Posts Tagged ‘pa’
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Little squirt looks a bit bored back there, but most of these tourists seem to enjoy taking the 2-hour Sky View Tour of San Francisco.
Now, do these tour buses really make Alamo Square “the Wild West?” No, not at all. So, why did former Interim Supervisor Christina Olague say such a thing?
Well, because she was running for election and she didn’t want to piss-off the hyper-sensitive homeowners of the Western Addition.
Did that work?
Non.
Oh, and are the diesel engines much louder than any loudspeakers that non-tourists might hear?
Oui.
So, here they come, day after day:
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Do you hate tourists?
I don’t.
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Actually, the driver told the (potential) passenger waiting at the stop near Gough to, “Be a Man!” You know, as he drove away.
Yelling over the P.A. system that the bus had. (MUNI buses have P.A. systems? Did not know that.)
Anyway, here’s the driver, yacking away…
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And here’s the passenger left in the lurch, staring down McAllister for the next bus:
On It Goes…
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
I don’t know, PG&E. Don’t you know by now that you’re a loser organization?
So how does it help to have your spokesmodels Blame the Customer First?
“Right now, we’re actively investigating the cause ,” PG&E spokesperson John King said shortly after the outage. “It could be a number of things, from customer-owned equipment to PG&E equipment…”
doesn’t help.
It doesn’t help at all.
Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job :
Via David Yu - click to expand
Here’s the latest:
“PG&E and the City and County of San Francisco Investigate Power Outages at Candlestick Park
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 2011 — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) issued the following statement from Geisha Williams, executive vice president of electric operations, about the power outages that impacted Candlestick Park this evening:
PG&E is working closely with the City and County of San Francisco, owner and operator of Candlestick Park, to determine the cause of tonight’s power outages. The first priority for both PG&E and the City and County has been to get the power restored as quickly and safely as possible and keep the power on through the rest of the game. Determining exactly what happened and working to prevent something like this from happening again is very important to everyone involved.
SOURCE Pacific Gas and Electric Company”
And from SFGov:
“MAYOR LEE’S STATEMENT ON POWER OUTAGES AT CANDLESTICK PARK
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the electric power outages at Candlestick Park at tonight’s San Francisco 49ers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Monday Night Football game:
“Following the loss of electric power to Candlestick Park before kickoff this evening, I directed our Police, Fire and Recreation & Park Departments and our Public Utilities Commission to work closely with the 49ers and PG&E to ensure that maintaining public safety and restoring power to the stadium were the top priorities. City staff worked immediately to deliver backup power and support PG&E staff in their repairs.
I have directed Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington to conduct a full investigation into the cause of both outages and, with PG&E, identify immediate actions that must be taken to prevent incidents such as this from happening again.
Tonight we all share in tremendous pride for our San Francisco 49ers. We must make every effort to support continued victories for the team and fans across the Bay Area in the weeks ahead.”
And from Mayor Ed Lee on September 1, 2011, during the one-year anniversary of PG&E’s incompetance killing eight people in San Bruno :
“They’re a great company that gets it.”
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
I was actually too close to the action to properly record last night’s outrage taking place amongst Christmastime Union Square shoppers.
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Go Niners !
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Here it is, no dialogue:
I guess there are more than mountain lions roaming the hills of Nittany.
And here’s an earlier effort along the same vein , with JoePa as Pope. It has a nice stinger at the end.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
After famous Conan O’Brien performed at his “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour 2010 at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium on April 22 23
Well, he was simply delighted with Google’s Japanese-made Toto toilets . Check the YouTube .
Here’s an excerpt , click to expand:
Front cleansing indeed.
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Or, 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 Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film
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)
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
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 .
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Conan O’Brien’s 32-city “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour 2010 delighted all comers at the sold-out Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium tonight.
It went a little something like this .
Friday’s show should be a hit as well. Keep up with the action at the Twitter via #cobnob
Bonus: the Masturbating Bear made an appearance tonight as well:
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In other news:
“ Leno Slips to Post-Coco Low — Even vs. Dave Repeats “
Post-Coco Low! Post-Coco Low! Post-Coco Low!
The C-man in S.F. – Conan Christopher O’Brien by Troy Holden
O.K. then. Coco is leaving us tomorrow Friday, April 23 2010. It will be tough getting into his final show in S.F., but:
“Wow. If Conan is coming to your city, find a way to get tickets . I was literally in tears from laughing so hard.”
And the Late Night Talk Shows Examiner seems to like this tour a lot .
Bon Courage, Conan
P.S.: Here are the remaining cities on the tour – check to see if they added another show in your town the way they did in San Francisco:
4/24/10 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheater
4/29/10 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre
4/30/10 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
5/1/10 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theatre @ The Palms
5/4/10 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
5/5/10 San Jose, Ca San Jose State University Events Center
5/6/10 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
5/9/10 Boulder, CO Mackey Auditorium
5/10/10 Denver, CO Ellie Caulkins Opera House
5/13/10 Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium- SMU Campus
5/14/10 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
5/15/10 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
5/16/10 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
5/18/10 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
5/19/10 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
5/22/10 Toronto, ON, Canada Massey Hall
5/30/10 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Resort – Event Center
6/1/10 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
6/4/10 Boston, MA Wang Theater
6/6/10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
6/7/10 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
6/8/10 Washington, DC Constitution Hall
6/11/10 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
6/14/10 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Here’s what you can’t do with your aircraft’s tail number . What you can’t do is get all creative to the point where people can’t read it.
‘Cause when you go flat-hatting over San Francisco’s Ferry Building in your aging Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II , you need to have your license plate legible for tout le monde to see. That’s how the system works.
What you can’t do is take away the middle part of the ID numbers leaving all the 0′s, 3′s, 6′s, and 8′s looking alike. That don’t fly.
The turbocharged Piper Seneca II, for the times when your Saratoga can’t get you there fast enough:
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Anyway, people need to know who pilots are for the times they land on the wrong end of the runway ‘n stuff .
D’accord? Oui, d’accord.
Now, Go Forth And Sin No More.
Never an unkind word need be said/your life overhead
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
[UPDATE: OMG COCO is finally here. Follow the action via Twitter at #cobnob .]
Oh, it’s on. It’s going to be Coco a Gogo half-assed “ 32-city “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour 2010 comes to the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium April 22 23 just like 2007 all over again.
“Full Price Tickets” from TicketMonster are going right now for $74, all up. And for just $695 you can get in on the Meet and Greet Package - wouldn’t you like a photo of you and Conan to put on the FaceBook for all your “friends” to see? Sure you would.
I don’t know, maybe you can score some cheaper ticks by using your AmEx card or going to the box office or something.
See you there!
All the tour locations, after the jump
(more…)
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