San Francisco and what to do in it

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.

pffft

ok, sorry, there are great cultural activities for children in San Francisco. I realize I am being adult-ist.

heh apology accepted

you know what is 100% awesome for kids in the east bay is this place: https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=8656

there's also that Bladium (?) place in Alameda that apparently now has awesome food for the kids' aging hipster parents that used to live in San Francisco ;)

I generally second everything already mentioned. Will also throw in:

* cheap beer: in this town? That said you could do way worse than to visit Toronado for the selection at least. Upcider for, indeed, cider and Whitechapel for gin are fun soaks.

* would love to know good DUMPLINGS! spots myself

* the Alamo Drafthouse is the Alamo Drafthouse but hey, it's my local, so.

* further to burritos, Cancun and La Corneta both do the job too.

* as for Burmese, Burma Superstar has kinda been ground zero for the frenzy but there must be more.

* and as for record stores, just visited Tunnel Records out near Ocean Beach on Taraval the other day -- mostly vinyl, some cassettes and a few books, bit of a rock/jazz split (plus lots of Dead tapes), not a bad deal but also a bit out of the way.

idk that place, I only go to Alameda for the pinball museum - and even that doesn't really draw me in anymore because we have (the superior, ie no cover charge) in SF https://www.yelp.com/biz/free-gold-watch-san-francisco

xp

a record store by the beach?! wtf will check out

Yeah it's been around for a couple of years, my sis likes it. They have their head on their shoulders; first thing I saw when I walked in was they had the debut issue of Maggot Brain available! (I let Mike M. know, of course)

https://tunnelrecordssf.com/

(Will add they sell no CDs and aren't interested in buying them from what I saw.)