he should have been out a long long time back

http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2996/herrera-slams-lee-for-nuru-appointment/

I see Willie Brown around my office all the time (he lives next door), maybe I'll ask him about it lol

always been curious about this place but never been/played there because of all the awful stories about the owner: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13874540/brick-mortar-music-hall-ousts-controversial-co-owner-signs-ten-year-lease

Tickets for recombinant festival at gray area featuring Fennesz just went on sale

Damn. Haven't seen him here since the big MEGO supergroup (fennesz, PITA, Jim O'Rourke) tour at The Independent (The Kennel Club?)

cool, how about you just go away and die: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Twitter-Jack-Dorsey-San-Francisco-remote-work-15047758.php

Would be stoked if he/them would just pay their fair share of taxes.

But he's probably pissed he can't be chauffeured down Market any longer.

would be stoked if he went away and died.

omg
https://missionlocal.org/2020/02/mohammed-nuru-investigation-mayor-london-breed-had-a-romantic-relationship-with-ousted-public-works-director/

London Breed always makes me think of the song Hatebreeders by the Misfits ...

Is it possible to be a mayor of a large city without being totally corrupt? Examples?

How do you define "large city"? Oakland has had some only semi-corrupt mayors, but in my mind, it is a mid-size city. One could argue, however, that San Francisco is also not a large city. Fortunately gabbneb no longer posts here.

seems like the most you can expect is for mayors to be corrupt in ways that benefit the right people (ie not the rich and powerful)

expect? maybe "hope for"

Willie Brown set the bar pretty high re: corrupt SF mayors -- like, a good test of exceptional corruption would be: Is the current mayor even more corrupt than Willie Brown?

nah, that's a high bar

let's not forgot Governor American Psycho's publicly-financed drunken extra-marital affair with his campaign manager

it's a rich tapestry over here

I totally have mixed feelings that he is actually not that awful as a Governor.

let's not forgot Governor American Psycho's publicly-financed drunken extra-marital affair with his campaign manager

Governor American Psycho's public health crusade as mayor which ended up consisting of banning the sale of cigarettes at SF Walgreens stores was a real feather in his cap.

This is fucking maddening: https://missionlocal.org/2020/02/mohammed-nuru-investigation-the-555-fulton-project-disappeared-off-the-citys-computer-system-heres-how-that-happened/

I've been thinking of renovating, but the YEAR-long wait for a permit is a major obstacle. Turns out I need to hire an "expediter." Grrrr.

...Grrrr.

― DJI, Monday, February 17, 2020

for starters

Haha actually the SF Building and planning department is fairly pleasant to wait in compared to Oakland! I am kinda sorta an expediter’s assistant

hello SF ilxors.

i'll be here tomorrow through early next week. will be staying in SF but would like to make it out to oakland and possibly berkeley. any tips on fun things happening would be appreciated. DJ nights / shows / film screenings / record fairs / farmers markets / whatever.

what RECORD STORES do i need to go to?

also wouldn't mind tips on:

oysters
DUMPLINGS!
cheap beer
good movie theatres (all purpose film snobbery encouraged)
mexican food / burritos
burmese food

thanks for anything you feel like sharing :)

Oakland is non-stop fun

I vote Swan's Oyster Depot. caveat: it is very old school, with no tables just a counter, cash only, and odd hours, like 8 - 5-ish. One of my absolute favorite places though. Crab Louie salad rules, so does the house cured salmon. and of course the oysters

good movie theatres (all purpose film snobbery encouraged)

the Castro: http://www.castrotheatre.com/

mexican food / burritos

El Metate, San Jalisco, Tonayense (truck only now, I think), Roosevelt Tamale Parlor

what RECORD STORES do i need to go to?

I'm not nearly as up on the scene as I used to be and things have contracted a bit, my go-tos are still Amoeba (on Haight) and 1-2-3-4 Go! (in the Mission). There's various other small curiosities but I'm not sure what they all specialize in. Groove Merchant is, miraculously, somehow still around but I tend not to go there much anymore given how overpriced they are (despite their generally good selection of jazz, reggae, funk, rap etc.)

record stores -- you want to go to Oakland/Berkeley

San Francisco is pretty and has great food, and has the occasional big deal event -- the Recombinant Fest is this weekend at Gray Area -- but pretty much most interesting cultural stuff has moved east to Oakland and Berkeley.