12
Jun
"ICE melt in hell"
Fruitvale, Tuesday Night
3 min read
vibe reports
10
Jun
ICE CAN END, neither first nor last
The Mission, West Bay, Yesterday Evening
5 min read
05
Jun
Release party for "Unsolicited Drawings of Unsolicited Dick Pictures": An unsolicited report.
West Oakland, back in April.
2 min read
03
Jun
"Polar bear mixed with a cat" at Sultry Sessions, Grand, Wednesday
Every chair and couch cushion is filled by the singles, couples, and probably some throuples that have come out for
3 min read
26
May
A Brick Building at Ballhalla, West Bay, Week One
For the first Valkyrie game, my daughter and I took BART to Powell St, then followed a pathway of little
4 min read
26
May
Transit and T-shirt weather at Womb House Books, Temescal, Saturday
The bay area has adapted to the cold during what easterners call summer, and, Saturday at the Transit Books Fundraiser,
5 min read
24
May
Album release show at Tiny Telephone, West Oakland, Friday evening
The building looked like every building in that neighborhood (red brick and blocky warehouse lines) but had kept its anonymity,
4 min read
24
May
Tambor at Friday Nights at OMCA, Friday evening
What do they know of the Friday Nights at OMCA who only their kids know? CLR James made Kipling’s
3 min read
23
May
Lamb at the Oakland Greek Festival, up by the Mormon temple last weekend
“Greece” radiates meaning: classical Athenian, Socratic, hemlock-laced meaning that overwrites the real place, thumped out like club music and yachts
3 min read
21
May
Babies and regulars at Daytrip Counter, Temescal sometime last week or so
I was initially skeptical when they added “Counter” to the revamped version of the restaurant I already knew and loved:
2 min read