Re: [microsound] [ot] laptop backpacks + san fran

["rick silva" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

wow asg! thanks for the low down
maybe i'll see you on sunday at the frjtz cafe   i'll be the guy with the
burton dj bag   ; )

rick

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----- Original Message -----
From: "asg" <asg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] [ot] laptop backpacks + san fran

> hey rick,
>
> kinda bored at work today so you're in luck!  here's some info for you.
i'm
> not sure where you're coming from (or where you are staying in sf) but you
> picked a cool town to visit...
>
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> this weekend.
>
> unfortunately, not much on tap as far as minimal/micro stuff is concerned.
> it's too bad you're here _this_ weekend and not next because some friends
> and i are throwing a minimal-tech/micro-house gig next saturday night
> (12/14) -- oh well.  i'm not sure if you're just looking to go out to a
cool
> place or are going more for (minimal/micro) music, here's what i can tell
> you aside from what you'll find in http://www.sfstation.com/
>
> gig:  loll
> when:  sunday, dec 8, 2pm - 8pm
> where:  frjtz art cafe, hayes valley dist., on hayes @ laguna
> info:  www.workr.com/includes/loll.html
> venue:  www.frjtzfries.com
> comment:  weekly chill thing at an art cafe that serves crepes/belgian
fries
> and plenty of hoegaarden.  i spin there about once/month and it's a great
> place to hang w/friends or a book or laptop or whatever.  i'm not spinning
> this sunday, but may stop by.  the music has a heavy leaning towards
> minimal/micro tech, dubby house, idm/exprimental/ambient/glitchy stuff.
>
> if you want some other non-minimal/micro (i.e. bigger club/warehouse-type
> events) recommendations, email me back and i'll list some for you.  for
ex:
> there's a big breakbeat/electro/idm warehouse (late night) thing that
should
> be pretty wild and the music's always solid from the crew that's throwing
> the party (they had tipper/crunch, l'usine, proem, etc. a few weeks ago)
>
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> food.
>
> well, there are way too many great spots to mention here, but i'll give
you
> some of my faves (that are all pretty reasonable, and all definitely worth
> it).  also check http://bayarea.citysearch.com for exact locales of these
> spots...
>
> tapas:  charanga (superb caribbean/cuban/s.american fusion + sangria,
> mission dist., on mission @ 18th)
> sushi:  osaka (reasonable & excellent, fillmore dist., on fillmore @ pine)
> sushi:  tokyo gogo (a little more $$$ but awesome sushi, you may have to
> wait so check out dalva across st. for a drink, mission dist., on16th @
> guerrero)
> chinese:  house of nanking (more $$) & chef gia's (less $$) (both are next
> to each other in chinatown, on kearny @ columbus)
> thai:  king of thai noodles (4 locations -- all cheap and very good)
> pizza (slices):  golden boy (sf is not a pizza town but this shit rocks,
> northbeach dist., on green @ columbus)
> italian:  steps of rome (the classic northbeach spot, on the weekends this
> place is insane + packed w/women, northbeach dist., on columbus @ vallejo)
> middle eastern:  ali baba's cave (one on haight/lower haight dist., 2nd on
> valencia/mission dist. -- dirt cheap + awesome middle eastern fare)
>
> _____________________
> shops.
>
> amoeba:  upper haight dist., end of haight st., insanely huge + awesome
for
> used wares (it's inside an old bowling alley), generally cheap and will
have
> tons of copies of everything
>
> bpm:  hayes valley dist., on hayes @ laguana, only new stuff, but a solid
> minimal/deep tech vinyl offering, victor's a super nice and may offer you
a
> beer if you stay and spin records long enough
>
> aquarius:  mission dist., on vallencia @ 22nd, best spot (and has large
> section) for pure experimental + micro stuff, also tons of weird
> international items and their hand-writting reviews are very entertaining.
>
> ______________________
> cheers.
> asg
>
> ps: that burton bag looks awesome.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rick silva" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] [ot] laptop backpacks + san fran
>
>
> regarding backpacks  i rock the burton dj bag with laptop compartment and
am
> super satisfied with it;
> room for a laptop and 50 records   or a mixer... burton is heavy duty and
> pays attention to detail..
> http://www.burton.com/gear/pr_bags.asp?productID=651  you can't see it but
> it's got regular backpack straps too.
>
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>
> i'll be in san fran this weekend and was wondering if some of you who live
> there or visit can point me to
> any club nights/events  that shouldn't be missed   or  sites even... i
love
> stuff like l.a. 's museum of jurassic technology  http://www.mjt.org/
> hey while i'm at it,,  where's the good eats in the golden gate city ?
 : )
>
> rick
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