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Alleys, Byways, Arcades
http://middlesavagery.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 10/ 01/ alleys-byways-arcades/Jump to Comments Walter Benjamin’s great project, a study of the arcades of Paris, has been deeply influential in my work, and in the work of many of my peers. While there are more academic reasons for this (this interaction with place, deep annotation, his use of photography and other visual
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This made my day
http://krissy.vox.com/ library/ post/ this-made-my-day.html?_c=feed-atomOn SFist: I love and support SFist and everything that Brock & the team do, but it is nice to be missed a little. Thanks for remembering me, mpantone. <3 Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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how berkeley
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ 2008/ 08/ 10/ how-berkeley/omar says he found this tucked underneath the windshield his car in noe valley, a neighborhood of san francisco “inhabited by self-centered jackasses — myself included, if you believe this note.” adds omar: “i should clarify: the author of this masterpiece is talking about residential street
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Fillmore Jazz Festival
http://www.nowpublic.com/ culture/ fillmore-jazz-festival-0It continues from 10 to 6 pm on Sunday, July 6th www.fillmorejazzfestival.com
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Google employees get special space toilets
http://mobileratty.com/ article/ 27aa0ab507598dfbc590ee51adbeb04dGoogle headquarters has installed some super-sexy Japanese Toto toilets that feature front and rear cleansing along with a dryer and some sort of insane energy saver timer that ensure you don’t sit there washing yourself all day. SFist has some creepy pictures of the whole set-up.
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your new favorite emo-punk band: the light brown apple moth debacle
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ 2008/ 06/ 20/ your-new-favorite-emo-pop-b…spotted in a high foot traffic area of sausalito, california… god bless the bay area. related: gentrification is insanit(ar)y
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a matter of taste
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ 2008/ 06/ 02/ a-matter-of-taste/christine in san rafael, california says sol food is “literally the best thing about san rafael.” one reason? the restaurant “keeps this gem of a note right where it belongs — on display in the glass cabinet outside the front door, where most restaurants would keep a menu.” seeing as the note has been up for about a year and half so far, it seems angelo’s threat hasn’t caused much concern.
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a matter of taste
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ 2008/ 06/ 02/ 3729/christine in san rafael, california says sol food is “literally the best thing about san rafael.” one reason? the restaurant “keeps this gem of a note right where it belongs — on display in the glass cabinet outside the front door, where most restaurants would keep a menu.” seeing as the note has been up for about a year and half so far, it seems angelo’s threat hasn’t caused much concern.
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SFist: “A Jitney Elopement” — Charlie Chaplin’s San Francisco film
http://www.sparkletack.com/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ sfist-a-jitney-elopement-charlie-chapl…File this — again — under “there’s ALWAYS a San Francisco connection”. A reader recently alerted me to the fact that Charlie Chaplin, America’s favourite clown (and perhaps the most influential performer in motion picture history), shot one of his bazillion-odd silent movies on location in and around Golden Gate Park.
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Taggage Baggage
http://writeprocrastinator.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 04/ taggage-baggage.htmlJust when I think I'm going to settle down to a nice morning of writing, Bad Tempered Zombie tagged Gifted Typist, who in turn tagged me. Barbara said- This is a link meme, whereby you link five of your favourite sites and then tag five others to do the same.
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