Sacramento C/D, S/D.

other than that, never been there.

Places to see bands: Old Ironsides (I saw Neil Hamburger's very first public performance ever here, talent is booked by KEVIN SECONDS!!!). The Cattle Club may still have shows? There's like an old movie theatre that has shows... The Capitol Theatre or something.

Record stores: there's RECORDS which gained fame/infamy for being used in the cover of DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing". Dimple Records is okay... There are quite a few House/Techno/DJ shops if that's your specialty. Also, Mordam does their distribution out of Sacramento so it's easy to find stuff out of that axis.

One of the better sushi bars in the bay area is downtown, name provided upon request.

Bands that left SACTO for NYC: !!!/Outhud

Hmmm, I'll think of more eventually.

oh the river is cool.

it gets fucking hot there though.

Espresso Metro

Davis (about 20 min drive down I-5) is at least tolerable.

It gets up to 115 degrees where we live now.

I've been there. They have a cute cat + weird employees.

Hi! I'm in a meeting!!!

http://agenbyte.com/images/sac/Dscn0322.jpgthis is where we shopped. it's all very californian isn't it? It's 400 degress in these pictures.

dunno about the blatz thing. How do you know all this Norh Bay punk? I thought you were British, roxy?

It's Marie the bass player, we used to be roommates.

-- gygax! (gygax0...), July 21st, 2004 1:06 PM. (gygax!)

i'm leaving in one hour! yaw! i'm wearing flip-flops, shorts and a t-shirt, it's gonna be 95 in the shade.

Losing was a blow, but she remembers telling people the night of the election: "We lost, but I'm in a really good mood because we started a movement. We galvanized a movement. We really kind of won."

chez pannise is overrated.

gygax! at Tonevendor, where everything is guaranteed to be 200% more twee.

JC: woah: should i sell all my monoshock/blackjack records?

Since this has gotten all east bay, does anyone know of any practice spaces in downtown oakland?

east bay practice spaces are plentiful, get thee to craigslist.

http://tspauld.blogspot.com/

nice pictures here too

4 hours of free time to kill here tomorrow. Any suggestions? Food?

I've been once before but it's just a blurry boring memory in my head.

Capitol Garage on 15th and K - yummo sandwiches (I miss their old location tho')
Streets of London pub, 18th and J - killer fish and chips, good for a pint and some soccer
Nationwide Meats, 19th & H - best burgers in town. no frills, looks like a converted bank
Suzie Burger, 28th and P - next best thing to In N Out Burger. good burgers.
Corti Brothers, 59th and Folsom Blvd - best deli sandwiches in town. crazy good.
Gunther's Icecream, 2801 Franklin Blvd - yum yum YUM

The Beat, 17th and J st - big record store, new and used, lots to pick through.
Beer's Books, 9th and S - like a book version of the Beat. Can spend days in here.

Thanks vegemite! I will probably go to Nationwide tomorrow and maybe Gunther's.

I walked past Streets of London and The Beat in search of take-out. They both looked cool. Very lovely weather, a great evening to wander around.

OLD SAC!!

(i liked the little hole-in-the-wall indonesian restaurant in Old Sac, if it's food that you're looking for.)

We went to Nationwide and then walked to Old Sac (which is great in the Disneyland-sense) and slept on benches by the river while a bunch of kids made a youtube rap video. Later in the day I saw Arnold. Conclusion: Sac-town is def good for a day of fun.

Other thoughts: Governor's Mansion is pretty, Crest theater might have the greatest theater sign I've ever seen, just gorgeous.

yeah, Old Sac is a tourist trap ... but then again, i am fond of tourist traps and the attendant cheesiness and crass profiteering (i also enjoyed SF's Fisherman's Wharf). i really liked the Railroad Museum and the restored Old West buildings there, too.

i only spent one day in Sacramento, so i can't really judge the town too much. but being used to crappy East Coast capitol cities (like Trenton, NJ and Albany, NY), it was a nice surprise that Sacramento was actually pretty nice and interesting.

Staying downtown for a few days because my wife is running the marathon.

Dud was trying to drive to our hotel between the afternoon and evening shows by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the King’s arena. Took 45 minutes to get halfway around the block.

Classic was Binchoyaki, the izakaya we went to which was awesome. Yakitori, ramen, all good.

i love Binchoyaki! Taiwan Best Mart across the street has great lunch boxes & tons of good housemade frozen stuff, great DUMPLINGS! but they dont always carry them

The menu at Binchoyaki had so much good stuff.

Any record stores you would recommend near the capitol?

try these -
rocket records on 24th and J st
kicksville on 9th and T st
mediumrare at 11th and R st

i havent been to mediumrare but the other two are pretty decent!

Thanks, VG!

happy hunting!

Beers Books on S St. is well worth the stop if you want to unwind in a used book store.

otm, beers rules

We went to Kicksville and to Beers Books. Both were great! I got Miles Davis’ Water Babies and PKD’s Valis. We went to Bottle and Barlow, which was kind of a hard drinking millennial bar. It was a really fun evening.

TIL that Sam’s Hoffbrau on Watt burned down last February :-(

Someone told me Scott Miller had a crush on me. I wasn't sure if they were joking or not.

Sacramento
These base feet offend your ground
I have let your people down

xpost yeah they just announed permanent closure. very sad. sams ruled

https://news.yahoo.com/sam-hof-brau-permanently-closes-225133295.html