Category Archives: sf moma

either having to do with the museum on third street or a lady who lives in sf

THE BHUTAN DOWN MIND OF SAMSON KOLETKAR

BLUF bottom line up front: I would find the money to produce this in Palo Alto, at the Cubberley, for the HRC or one of its initiatives — and it only took me 10 years to think of this — … Continue reading

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The Last Californian

more to come      

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Henry Plotnick (Field 5) at 4

Henry Plotnick the teen minimalist composer does a live mic at 4 today at KZSU Stanford, 90.1 on the terrestial radio dial but since I can literally see the station out my window — well, I can see Hoover Tower … Continue reading

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Satchmo under the Geary

I’m working past thinking of “Satchmo at the Waldorf” as a take-down of both Louis Armstrong and his agent Joe Glaser. It starts with the Satchmo character admitting that he just crapped his pants, literally. The big revelation is  not … Continue reading

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Clay wheels

Palo Alto has a new bike shop, Shinola on Hamilton 261, although new is a relative term since the whole concept is retro. Sky the bike guru (who came to the company four years ago, she says, after ten years … Continue reading

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Welcome home The Lofts at SodoSoPa!

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Bitch, I’m Johanson

  I have merging two items, one about the damage to the Chris Johanson mural on Cali Ave in Palo Alto, the second, about a despute 35 miles north regarding proposed public art near Mission district BART, because the headline … Continue reading

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Ann Packer and Superchunk: precision author

I ran into Nancy Packer the other day; she was taking out the trash and I was leaving my parents’ building via the back door. I always get a little kick talking to this very wise women. She is the … Continue reading

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Brodie Jenkins as The Cathedrals / 2 at le Poisson in NYC

Hats off to Yoshi Kato for his preview of Live 105 BFD, in the Palo Alto Weekly, for focusing on Cathedrals, which is a two-person rock band electronica featuring Brodie Jenkins and Johnny Hwin. Best music news story I’ve seen … Continue reading

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Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, Tracy Chapman says

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