Dominique has another go at San Fran (Apr1-9)

why are you thinking of moving out here? job/school/woman

if you want to live in the mission or the haight or whatever, prepare to get raped.

i was looking at the city for a bit (still sort of am, though it makes no sense, given that i work in san mateo county every day) and if i remember right, the best prices are in the sunset.

outside the city where i'd actually live = oakland/berkeley or possibly daly city (probably not)

d, where are you moving from?

oakland's filled up and you have to sift through tons of sketchy places, but places are there. alameda, you can find places to rent if you can handle living within something out of a David Lynch movie every night.

see you then dleone, don't know of any shows that week but something might turn up

good neighborhood around berkeley =albany, just NW of berkeley.

good neighborhoods in oakland = piedmont (nice neighborhood w/ easy bart access, lots of good shopping + eating, arty cca students to hit on), around 60th street in oakland proper (good deals though a teeny bit sketchy, also you live under the freeway more or less)

rockridge (which is nearby piedmont and REALLY nice, both in fun + diverse and safe + comfy + pretty categories) used to be less expensive but now it's mad expensive. maybe you can still get a good price if you can find roommates.

adam to thread, i guess

alternately get a fixed-gear bike like all the trendy fules

I'm Steve Shasta, wakeboarder. Depending on a job, you may want to hold out on nailing down an area until you find out where you'll be working. Is it really worth it to spend $200/mo. on BART from the East/South Bay when you'll be working in SF vs. paying that (or less) rent for a comparable sized place in the city?

If you're reasonably young and single I'd recommend living in SF. I'm not sure about your timing, but there's always a pretty significant blip in the rental market around USF (NoPa, Western Addition, Upper/Lower Haight, Cole Valley, Parnassus Heights, Inner Richmond, Inner Sunset, Laurel Heights) circa May-June when school lets out.

Let's work this out, I'm Steve Shasta.

Steve

when i lived there i called it Upper Paha

berkeley is fine. it's only corny up by the campus. college kids should be set on fire. I live in north berkeley and it is expensive, but west berkeley is not, is only slightly sketchier, you can get a bigger place for cheaper, and it's right by the freeway, I'd recommend looking out there. Albany is expensive. Oakland is fine if you're planning only only living another six months, and have no posessions you hold dear.

Inner Sunset and Inner Richmond are really cool if you can afford them. I like the outer sunset but I love fog, hate the sun and like water, and I've also never lived there so my word probably means nothing.

Dude, it's not money, it's a pre-tax deduction. Whether it bumps him into a lower tax bracket is the key issue.

El Cerrito is alright. Actually it kind of sucks but Mod Lang moved there and they're getting a cool movie theatre. There is also a shooting range. What more do you need?

you shook, ain't no such things as halfway crooks ... take precaution, infamous laws enforcing, married to the mobb kid, take it and divorce it, cause ain't got no time for domestic disputes, if you scared get a dog, don't got a clique, then recruit.

I don't know anything about the city. I can tell you that I very much like the East Bay, it is good. All of the Bay Area seems overpriced to me, but I moved here from somewhere almost twice as expensive so I don't mind. I only find the East Bay as corny as I sometimes find SF a little pretentious. Choose your poison. I never go near Telegraph or the campus (never even been on the campus except for the PFA), so that side of Berkeley is quite alien to me. I live sort of South sort of West Berkeley. It's quite residential, even suburban in parts but the streets are far nicer and more interesting than a lot of the Outer Richmond, for example. I'm within 5-10 minutes walk of downtown and 2 BART stations (my commute into SF is 25 minutes) and I love my house (1bed bungalow). I pay a bit more than I'd like to for rent.

I have to say that I'm not too fond of either Albany or many parts of the South Bay. The former has some nice streets but feels a little bit cut off, even close to Solano. I'd move to Oakland or the USF catchment area that Mr Shasta mentioned if I wasn't in Berkeley. Actually, I suppose I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be here. Would you like my house?

xpost I'm not sure, but [ADAM AND I DO NOT GO TO THE SAME CHURCH]

in the morning, she discovered twelve baby roaches eating the mom under the glass, I learned about all this two minutes later via her hysterical phone call demanding that I leave work and help her start moving out that morning.

that 'wassup people' anecdote always killed me though, you're bleeding profusely enough to write letters on the wall, but what do you want to say? well, turns out you just want to say 'hi'

Love,
Steve Shasta, emerged wakeboarding legend

i remember visiting the lower haight (haight/fillmore), western addition (divis/hayes), and mission (mission/20th) in the early 90s and it was a much different climate. gun shots peppered throughout the night, fist fights everywhere, random aggression... you name it. way worse than sketchy parts of LA (where I lived at the time).

I think Drew has lived here (Bay Area) since 89... Milton since 92-93 (I think).

My friend who lived at Mission/20th (dos equis, mang) shared a 2BR for $400/mo in the early 90s. Two of the guys from Jawbreaker lived next door (I was a big fan, he hated them). This is after the earthquake + recession so things were pretty dismal. Most non-taqueria businesses shut down on Mission/Valencia around 9pm except for the Kilowatt, the Chameleon and the Albion. Good times.

no, and my practice space is in bayview. also I am under the impression that I am immortal.

The tenderloin & 6th @ Market are pretty safe, there's people on the streets 24 hours a day -- many unhinged, but you're never alone. South Mission (between South Van Ness and Portrero) can get a little sketchy sometimes but I've never felt unsafe walking through.

gah, this is one block from my house!

SF is far, far safer and less threatening than London.

Anyway, hopefully I find something.

I think it was because of the music, and plus I heart the ocean. but man.

anyway my question wasn't facetious, I thought maybe D. had a job lined up here. I love the bay area and for years could never imagine living anywhere else but lately I've been able to envision moving away with increasing clarity. But those are all baby related hangups. I think it's still a good area if you're single, don't have anything tying you down so you can move apartments easily, and have some disposable income.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

yo dawg. when can we hear new tunes?

also, how did lindstrom hook up w/yr stuff?

oh man, I was supposed to play yesterday, but that fell through, so I think next scheduled show isn't until September @ the Hemlock. You can hear new-ish stuff @ www.myspace.com/dominiqueleone for now (my actual website is really outdated at the moment :/ ). Or, if you download that ILX comp, one of my newer trax is one that.

I had originally asked Lindstrom about a remix, but somehow he liked my stuff, and wanted to release a record! so, the plan is late summer/early fall is a 12-inch w/remix (by Lindstrom vs Mungolian Jet Set) and a few other tunes, and soon after is CD on Feedelity. And then I will hopefully conquer the solar system.

hi.

dude, that's so exciting. congrats.

hi dom, congrats! what is this Mekanik Kommandoh (1973)i just downloaded. its way diff than MDK but has the same song titles and lengths?!

thanks ya'll!

chaki, MK is an alternate recording of MDK, and for my money, the better of the two. No brass, so it's a bit less of a "production" -- but like Wurdah Itah, everything is much clearer, and more emphasis is on the vocals. However, the MK that I have is just one long track, so if you've got one w/the tracks and the same lengths, I'm guessing either someone went to the trouble of separating everything, or they just mistagged an MDK.

thank you. i like it better too!

sweet that is awesome! i have only heard the track on the ilx comp but woah yay!!