― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Sunday, 6 July 2003 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Sunday, 6 July 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
don't forget Merritt's in oakland for good homestyle cooking... chicken and waffles is THE SHIT!m.
― msp, Monday, 7 July 2003 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
Hahaha! That's my (current, until September) hood, Jason. Frankly, that drum circle, or any drum circle I have thus far seen in my brief time in Berkeley, grate like stainless steel on gorgonzola. That said, there are some great swords, and some decent looking used stereo equipment, too (note to future self). The thai temple is key, though I'm not sure why they still serve tofu in the non-veggie section. Make the right choices, and the food is definitely worth it.
Also - the aforementioned comic shop by Mod Lang (British Indie Music? At Extortionate Prices? You should have seen the look on my face) is called Comic Relief.
I also discovered that you can buy a ticket at the UA theatre on Shattuck and just jump from screen to screen all day. That is, if you think The Hulk, Terminator 3, and Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle are even collectively worth $6. Much better, the Pacific Film Archive has an Aki Kaurismaki season at the moment-worth a look if Clarke or Stolenbus are into that kind of thing.
Anthony/Kyle - check your mail (in about ten minutes).
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 7 July 2003 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 01:58 (twenty years ago) link
i have no idea if you guys like america's favorite pasttime:
I wish I could say something original about Pac Bell Park, but I'm afraid I'm going to say what everybody else says: It's great. There aren't many beautiful ballparks in the major leagues, but I think Pac Bell just might qualify, especially when the Giants, in their classic cream-colored uniforms, are arrayed about the greensward.
My favorite place in the majors is a good seat at Fenway Park, but now I think my second-favorite place in baseball might be standing on the walkway beyond the right-field wall at Pac Bell, wondering if Barry Bonds is going to hit one over my head and into the water. It's something that every fan should experience at least once ... and the nice thing is, the cheapest ticket can get you there.-- Rob Neyer
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 8 August 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Saturday, 9 August 2003 04:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 August 2003 21:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Friday, 15 August 2003 04:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:23 (twenty years ago) link
if you have any questions, i can be reached here sporadically M-Th 7am-7pm and Fridays 8am-12noon.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 15 August 2003 05:04 (twenty years ago) link
first, you're working too much.
secondly, i'm telling elenor you're using work time for ILX
― JasonD (JasonD), Friday, 15 August 2003 05:07 (twenty years ago) link
but yeah, i miss you too babydoll. we should hook up (tomorrow?) for something. i still owe you a night out on the town for your bday. we can invite your wife or maybe not??!?!?!?!?!
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 15 August 2003 05:21 (twenty years ago) link
8/16 Hemlock - Neil Hamburger/Dr. El Suavo (Australia)8/18 Cafe Du Norde - M. Ward*8/20 Grandma's House, Oakland - Friends Forever, Healthy Healthy, Hale Zukas8/22 Bottom of the Hill - Las Ultrasonicas, Human Life Index, Viki, Mammal
*I will most definitely be at this show.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 15 August 2003 16:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Saturday, 16 August 2003 05:03 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Saturday, 16 August 2003 06:39 (twenty years ago) link
― stolenbus (stolenbus), Sunday, 17 August 2003 06:10 (twenty years ago) link
VVRSSNN SOFT DOLPHIN YARN LAZER in AUGUST:
AUGUST 17TH BALAZO GALLERY, 24th and mission, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 7:30 pm, $5 donation. w/ tenebre, windup bird (ALL AGES)
― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 17 August 2003 18:07 (twenty years ago) link
pet central 660 broadway @ grant - chinatown
walk all the way in to the store and down the stairs in the back to the lower level huge room of aquariums... the most bizarre collection of fish/aquatic life i've ever seen.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 22 August 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:40 (twenty years ago) link
the flower mart opens at 5am but that's for trade only. i think it opens for allcomers at 10am. (blame my XXGF for all this knowledge). cut out the middleman spence.
6th st. btw. bryant/brannan.
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:47 (twenty years ago) link
but I bet gygax knows, he seems like the romantic type.
(x-post!)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:49 (twenty years ago) link
and thanks gygax!
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:51 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
I get this image of Spencer using a Peter Saville lecture as the equivalent of a Barry White album.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 00:00 (twenty years ago) link
hahahahaha!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 00:01 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 00:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 00:08 (twenty years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 02:51 (twenty years ago) link
― svend (svend), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 04:08 (twenty years ago) link
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― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:50 (twenty years ago) link
"East Bay: Thalassa (Dwight & Shattuck) Large scale bar with tons of hourly tables and one coin operated table on the outside patio area. Surprisingly good jukebox, big chairs and booths. Friday nights are all UC Berkeley kids, good or bad depending on your view, but everything is spread out enough that you won't be constantly running into people. Local hero quotient- n/a (hourly tables) The Mallard (San Pablo & Solano, roughly) Smaller two story bar, upstairs has hourly tables and a nice ambiance, downstairs is more like your local pub with coin tables. Great jukebox as well, several of my friends work there. Local hero quotient- n/a (hourly tables) The Mel-o-Dee (San Pablo in the shopping center just past Solano) Great old man bar, pool table gets put away around 9pm on Saturday nights for Kareoke. Other than yourself the youngest whipper snapper in the bar will be around 55-60. A Lookout! favorite it's the secret spot for hipsters in one night I was in the same room as members of Green Day, The Donnas, Bratmobile and Bikini Kill. Please note the velvet wall paper while you're there, and the drink specials are a good alternative to all of the fruity, slushy crap you get elsewhere. Local hero quotient- low The Hut (College Ave near Rockridge Bart) Good old fashioned college/skater semi dive bar, good food options in the neighborhood. 3 tables, two small, one large. Local hero quotient- moderate but beatable The Ruby Room (14th St and Jackson Downtown Oakland) Good and smokey, lots of KALX DJs spin there on the weekends, hipsters, but it's in Oakland so they aren't the SF style hipsters, much cooler. Local hero quotient- moderate to high, but they're not that good so you can play for awhile. San Francisco: The Pig and Whistle (Geary near Divisadero) Good for daytime/happy hour pool, lots of Irish and English blokes about after their Saturday Futbol matches adds interest. Local hero quotient- low unless you catch a renegade Irishman, then you're doomed. The Big Pool Hall Next Door to the Pig and Whistle a favorite haunt of local teens and such, really interesting crowd, be prepared to be the only "gwai lo". Friday night's it'll take you forever to get a table, but it's worth it just to people watch, put your name on the list and have a beer at the Pig and Whistle. Local hero quotient- n/a (hourly tables) Kennedy's (Columbus across from Bimbo's) Pretty much the perfect spot, and Irish pub with cheap, really good, Indian food, $2 Beamish and Guinness all the time. You'll pretty much drink and eat yourself silly until you can't get up the the pool table. Local hero quotient- low, everyone is usually too drunk to step up. Casanova: (16th & Valencia) only one table, but it's a good place to hang out and wait for your turn. DJs on the weekends, good jukebox otherwise. Local hero quotient- moderate, but mostly bridge and tunnel guys that had tables in their frat hall. Others: The Uptown (17th & Capp, SF) great dive bar for playing, cool crowd, but on occasion you'll get destroyed by a toothless Mexican who lives in the neighborhood. Waste of a dollar if you and a friend are just trying to hang out and have a fun time. The Albion and Kilowatt (16th and Mission, SF) good but always crowded and full of random punkers with Napoleon complexes looking to vent their angst with our government on you at pool. The only saving grace is that there is a well dressed 60 year old black man that hangs out there and is virtually unbeatable, great entertainment watching him destroy tough guys, hammered me down in my peak of pool playing performance by shooting in all but one ball off of the break, I got one shot and then it was over. Zeitgeist (14th & ?) [gygax! notes: Duboce] Huge patio, good food and great crowd, perfect for sunny Sunday afternoons because on nice days the pool table is pretty much ignored."
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
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― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:58 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link