6/12/02 1:30 p.m.
A Juneteenth celebration rift with internal politics reminds me how hard it is to stay aware of those truths that lie just under what is presented daily to the public.

I feel like all my ethnic studies/American studies/history classes have slipped away from my consciousness, out of reach from my memory, and back into the relics of history. All that’s left are these intangible FEELINGS of distrust in what I read in the papers and a more cautious analysis of governments’ decisions.

So I look for ways to remember: progressive news sites, conversation, and these cultural events. We have to ritualize a remembrance in order for the history, and more importantly, the patterns, to stay in the present. The storytelling power of culture and media self-determination is igniting that academic fire in me again.

5/1/01
It seems like ages ago that the Kilowatt shut down their live music programming. I remember being at Srini's home and I SWEAR I could hear the last band play. There were so many venues in the Mission to see live music that they just decided to make their money as a bar. Those days have long passed and the music community is desperately trying to hold on to the few remaining venues to see a band.

This story is about Kimo's, one of the few places left to catch an interesting live band.

4/14/01 11:57 PM
I've buried my head in the sand since the "elections" and popping my head out is scary. Racism rears its ugly head even in the Bay Area as Wen Ho Lee and American spies in China threaten America's supremacy.

Paul told me folks taunted the remarkable Japanese Seattle Mariner in his outfield position and tossed trash at him. Journalists are treated to racist theater and laugh along. And my friend who works at Chinese for Affirmative Action said that a client called in after hearing a radio station caller state that Chinese Americans should be put into internment-like camps because they are spies and can't be trusted. At the same time, a white police officer shoots an unarmed African American man in Cincinnati and causes riots in the streets (Thomas was the fifth black killed by police since September).

11/13/00
KSW joins other San Francsican arts organizations that have lost their office space to exorbitant rent hikes.

10/11/00
FCC agents shutdown another pirate radio station in Austin Texas. Some speculate the three recent shutdowns in Central Texas in one month are to prevent media support for protesters against the Fortune 500 Forum October 12-14.

Here's the full article.

10/5/00
A short thought on why the US and the rest of the international community watches Africans die in droves.

8/2/00 0:44 AM
Living with Stanley brings me a never-ending source of new stories and acquaintances! I came home tonight from the Kearny Street Benefit featuring Nancy Hom and there's a mob of rocker dudes in my living room. They're our friend's cousins visiting from West Virginia and they're all talking about the Zeitgeist event I just missed.

Backing up for a moment, how many of you have had your bike stolen in San Francisco? I have, and I only ride OCCASSIONALY and ONLY when it's warm. And of course, I haven't found a trace of it.

Well, Stan's friend FOUND HIS STOLEN BIKE on the racks in the back of the Zeitgeist. To top it off, this is the SECOND time he's found his stolen bike!

I think my houseguests delivered a watered down version of what happened with physical violence deleted, but the bottom line is our friend recovered his stolen bike, and rode off down Valencia street!

Unfortunately, one week later, Stanley will have his bike stolen from in front of our house.

August 27, 2000
Big Business in the Way
Master Card filed suit against Ralph Nader for his ad parodying their 'Priceless' campaign. See the ad they're afraid of.

April 2000
Women's Weekend
Tune in (6 minute .mp3 file)
*Caution* recorded after FOUR rum-n-cokes!

The Russian River, just an hour and a half north of San Francisco, is a summer getaway for many Bay Area queer folk. The small town of Guerneville plays host with its queer friendly dance club, bars, knick knack shops and for two weekends every year, Women's Weekend.

With campground activities, bar specials and a two day crafts fair, women are treated to some queer friendly R'n'R.

I attended for my first time this year, and asked a few women why they attend Women's Weekend and how the passage of Proposition 22, banning gay marriage, affects them.