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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Boy oh boy, when you hire PR flack Sam Singer to represent you, as many others have done, he won’t just hide in some office, oh no. What he’ll do is go out in the field and meet your nemesis head on. As here, during yesterday’s big labor rally / march / sit-in in and around Union Square.
With hundreds of unionists assembling behind him on Market Street, Sam sang to the media, complete with Frank Chu watching on.
Sam Singer complaining to KTVU 2 about how Local 2’s Mike Casey left the negotiating table:
AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka on the right, with local labor leaders addressing a huge crowd at 750 Market:
Fire fighters union president John Hanley:
Handshakes are out, terrorist fist jabs are in:
About 800 marched (or 1400+ or 1500 if you’re a partisan with rose-colored glasses) up to the nearby Hilton Hotel, where 100+ got arrested.
On It Goes…
UPDATE: Dan Nguyen-Tan has video of the march right here.
Tags: 2010, afl-cio, associates, boycott, flack, hanley, Hilton, hotel, John, l trumka, Local 2, march, market, Mike Casey, parade, pr, public relations, richard, richard trumka, sam siner, sam singer, San Francisco, singer, street, strike, union, workers
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
As promised, the free, “hella entertaining” Most Interesting Show in the World rocked San Francisco’s SoMA district last night at The Mezzanine. Dos Equis picked up the tab and brought a truckload of smooth, refreshing XX Ambar (Amber?) and XX Lager to hand out for free. Verily, it was “dope.” If this is how our corporate overlords want to spend their money during a recession, whom are we to argue?
See below to discover if this show is coming to your town next. If you’re in Houston, Texas, you can get your ticks now. Otherwise, you’ll have to figure things out on your own. (You had to go through ShowClix to get tickets in S.F.)
[UPDATE: Now you can get tickets for all shows by clicking on TOUR DATES here and then on "RSVP" for your town. Still a few ticks left in Fun Diego, I see...]
Sax-playing host Angelo Moore of Fishbone is the high-energy MC on the MISW ‘09 tour:
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The crowd seemed to be in a good mood:
It’s Melody Sweets!:
Beatboxer Butterscotch accompanying what must be the world’s largest saxamophone – a purple bass:
The Human Spring!:
There were whips and crossbows in the house, but edged weapons were the order of the day:
Mr. and Mrs. G have a Mr. and Mrs. Smith thing going on, apparently.
Aiming a crossbow using a mirror to pop a balloon. Love hurts:
The whole shebang was a benefit for the San Francisco Food Bank:
This was the line early on going up Jessie Street betwixt 5th and 6th Streets. But everybody got in so long as they had their printed-out ticket. The Mezz at Triple Four Jessie appears to be a well run nightclub, with an aware but mellow staff that enforces rules without any unneccesary vitriol. Hurray!
Is it the Most Interesting Show in the World? Check it:
MISW 2009 TOUR SCHEDULE
Oct. 20 San Francisco Mezzanine
Oct. 21 Los Angeles Avalon
Oct. 22 San Diego 4th and B
Oct. 23 Scottsdale Venue of Scottsdale
Oct. 26 Denver Cervantes Masterpiece Bllrm.
Oct. 29 Houston Warehouse Live!
Oct. 30 San Antonio Scout Bar
Oct. 31 Dallas Granada Theater
Nov. 1 Austin La Zona Rosa
Nov. 2 Austin La Zona Rosa
Nov. 6 Chicago Park West
Nov. 10 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
Nov. 11 Charlotte The Visulite Theater
Nov. 12 Baltimore Recher Theater
Nov. 13 New York Webster Hall
Nov. 18 Tampa Bay Skipper’s Smokehouse
Nov. 19 Ft. Lauderdale Revolution Live
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
[UPDATE: The San Francisco show was a smash success.]
Here are some more details for the Most Interesting Show in the World coming this Tuesday night. It’s being paid for by our corporate overlords at Dos Equis beer, but you still have to get your free ticket before they’re all gone.
See you there!
Featuring a collection of incredible, mind-bending acts from around the globe including:
Burlesque Singer, Melody Sweets
The Dangerous Mr. and Mrs. G
World Famous Contortionist, Melanie Chi
The Human Slinky
The World’s Most Dangerous Comic, Mark Faje
The Human Beat-Box, Butterscotch
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
NorCal Waste Systems, the people behind Sunset Scavenger and many other concerns, held an open house last night at the 487-foot tall 50 California Building to celebrate its recent name change to Recology. Per the Chronicle:
“‘Our industry is no longer about waste management, it is about waste zero,’ says CEO Mike Sangiacomo. ‘Our new name will help move us away from the mentality of disposal to a mandate to use less of what we have and get more from what we use.’ Sangiacomo also said the company will be launching new services and products, and seek to extend its reach beyond California.”
Legislative Regulatory Specialist Rachel Oster gaciously posed near the elevator entrance. That’s the new logo.
And here’s the view from Mr. Sangiacomo’s 24th floor office at Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold-rated 50 Cal.
What do you think of the new name? A change was needed as NorCal Waste has been stretching out beyond northern California into Oregon and beyond. The word Recology sounds perfectly cromulent to me, anyway.
LEED-certified M&Ms:
So far, the reaction is Two Thumbs Up. And whose idea was it? Per Adam Alberti:
“The team was assembled and managed by my agency, San Francisco based Singer Associates and includes Brainchild Creative (Jef Loeb) as the creative director and Sandstrom Partners(Steve Sandstrom) as the art director. We are all very excited for the assignment and the work is reflective of Recology’s mission.”
So there you have it. Oh yes, the way to get a green compost bin is to call (415) 330-1300, apparently. But you multi-unit renters might need to go through the landlord.
All the deets, after the jump
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Tags: 50 california, associates, brainchild, CEO, creative, gold, Green Building Rating System, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, mike, norcal, norcal waste, norcal waste systems, recology, sam singer, San Francisco, Sangiacomo, singer, sunset scavenger, waste, waste zero
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Famous Toshio Hirano, sharing a drink and talking about music with some fans last night during Earth Hour 2009 before his regular appearance (last Saturday of the month at 9:00 PM, admission free) at the Rite Spot Cafe on 2099 Folsom near 17th Street.
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See a video of him playing here.
Tags: 2099, amnesia, asian, bar, buck owens, country, country and western, cowboy, folsom, guitar, Hirano, Japanese, Jimmy, Jimmy Rodgers, mission, rights spot, rightspot, rite spot, ritespot, Rodgers, San Francisco, sing, singer, street, Toshio, valencia, western
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
The signs in the windows on Post Street tell the story – MEAT DAY is coming this Sunday, March 29th. If this is all you can see, then it’s tough to figure out the meaning. The only clues are bull, rooster, and pig icons along with Chinese characters that literally mean “meat day” or “day of meat.”
But this is in Japantown, so the pronunciation “Niku no Hi” can also sound like “2-9 Day“ - “ni” is the voicing for “two” and “ku” is one of the ways of saying “nine.
Mit-te [look]! It’s Meat Day! Click to expand.
The upshot of this is that Nijiya supermarket at 1737 Post near Webster, just across the street from the haters at 1600 Webster, is taking 20% off the price of any meat you buy, one day only.
Is fish included? No, ’cause meat is meat and fish is fish.
Why isn’t it 29% off? Good question.
Is the 29th of every month Meat Day? Don’t know.
Are ham, sausage, deli items and advertised sale items elegible for 20% off too? Another good question – the answer is no, those things are not included in the celebration according to the fine print.
But isn’t there a pig icon in the poster? Yes, good point.
What about bacon? All the kids are loving the bacon these days, right? Perhaps, but don’t know.
Crooner Morrissey says that “Meat is Murder.” What about that? Yes meat CAN be murder, on your pocketbook that is, so you should take every chance to save save save.
See you Sunday at Meat Day!
Lyrics after the jump
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
News comes today that the City and County of San Francisco is denying the claim made Amritpal and Kulbir Dhaliwal regarding the Christmas Day tiger attack last year upon Carlos Souza, Jr.
Why? You’ll just have to read the 84-page lease agreement between San Francisco and the San Francisco Zoo to find out.
Dennis Herrera is a crackerjack attorney, so he and his team aren’t going to make things easy for those trying to make money off of this tragedy. It’s not like San Francisco has a lot of extra sourdough to send down to the counties of Santa Clara and Los Angeles.
Let’s all hope that the new and improved big cat grottos will be less vulnerable to any kind of harassment, even the “boys will be boys” fatal type of harassment.
Tags: Amritpal, attack, attorney, bmw, Carlos, christmas, city attorney, claim, denied, dennis, Dhaliwal, geragos, grotto, herrera, Jr, kopp, m3, Paul, playstation, sam, San Francisco, shoplifting, singer, Sousa, tatiana, tiger, zoo
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