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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
From San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Jose Herrera comes news of the Bayview Merchants Association’s Third Street Corridor Project – how would you like to earn $6000 just for creating 6-10 iconic images illustrating the Lower Third?
Get all the deets below. And after you get paid, be sure to forward ten percent to me, your new agent. (Affirm our agreement by reading this sentence - welcome aboard.) But get cracking, as your first deadline is March 22nd, 2010.
You can’t win if you don’t play!
Introduction to the Project
The 3rd Street Corridor project is searching for local artists to create a series of 6-10 iconic images to represent the Bayview Hunters Point District of San Francisco. These images will be stylized illustrations of local landmarks that capture the spirit of this part of the city and will be used on a series of street banners and other collateral such as T-shirts. An example of a similar campaign is artist Michael Schwab’s series of prints for the Golden Gate National Parks.
Final selections for scenery will be communicated to the artist at the time of the commission. These scenes may include:
- Bayview Opera House
- T-Line
- Quesada Gardens
- View of Downtown from 3rd
- Shipyards
- Candlestick Park
- Local Art and Murals
- MLK Municipal Pool
- Bayview Library
- Industrial Buildings
Candidate Selection
The ideal candidate for this commission will be a local artist who lives and/or works in the Bayview Hunters Point District of San Francisco and can bring his or her personal style into the project and offer an authentic view of these neighborhoods. The artist must also be able to work within the established color palette of the 3rd Street logo (red, yellow, green and black- see samples for reference). To be considered for this project please submit three (3) JPEG images of your past work that best communicates your style. If you are selected as a finalist you may be commissioned to create one sample illustration before the final contract for the rest of the series.
Compensation
The selected artist will receive a $6,000 stipend for the final series of images. Artwork and reproduction rights will become property of the Third Street Corridor Project. In the event that finalists are asked to create a sample illustration as part of the selection process then they will be compensated $500 for their time.
Application Deadline
To be considered for this project, please email three JPEG samples of your work, a brief description of your background and a written statement of why you think you would be an ideal candidate for this project to bayviewmerchantsassociation@gmail.com no later than
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 12:00pm.
Project Schedule
March 22: Artists application deadline.
March 24: Artist finalists selected.
Mid April: Final selection of artist. Work on final illustrations begins.
May 24: Final illustrations complete.
June 11: Public unveiling of art on 3rd Street.
Questions/Details?
Call Ben Kaufman, Outreach Coordinator of the Bayview Merchants’ Association, at 415-647-3728 x407 if you have any further questions.
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Buffalo as in Buffalo Soldier - there are still a few around town. Bill Clinton loves this movie and he wants you to see it.
“Free Screening of “Inside Buffalo” This award winning documentary tells the story of the 92nd infantry division, an African-American combat unit that fought heroically in Italy during World War II. Nicknamed the “Buffalo Soldiers”, these men valiantly fought two wars at once: one against fascism in Italy, the other against racial discrimination at home.
Born and raised in Italy to a Ghanaian father and an Italian mother, director Fred Kuwornu details little known aspects of the story, including the profound and lasting friendships forged between the soldiers and the Italian villagers they liberated from Fascist rule. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the director.
Friday, February 12, 2010 — 6:30pm
Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop in the Presidio
Free Admission—To RSVP call (415) 788-7142 ext. 18
For more information visit: www.presidio.gov/calendar or www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it
Buffalo Soldiers engaging the Germans in Massa, Italy, 1944:
The 92nd Infantry chasing the Wehrmacht in the Po Valley, 1945. (If only they had given more time for the sanctions to work!)
All the deets, after the jump.
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Tags: 12, 2010, 92nd, black, Buffalo Soldiers, Consul General, doc. documentary, feb, February, film, free, Golden Gate Club, History, infantry, inside buffalo, italian, italy, Jeff Weik, massa, month, movie, presidio, sfrican american, trust, World War II
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The Eighth Annual Noir City, San Francisco’s film noir festival, starts Friday night at the Castro Theatre.
Get your reasonably-priced tickets here.
See you there!
Complete sked, after the jump.
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Tags: 2010, 22-31, A PLACE IN THE SUN, annual, ARMORED CAR ROBBERY, ASPHALT JUNGLE, black, castro, castro theatre, CRY DANGER, DEPORTED, eighth, ESCAPE IN THE FOG, Festival, film. movies, FLY BY NIGHT, GANGSTER, HE RAN ALL THE WAY, HUMAN DESIRE, INSIDE JOB, january, LARCENY, market, NIAGARA, noir, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, ONE GIRLS' CONFESSION, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, PITFALL, POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, RED LIGHT, San Francisco, SLATTERY'S HURRICANE, street, SUSPENSE, THE MOB, theatre, WALK A CROOKED MILE, WOMEN'S PRISON
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Here’s how it will be until the end of this week – you’ll be out and about on the Streets of San Francisco near Union Square, the Ferry Building or Fishermans Wharf and then you’ll encounter Gap’s Cheer Squad and Drumline and/or their giant buffalo-plaid bus.
This peppy crew will be giving away stuff as they perform.
Thusly. This is a lot of air without a net, huh. As recently seen in NYC:
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You can’t miss them – they just drove up from L.A. in this monster:
So, be on the look out. What more can we ask from our corporate overlords than free swag?
They’ll be hitting Santa Clara County today, San Francisco tomorrow, Marin County Saturday, and San Mateo County Sunday.
The deets:
The Gap Cheer Squad and Drumline are bringing the cheer home to San Francisco this Thursday through Sunday. They’ll be spreading cheer around the Bay Area with performances and giveaways. Show your holiday spirit and you could win cozy Gap accessories or a pair of 1969 jeans.
Thursday, December 17th
Valley Fair Mall
Friday, December 18th
Union Square
The Ferry Building
Market & Powell (The Flood Building)
Chestnut Street
Fisherman’s Wharf
Saturday, December 19th
Corte Madera
Sunday, December 20th
Stanford Shopping Center
Cheer Squad & Drumline Dates and Cities:
New York City: Friday, November 27 – Monday, November 30
Chicago: Thursday, December 3 – Sunday, December 6
Los Angeles: Friday, December 11 – Tuesday, December 15
San Francisco Bay Area: Thursday, December 17 – Sunday, December 20
Tags: 17, 18, 19, 20, black, buffao plaid, bus, busred, center, cheer, cheer sqaud and drumline, cheerleaders, chestnut, christmas, clothes, Corte Madera, december, drum line, ferry building, Fisherman’s Wharf, Flood Building, gap, gap's, gap's cheer squad and drumline, holidays, mall, market, Powell, San Francisco, shopping, squad, stanford, Stanford Shopping Center, the gap, union square, Valley Fair
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Visa Inc. claims its new Black Card is “the world’s most prestigious and versatile credit card.”
Srsly, Visa? Haven’t you all ever heard of the Centurion Card from the American Express? That thang is certainly more prestigious than your Black Card.
Visa, please correct your ad campaign. Forthwith.
These cards are made with carbon, just like a rusting, broke down Ford Pinto.
Did Visa actually apply for a patent for the idea of carbon-fortifying these rectangular pieces of black plastic? Sadly, yes.
In Visa’s own words:
“For those who demand only the best of what life has to offer, the exclusive Visa Black Card is for you. The Black Card is not just another piece of plastic. Made with carbon, it is the ultimate buying tool.
The Black Card is not for everyone. In fact, it is limited to only 1% of U.S. residents to ensure the highest caliber of personal service is provided to every Cardmember.
Become a Black Card member today and enjoy our 24-hour world class Concierge Service ready to assist you with all your business, travel and leisure needs.”
And:
“The Black Card is made with carbon, creating a more unique card, guaranteed to get you noticed.”
O.K. fine.
If your sugar daddy and/or mommy ever tries to impress you by whipping out a Visa Black Card, you ought to end it right there and start yelling about how you “don’t want no scrub.”
Anyway, just don’t what you’re thinking here, Visa. Using this new piece of plastic/carbon merely serves to show how somebody doesn’t have a Centurion, right?
In closing, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Tags: american express, amex, black, black card, centurion, centurion card, credit, credit card, most, new, prestigious, visa
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
This is the scene at Fell and Broderick, right across the street from the makeshift shrine of fallen pedestrian Melissa Dennison. It seems the Bank of America Buena Vista Branch #0269 suffered a Halloween night attack from people dressed in black who broke numerous large windows and an ATM.
Apparently, the assault was designed to send a message to the “money-wielding fucks” and “little Eichmanns” who work inside. Deets below.
All cleaned up and waiting for repair:
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The scene on Halloween night. The IndyBay kids would like to foreclose on BofA:
(Leave the hammer, take the cannoli from the nearby Falletti’s Market)
EveryBlock has this and somebody posted something on CNN iReport and there’s this shot on Flickr. And here’s a “trip report” post on IndyBay:
“SF Bank of Amercia trashed/redecorated
“SF Bank of America trashed on Halloween night!!!
“On Halloween night some people dressed in black at the corner of Fell and Broderick in San Francisco redecorated a Bank of America, trashing the ATM, smashed about 15 windows, and posted a banner reading “FORECLOSED“. We felt the dark creatures that dwell inside from 9 to 5 could use some more privacy, and at least for a couple days experience a more “cave like” home while they put families out on the street for problems that banks started. The boarded windows fit quite nicely (see pictures). This building will hopefully in the future be used for something more useful like a food co-op house, a clinic, or at least a place for people to sleep when it gets cold outside. Until then these money-wielding fucks will just have to take the harassment.”
The bank branch itself is open for business, as well the ATMs at the back near Faletti’s – they escaped the wrath of the Men in Black.
On It Goes…
Tags: 1, 1275, 31, 31st, anarchists, atm, attack, bank of america, black, black block, bloque negro, Boarded, BofA, Buena Vista, crime, department, dept., fell, foreclosed, halloween, hammer, hammers, indybay, little Eichmanns, Mayhem, money wielding fucks, NOPA, November, october, panhandle, police, SFPD, sign, street, vandalism, vandals, western addition, windows
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Well this is how some massive support columns are now decorated at the University of California, San Francisco medical school these days.
As seen from Parnassus Avenue:
It looks to be a collection of shots of students from over the past hundred years – could it be the Student Photo Project? Maybe, but the S.P.P. goes on about “the three primary colors*, red, yellow and blue” that they were going to use and this installation is just black and white.
Anyway, it looks great. Keep up the good work, students of UCSF.
Old school! The way it looked back in 1908:
*Yes, I remember first grade as well, but it was all a lie – red, yellow and blue are not “the” primary colors, they are just one group of primaries, and they aren’t so hot in that role, anyway. Or, as Wiki so diplomatically opines, the RYB color model “predates modern scientific theory.” Harsh. Harsh but fair.
Tags: analog, analog facebook, art, black, campus, columns, facebook, main, medical, parnassus, photographs, photos, pillars, school, student photo project, students, ucsf, university of california, white
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
[UPDATE: Just discovered that Mr. Greg Dewar posted about this very issue yesterday.]
Well of course the 17 photos used for this standard one-minute commercial on YouTube were PhotoShopped – I mean they’re all black-and-white, so most likely they were converted from color using Adobe’s awesome B&W converter, or something similar. Fine, lots of contrast there, so they look good. But what about the sign that says “Constitutional Convention!” that appears at around :27?
Was it there in real life, or was it added in after the fact, added in to reflect the focus of the TV spot - California’s nascent movement for a new constitutional convention. Or, as mattymatt asks:
“What’s with the Photoshopped sign at 0:25?”
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Look at Gallagher over there on the right, dude wearing the natty cap. He has two signs? What’s holding up his “Constitutional Convention!” sign? Would you hold two signs like that? Is the higher sign glued to his fingers or something? Why is Our Mayor in focus, along with the sign, but nothing else? Does Gallagher’s left thumb go through the lower sign?
Here’s a close-up view. Like, why is the lower right corner of the higher sign in sharp focus when the lower sign appears to be out of focus?
Now, if the person making this video spot diduse Photoshop and maybe made up a sign to fit the commercial, then s/he would have most likely have used the Horizontal Type Tool. Now isn’t it funny that some of the more recent versions of PhotoShop (like CS2 and CS3) use Myriad (out of scores of options), as the default font and Myriad is the very same font as in the sign?
Rather interesting, non? (And by the way, Dan, that Plastic Planes bit you had a couple years back about the “unsafe” composite Boeing 787 Dreamliner? You’re totally wrong on that one.) Anyway, my PS defaults to Myriad Pro, so this is what you get when you start typing away and then center the result:
I don’t know, maybe it’s a real sign that just happened to be created with Photoshop – that would go a long way to explaining part of the mystery.
In conclusion, that sign look’s a little funny to me, and it looks a little funny to people (who, unlike me, actually know how to use PhotoShop) on the YouTube.
But, as always, You Make The Call.
Tags: 2010, ad, adobe, advertisement, black, california, commercial, constitutitional, convention, dan rather, default, election, First, font, Gavin, gavin newsom, Governor, mattymatt, myriad, Newsom, photoshop, photoshopped, rathergate, sacramento, San Francisco, shake the system, sign, white, youtube
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Well here’s the news from the AP:
The problem with that headline is that if you see a bear in California, it’s a Black Bear even if it’s colored brown.
Unless, you’re at a zoo. Then it could go either way.
(If your bear is purple and green, then you’re in Golden Gate Park.)
Tags: bear, black, brown, california
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
New San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón is becoming known for donning a suit more often than a uniform, per this bit from CW Nevius. Now the last time we had a chief like that was from 1975-1980, when “outsider” Charles Gain ran the SFPD.
Did Chief Gain really have all of San Francisco’s police cars painted soft pale blue and did he really replace the seven-pointed SFPD stars on the doors with the San Francisco Seal avec an encircling ”POLICE SERVICES” motif?
Yes, yes he did. How friendly!
Can you imagine?
Looks like the seven-pointed star made it onto the trunks, though. As seen in Milk:
Now what do you think the union thought about that? Not much.
Mayor Dianne Feinstein asked for his resignation in 1979 after the White Night Riots and he was replaced in 1980.
And now San Francisco’s “black-and-whites” are black and white again, with stars and everything.
Don’t expect that to change anytime soon.
Tags: 1975, 1980, arizona, association, black, Blue, cars, charles, chuck, department, dept., gain, gascon, George, George Gascón, jacket, new, Oakland, officers, pale, police, Police Chief, prowlers, radio, San Francisco, services, SFPD, star, suit, tie, uniform, union, white
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