Didn’t have a chance to talk with him the other day.
Heading for Micky D’s
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Haven’t seen him around as much lately.
Let’s hope he’s around as long as the Brown Twins..
Posts Tagged ‘laughing squid’
Getting a Little Worried About Frank Chu, Just Saying
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013Congratulations to Scott Beale of Laughing Squid Web Hosting: 10,000 Posts and Still Going Strong
Thursday, September 29th, 2011[UPDATE: Oh, here it is: #10,000.]
Or rather, just 9,999 posts as of right now for Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, but #10,000 is just around the corner.
See?
“There are 9999 blog posts on Laughing Squid written by Scott Beale.
Subscribe via RSS, Email, Twitter, Google+, Facebook & Tumblr.”
Hurray!
Bon Courage, Scott Beale.
Famous Frank Chu at OpBART 5, Market Street, USA:
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A New Delight From Banksy: Two-Building Rat Graffito in Haight Ashbury
Saturday, April 24th, 2010Or, I don’t know, maybe it’s another example of a Bunksy around town these days. (Doesn’t really matter that much unless the buildings’ owners want to cut it out and auction it off. Irregardless, it’s effective viral marketing* from Cinetic Media / Abramorama / Paranoid Pictures LLC for Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film in’nt?) Moving on…
Via SFist and the Uptown Almanac** comes news of fresh tag in the Upper Haight.
The mise-en-scene today at the foot of Belvedere:
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Detail, camera left:
Und camera right:
One presumes a red line connects these two elements.
You can see all the new ads on somebody’s SF Banksy Tour, Sunday, April 24th. (Don’t rely on the addresses, WharholianPics has better descriptions of the various locations, apparently)
“Ok this might be a tad cheesy but I’m excited to tour the city Sunday and check out the new works of Banksy.
Dolores Park (exact location unknown)
Mission (Valencia between 19th & 20th above Little Otsu)
SOMA (9th and Howard)
Financial District (Sacramento and Davis)
Chinatown (Grant and Commercial)
Haight St (above Villains Vault)”
Anyway, the movie is playing at the One Embarcadero these days.
| EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 87 Mins :: R |
12:30 | 2:45 | 5:00 | 7:20 | 9:40
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Enjoy.
* Here’s a good question:
“…do we really need significant P&A [Print & Advertising] when so much of what Banksy does is viral?”
No sir, no you do not. But check this bon mot, from 2008:
“The easiest way to not go viral is to try going viral.”
Appears as if they’re trying pretty damn hard in 2010.
**Is Scott Beale of Laughing Squid really a “fool” and/or a “lazy fuck?” Decidedly not. So it’s difficult trying to make sense of the following:
“… Laughing Squid needs me to do some research so that lazy fuck can just rip off this blog without credit. Again. Even anonymous dumbasses on ezboards.com are better at giving us hat tips than that fool.”
Must be an inside joke or something.
The Commonwealth Club’s INFORUM Asks Who of the Following Do You Think is a Journalist?
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Get up to speed here and then see what Lois Beckett and Leanne Maxwell have to say about last night’s event.
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Your Choice for Wednesday: Meet Your Mar or Meet the New Face of San Francisco Media
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010What are you plans for the night of Wednesday, March 24th, 2010?
Option One is Meet Your Mar featuring District One San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar:
“The League of Young Voters presents…MEET YOUR MAR from 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM at Park Life (220 Clement @ 3rd) on Wednesday March 24th. FREE! There will be art, snacks, drinks, tunes, a bunch of fresh kids chillin…plus Eric Mar, chattin and getting schooled about his constituents (ie, you). Come play human bingo (to win Park Life gear!), ask Mar questions, and tell him what he should really be working on in your hood. It’s his job to listen.”
A recent Critical Mar bike rally on Clement the Richmond District:
That’s Option One.
Option Two will occur at about the same time. It’s an Inforum event at the Commonwealth Club: “If Not the Chronicle, Then What?” / “Who is the New Face of San Francisco Media?“
First up at 6:30 PM is a panel called ”If Not the Chronicle*, Then What?”
Jeff Hunt, Editor, Muni Diaries
Brock Keeling, Editor, SFist.com
Michael Maness, VP of Innovation and Design, Gannett Co. Inc.; Director, The Bold Italic
Robin Sloan, Media Partnerships, Twitter – Moderator
Then, after that, it’s “Who is the New Face of San Francisco Media?”
“Sites like SFist.com and the Muni Diaries are doing more than just keeping San Franciscans in the know about the latest bar openings or bus brawls. They represent the shift to a new media model based on the interest and participation of the many; gatekeepers no longer decide what the masses want to see or hear, or who gets to give it to them. With heavy-hitting new media companies like Twitter, Yelp, Digg, Wikipedia and Flickr headquartered in the city, it’s no wonder that San Francisco is widely regarded as the home of new media. Get an insider’s perspective from the new leaders of media in SF.
“Where do you go for your daily local news jolt? Whose writing is so fresh, witty, hilarious or gutsy that you savor each piece like it’s the last of the cake? After the panel, we are hosting up-and-coming media personalities of San Francisco, invitation provided by you. Tell us who just HAS to be there, then vote for who should be crowned king or queen of SF new media. Come to the party to meet, mingle andgush your fandom in person!
“What is INFORUM?
The idea of INFORUM began with the basic tenet that young people not only deserve but desire unbiased, trustworthy information from a full range of stances, and that they want their sources qualified. The Commonwealth Club has a 103 year tradition of civic debate, and INFORUM honors and continues this tradition by providing a forum for young people to access the best informed, most involved, and brightest minds – be they politicians, business gurus, policy workers, thought leaders, trendsetters or culture-jammers.
The idea of INFORUM began with the basic tenet that young people not only deserve but desire unbiased, trustworthy information from a full range of stances, and that they want their sources qualified. The Commonwealth Club has a 103 year tradition of civic debate, and INFORUM honors and continues this tradition by providing a forum for young people to access the best informed, most involved, and brightest minds – be they politicians, business gurus, policy workers, thought leaders, trendsetters or culture-jammers.
The voting’s all over on this one, but feel free to cheer loudly when they whip out a tiara for the crowning ceremony.
Deets below. See you there, who knows maybe at both places.
*I know what you’re thinking - petitio principii, right? Like, what if the San Francisco Chronicle is the new San Francisco Chronicle?
Anyway, the royal court of San Francisco new media:
Cecilia Vega (Bio)
KGO-7
KGO-7
Brock Keeling
SFist
Melissa Griffin (Blog)
Blogger/SF Examiner
Jaimal Yogis (Bio)
San Francisco Magazine
Markos Moulitsas Zתniga
DailyKos
Michael Bauer
SF Chronicle
Mark Frauenfedler
Boing Boing
Lea Troeh (Blog)
The Week Intro
Mac McClelland (Bio)
Mother Jones
Andy Wright (Articles)
SF Weekly
Vanessa Carr
Mission Local
Tana Ganeva (Blog)
AlterNet.org
AlterNet.org
Dyanna Pure and JT Paradox
The SF Style
Alexia Tsotsis
SF Weekly
Joe Eskenazi
SF Weekly
Lois Beckett
SF Weekly
Broke-ass Stuart
brokeassstuart.com
Jeff Hunt
munidiaries.com
Location: SF Club Office, 595 Market Street, The Blue Room
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. networking reception
Cost: $12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
The Datsun Squid Pickup Pays a Visit to Twin Peaks in San Francisco
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009At first, I thought this aging Datsun* pick-em-up was affiliated with San Francisco’s famous Laughing Squid enterprise but, upon further review, these squid don’t look particularly jocular.
This vehicle shall remain a mystery.
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*It’s what we used to call Nissans, kids – it means the “son” the DAT car from Mssrs. Den, Aoyama, and Takeuchi)
San Francisco’s Great Pie Fight of 2009 – Standout Photos
Friday, March 6th, 2009Well it was advertised on the Laughing Squid and the San Francisco Bay Area Art, Culture & Technology Events Squid List (something like craigslist but with less pandering), so it had to be good. Herbie Hatman from the Yelp-rated SFØ (or SFZero, or SF0, or SFZed, or whatever) promoted the spectacle that was yesterday’s Pie Fight at the Powell Street cable car turnaround near Market.
Take a look below and then compare with 2007′s Barbersol-fueled action.
The mise-en-scene during the melee. Click to expand:
Here’s the pre-game…
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..and the aftermath:
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See you next year!
