Tag: San Francisco
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San Francisco Disco Preservation Society
Listen to DJ Mark Watkins – Live At The Polk Gulch Saloon (SF) – Early 80’s byeightiesDJarchives on hearthis.at DJ Jim Hopkins as the San Francisco Disco Preservation Society is preserving the 80’s and 90’s club history of San Francisco by digitising and posting cassettes and reel-to-reel tape of DJ mixes. It’s a fascinating look…
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John Criscitello and Seattle Gentrification
Loving these images from John Criscitello, a queer artist responding to the gentrification and changing nature of Capitol Hill in Seattle, previously a gay enclave but invaded by ‘Tech Bros’ and ‘Woo girls’. Amazon has taken over Seattle in part, and the ‘bros’ and hen-party good-time girls have flocked to the new bars in the…
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Wuvable Oaf
I’ve always wanted to read Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf, and now it’s a Fantagraphics book it’s easier and cheaper than ever! (I got mine via WHSmiths, but check online, seems to be available online and off in many places, bookstores etc.). It’s the story of Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish kitty-loving Morrissey fan from San Francisco…