San Francisco and what to do in it

like lolz you hang out with Ian Ziering etc

dude can party

hey guys, i land around 8pm tonight!

what are good record stores and thrift stores in the bay area? does anyone know about record stores and thrift stores in ARCATA??

Best record store is easily the Sam Goody's in Stonestown. They have a wicked killer cassingle section.

Folks seem to like Amoeba on Haight & Stanyan. The thrift stores are all totally picked over by the "vintage" places, tho.

Aquarius, and also Grooves.

pete are you buying vinyl? some guy myspaced me randomly and asked for recos. this is what i told him:

some good stores (besides amoeba, which is a behemoth) are

Grooves. on market and octavia. not the best 12" or even disco selection, but one of my fave stores. tons of 70s rock and weird stuff. the owner is an old fixture on the 60s/70s psych scene. did light shows for all the big clubs. he dances around stoned and tells great stories.

Open Mind. market at maybe church? prolly your best bet for cheap disco and 12"s.

Groove Merchant. THE beatdigger store. you'll pay for it though. amazing selection of jazz/soul/psych/disco, but really expensive.

Rooky Ricardos. Lower Haight near fillmore. great 7" selection. older gay white owner is really sweet and REALLY into soul.

all of the above except amoeba have listening stations.

also, sam goody

too bad the warehouse and tower went belly up :(....

okay someone fucking explain this

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/08/manta_ray_meets_tragic_end_on.php

should we blame chinatown?

hotel aquarium?

Julio Vasconcellos, a member of the Experience Project (an anonymous experience-based community)

lolz

When I got there, it was still alive and slowly dying -- just moving very slightly and less and less. Like a fish out of water.

wow

you seem to be focusing on the not-so-weird aspects of this story (SF bloggers are retarded schockah)

pete, here's a blog post on bay area punk/metal stores (besides aquarius)

http://prankrecords.blogspot.com/2008/04/punk-record-store-explosion-in-bay-area.html

We have arrived.

look out for lost manta rays!

go have dinner at the ritz carlton dining rooom and say hi to the cute waiter... ooooooh so cute

Delightful meetup and dinner with M. White last night. If anyone would like to meet for Marlins-Giants tomorrow or Wednesday, post here and I'll check tonight.

That was fun, Rock.

It was! And almost gossip-free.

And now I think I'm off to shop, nerd-style. (Borderlands, Isotope, maybe Aquarius, maybe Amoeba.)

just seen: 69 and companion shopping at Aquarius.

haaa, that's about when I was in there.

Wow, um, should I read through all 950 hidden messages?

I'll be in Tiburon over Xmas. Where can I escape to?

Will bookmark and dig through this thread for suggestions.

Take the ferry into the City, Kate.

http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Tiburon/tiburonsummerschedule2008.cfm

Oh yes, I certainly plan on doing that!

(Also, my brother said that I could borrow his car whenever I wanted, so I will be able to get out and about, even if my driving precludes pint-based activities.)

I'm not sure about the Blue and Gold ferries but on the Golden Gate Transit ferries between Sausalito and San Francisco, 'pint-based' activities can be found at the bar.

A boat with a bar on it... this sounds like my idea of heaven! Especially as I probably won't be allowed to drink around family. :-(

But wouldn't I have to drive to get to Sausalito from Tiburon?

(I am really quite scared of driving fullstop, as I have not done it in years, especially not on that side of the road.)

But then again, the Bay Area has good public transportation for an American city, doesn't it?

http://transit.511.org/schedules/index.aspx#m1=S&m2=bus&cid=GG

It looks like there's a limited service (Route 19) that takes you from Tiburon to Marin City and then you change to the Number 10 bus to go south.

i spend most of my time here sleeping

Don't you have a bar in Sausalito?

wow, looks like a bad accident in the bay bridge/treasure island tunnel. lots of smoke.

I'll be in town the weekend before thanksgiving -- where do I find out about shows?

The List

bwah...the comprehensive 'list'. like area 51. gotta love this town.

what's hardly strictly bluegrass like?

robert plant and allison krause are playing the first day this year, I'll be going. its in stern grove.

I'm playing the Hotel Utah in SF this friday night; a certain adamrl may be in attendance, and possibly a mr. raggett.

oh and i guess hardly strictly bluegrass is in ggp now, it used to be in stern grove, didn't it? i don't remember.

i am in Stockton until Halloween at least ... an hour-and-a-half away. if anyone cares.

akm, HSB is in Golden Gate Park where it's always been.

Funny that Messrs Raggett and adamrl will be here Friday since I will be in L.A.

i don't think ned's coming up here this week anymore. i think it's october now?

bah on him!

HSB is awesome! Its free, its in the park, and there are always at least a handful of cool performers at any given time - Will Oldham and Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, etc

where in the park is it?

It's the first time in GGP, right? I'm not sure the exact stage locations have been announced.

No, it's always in GGP.

I had dinner in LA next to RPlant and AKraus a few months ago and they said they are pretty excited about it.

No wait I'm wrong. I have no idea what I'm thinking of. This is last years map:

http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2007/HSB7_map.pdf