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I'm going to be visiting there from November 7 through the 20th. Give me some exciting things to see and do, aside from spending lots of cash of Amoeba. (Someone I know said that you could walk into Amoeba and spend your life savings on records within the span of hours, 'cos it's _that_ good of a record store. Is this true??) I was planning to go to the Paul St. Hilaire + Scion concert - any other gigs worth seeing, especially in an experimental music vein? Also, what are some good techno/microhouse club nights to hit?

― T, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

keep an eye on yr heart.
there's some nimble fingers in ol' frisco by the sea

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Go to a "sauna"

― Skottie, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

drum circles

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

San Francisco and what to do in it

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

(yes, it's true)

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i think i'm gonna be at that Tikiman show. my buddy's gonna be up here from LA for his birthday, so maybe not?

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm thinking of coming to the Bay Area in the first half of December, maybe.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I am rarely tempted by Ameoba, actually. Portland has cheaper CD shops and no sales tax. It's kinda taken all the fun out of CD shopping in other towns.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Vote in the mayoral elections!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

get gygax! to take you to dinner.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

No, you want an Olde San Francisco steak house!

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― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

take you to dinner, not make you dinner.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Take the cable car to Fisherman's Wharf. It's S.F.'s best-kept secret. Only the locals do it.

― Skottie, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

If you look carefully, you might just be able to make out Coit Tower, but keep that on the DL.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Laugh at the Yuerba Buena Truck

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 08:11 (twenty-two years ago)

go to Aquarius Records, I like it better than Amoeba anyway.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 08:12 (twenty-two years ago)

me too

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)

HI DERE

― Amazing Randy (Amazing Randy), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you have something more to say?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)

And be sure and look at that Doobie Brothers building. It's crazy!

― Skottie, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Is it really necessary for Rasputin's to employ someone to sit on a little chair inside their elevator and push the buttons for all of their customers?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

they are keeping those indie rascals off the street. be thankful.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of elevator people, the building where I am working now has a concierge who, when he sees me open the front door, calls an elevator for me, pushes the button for my floor (It could be any of 10 but he remembers!), holds the door open, and gives me a friendly pat on the shoulder every time I enter. I shouldn't love it so much, but I do.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it really necessary for Rasputin's to employ someone to sit on a little chair inside their elevator and push the buttons for all of their customers?

only if he's listening to undie CDRs (or is a possible anticon member), eating a burrito, and kicking boxes of used cds off at every stop.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

do you tip him? you're supposed to tip in the US, you cheap limey.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

'Fancy'!

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

do you tip him? you're supposed to tip in the US, you cheap limey.

Oh kyle, I'm sure the pay the man a decent enough wage. ;)

'Fancy'!

It really is though!

The Rasputin's elevator person today was a very pretty girl in a Belle & Sebastian shirt. Her choice of music: The Hives. On a PINK boom box!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

you're a married man, stay away from those record-hawking sirens

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

But I needed to get to Used Electronica!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

The pink boom box is always there no matter who's manning the elevators. No one employee stays in there all day; they take turns (yes, I asked.)

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

You ruined my fun! ;)

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I have to say that these days, from time to time, I *gulp* miss SF quite a bit...

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

*Resists the urge to invoke Tony Bennett*

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

(you have no idea).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i get so claustrophobic in that pizza smelling elevator. you don't know how often i go in there and leave w/sweaty palms and forehead

adam, write me back!

― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 23 January 2004 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I miss it so much I'm going this weekend.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 23 January 2004 08:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm officially visiting (as in just purchased the plane tickets) from March 4-13. A FAP will be in order, I'm sure.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 January 2004 09:03 (twenty-two years ago)

can't you wait two weeks luna?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 23 January 2004 09:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I might actually be in SF early March one of those weekends...hm!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

JaXoN - I got your email, sorry, has been a bit busy. Formulating an answer right now!

A potential Ned/Jaymc FAP is a very interesting proposition...

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 23 January 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

go and see the sealions. They are brilliant.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 23 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I could, but I'm going this weekend anyway.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 23 January 2004 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

It's gonna rain tonight and tomorrow. :-(

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 23 January 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm leaving for my trip on Friday. Any last minute recommendations? I'll be staying with my sis who lives on Gough St. near Market., so anything to see/do/eat within walking distance of their would be extra appreciated. I'll have a car for at least one day in town, so if there's something a little further afield that is worth checking out I'm up for it.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 January 2004 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Gough and Market...I don't know that part of town. Go and walk through The Mission or The Tenderloin. Eat a burrito. Gawk at strip clubs and their patrons.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The bottom of Gough at Market is right near the beginning of Valencia, so walking to the Mission is a good idea.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Gough and Market is right by Hayes valley, cute boutiques for GIRLZ and nice little restaurants (Absinthe, expensive; Fritz, cheap)

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Fritz, cheap

Good fries!

― Aja (aja), Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

If you are under the 30 the smart thing to do in SF is drugs!

― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:35 (twenty-two years ago)

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― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:27 (seventeen years ago)

any east bayers or san franciscans going to APE (alternative press expo) the weekend after next?

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 03:12 (seventeen years ago)

My wife was executive chef at Bar Tartine for a little while (before she got way too pregnant)! I hear the new chef is really good.

― schwantz, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.zodiackiller.com/images/mikado1.gif

― and what, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

"any east bayers or san franciscans going to APE (alternative press expo) the weekend after next?"

I am probably going.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

Mos Def is in the process of moving to SF to be closer to his new boo.

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 20:47 (seventeen years ago)

Congrats, Steve!

― Michael White, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

lol

― my sweet coconut (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:03 (seventeen years ago)

Wow. That Zodiac Killer note is creepy as hell.

Bar Jules in Hayes Valley is pretty great, too

― psychgawsple, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:16 (seventeen years ago)

have to appreciate the creativity of the salt beef thing

― akm, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:30 (seventeen years ago)

Guys, Zuni is so awesome

― gabbneb, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

Out of the blue.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:31 (seventeen years ago)

-- tipsyneb

― gabbneb, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:33 (seventeen years ago)

― Michael White, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)

lolz, saw mos def on haight street buying vintage clothing

― jaxon, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:09 (seventeen years ago)

i would very much like to visit SF some time

― my other son is a zamboni (gbx), Friday, 24 October 2008 23:14 (seventeen years ago)

anyone going to the special screening of ghost world in berkeley tonight? dan clowes is giving a talk and signing books.

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 26 October 2008 23:35 (seventeen years ago)

not having seen this movie since it first came out - and also having a terrible memory for storylines - i'd forgotten how funny this film is.

clowes did a q&a, the highlights being these:
girl: "so what does the ending mean, when she gets on the bus?"
clowes: "i don't think i should have to tell you that" (paraphrased)

girl (sounding oh-so-clever): "so what is the significance of 'enid' as an anagram of 'daniel'?"
clowes: "there is none. it's like those literary devices that people impose on fiction that were never actually put there by the author" (paraphrased)

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:05 (seventeen years ago)

Berkeley

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

You should have asked him what he thought about Art School Confidential.

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

"it's like those literary devices that people impose on fiction that were never actually put there by the author"

Damn you literary critics!

― Alex in SF, Monday, 27 October 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

"You should have asked him what he thought about Art School Confidential."

He shouldn't have to tell you that.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 27 October 2008 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

What a cranky-pants.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 27 October 2008 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

gah I didn't know about this, would have gone.

― akm, Monday, 27 October 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

Art School Confidential is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 27 October 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

i don't remember a single thing about it so it can't have been that bad

― akm, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 00:15 (seventeen years ago)

Bar Crudo is fucking excellent. my rich accountant friend took me there a bit more than a month ago. the raw Hama Hama were the best food i have ever tasted.

― the table is the table, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 00:23 (seventeen years ago)

also went to Cafe Claude with my parents three weeks ago, and was pleasantly surprised. though the atmosphere was a bit much for me, my Coq au Vin was amazing.

― the table is the table, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 00:27 (seventeen years ago)

Gary Danko - OMG

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 05:34 (seventeen years ago)

gary danko - MEH

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)

if I had the money you can bet I'd be taking a zeppelin ride:

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― akm, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

LOL, relax Steve, I went to in 'n out too

― gabbneb, Thursday, 30 October 2008 05:25 (seventeen years ago)

after I did the angel island perimeter road

― gabbneb, Thursday, 30 October 2008 05:26 (seventeen years ago)

alex, did you make it to APE?

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 2 November 2008 03:03 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't (it was/is out gross outside.) Did you?

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 2 November 2008 05:04 (seventeen years ago)

yes! it was pretty great. we got the huge kramers ergot 7 book, with the letterpressed print, and got 13 of the contributors to sign both the book and the print. matt groening signed it! also got about 15 books signed by chris ware, plus kevin huizenga (sp?) signed a bunch of stuff for us. we spent waaaay too much $$$.

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 2 November 2008 05:09 (seventeen years ago)

graphic novels/comics aren't really my thing, more my boyfriend's thing, but there was some really cool artists there, like alex pardee and skinner.

― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 2 November 2008 05:10 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

Will be in town tonight through Sunday. I know I'm seeing a band with my sis and some friends of hers tomorrow night, beyond that it's kinda open.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 March 2009 16:14 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Hoping someone (MWhite? lurkers? anyone?) would be able to give me some pointers w/r/t to Chico, CA.

Searched the archives and found lol this:
women who hate men

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:31 (fifteen years ago)

me: have you ever been to Chico, CA?
[my accountant]: yes
me: what is there to do?
[my accountant]: smoke out

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

The one guy I know who is from Chico pretty much did nothing there other than smoke pot and get drunk.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, everyone I know who has spent time in Chico - smoke pot & get drunk are what there is to do there.

― sarahel, Monday, 14 June 2010 22:40 (fifteen years ago)

I know nothing about it apart from its party reputation. I think someone I went to high school with ended up stranded up there.

― If the US had a dictator we'd call him coach (Michael White), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:40 (fifteen years ago)

I went to a rad empty-nest party in Chico once. Punks all over with cheap twelvers, screwing in the bathroom... no a stick of furniture in the pad. I say CLASSIC.
― andy --, Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:49 AM (5 years ago)

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/It%27s_Chico_Time.jpg/200px-It%27s_Chico_Time.jpg

― Not the real Village People, Monday, 14 June 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)

yeah smoke weed and do nothing otm

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)

So far I've collected via IM:

Sierra Nevada Brewery
Bidwell Park (either at dawn/dusk)
Sacramento River
Almonds & Walnuts/Farmers Markets
There is an 18 year old girl from Yokohama who throws the knuckleball as a starter for the Chico AAAA team ww

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

what kinda pointers? my sis lives there and i visit frequently. Duffy's is a cool dive bar. Chronic Tacos rocks! the farmer's market is incredible. there's music at a lot of the bars, but only a couple actual clubs (eg the Fillmore in sf). the "record stores" there are among the worst stocked i've ever seen.
Bidwell is lover-ly. and yeah, i didn't know that knuckleballer made the team

― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

thanks OM, any sort of sightseeing is handy. i'll be racing but when I'm not racing I'd like to do a bit of exploring (non-smoke/drinking unfortunately).

Food, parks, activities unique to Chico, etc.?

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

Chico is kinda boring, no doubt, but i guess the park could use some clarification. there's two parts to Bidwell Park. lower park is full of trails and trees like you would expect. Upper is where the creek is and it's a GREAT time of year for that. for example at Brown's Hole there's a huge rock (40 ft. high?) to jump into the pool.

― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 02:09 (fifteen years ago)

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