The Entroporium

I wonder whether this sort of thing is good for tourism. Either you praise San Francisco for its humorous artistic heart or Run For Your Life and Never Come Back! In any case, what I would have given to see the reactions of the people in The Apple Store. More coverage: Laughing Squid » Zombies [...]

San Francisco, April 1906 From today’s New Orleans Times-Picayune: Brooks and his unit came to New Orleans not long after serving a year of combat duty in Iraq, taking on gunfire and bombs, while losing comrades with regularity. Still, the scene at the Convention Center, where they conducted an evacuation this week, left him shell-shocked. [...]

Two different friends went to see Beck at the Civic Auditorium on Tuesday, and neither of them left as happy customers. “Too contrived,” hissed Darin. Both agreed that the sound sucked. (Somewhere Bill Graham rolls around in his grave knowing that that horrible concrete pit bears his name.) Perhaps Darin & Veronica would have been [...]

Daryl and Tom got me to go to see Hot Tuna Friday night. (I’m embarrassed just TYPING that band name. Ranks among the dumbest all time.) You know…I figured Jorma and Jack … two legends ……….. whatever. The first set was acoustic. I did all I could to remain upright holding out hope the second half would justify my attendance. It didn’t.

Now I know what I’ve been missing in life! I need more bands with jugglers! More bands with camel puppets! More bands with moshing nursery school kids! This puts a whole new positive spin on Spinal Tap opening for a puppet show. The Sippy Cups – I Wanna Be Elated(video/quicktime Object) The Sippy Cups – [...]

If you’re in SF, here’s a good possibility for your Saturday night. This is a benefit for my Burning Man camp. (I always have to hesitate before I type something like that.)

I’m pleased to announce that Ruby did not see her shadow because I distracted her into looking at me. Happy Groundhog Day!

I took Ruby out for a walk at 7:30 this morning when a white pit bull without a collar came trotting towards us. It acted friendly and wagged its tail, but my dog is skittish and I didn’t want to find out the hard way that it might be aggressive. We ran into our house [...]