SWEET DANGO

8/31/04, Tuesday, SAN FRANCISCO, 7:26pm.......got eleven minutes exactly to post this, so here goes: new NICOLAS CAGE flick just saw the poster for, called NATIONAL TREASURE...just for CON AIR I gotta luv th' guy......gotta get a sticker scraper to new friend STEPHEN, who sells priceless paperbacks at UNITED NATIONS PLAZA...he gave me a copy of a comic book called TRANSMETROPOLITAN - he liked it more than I did.....the price is right....going to the YMCA these days, like one of THE VILLAGE PEOPLE - the one in THE TENDERLOIN next to Leavenworth......8 minutes and 56 seconds left..riding MUNI a lot....35 cents with my special California exemption.....friend working at FORT MASON tonight - gonna pick her up at 9:30pm.......my direct deposit is happening tonight at midnight, so I am gonna be at a BANK OF AMERICA ATM then.......and maybe my buddy Mack - I called him Mack Daddy...real name is Milton....might see him after midnight as well........good bloke....GREEN RIVER at 581 Eddy is under new ownership - worth it still, probably, for good Chinese food.........gotta get a friend back 20 bucks for a 2 dollar special coffee.......what was it? Oh...Middle Eastern coffee, at GYRO KING next to the Main Branch of the public library......MARIANNE FAITHFULL at ACT in the play with text by WILLIAM BURROUGHS.....thru' October........PETE SELLARS at THE ODD FELLOWS HALL LODGE - fine chap......stood me four bucks for 2 good GUINNESS bottles - on my tab.....gonna be inducted, if all goes well, into that fraternal organization, on the 8th.........gotta get a Sixties CD for 7 bucks on Mission soon.....compilation - slightly illegal - but what isn't? And at THE JEFFERSON tomorrow, DIRTY HARRY on DVD, and maybe THE DIRTY DOZEN.....gotta GOOGLE on LOVE IS JUST A FOUR-LETTER WORD - Tammy Wynette, is it? Or Loretta Lynn? Not SHANIA TWAIN - she should do a cover, maybe..........and on and on it goes - gotta get this instantly published....gimme at call at 359-4999 after 9pm and before 7am - call me, like Blondie said..........gotta git for now...........

8/26/04, 3:36pm, SAN FRANCISCO....I went through the latest issue of THE BAY GUARDIAN and find the following to be of relevance: cover story about four women known as DOUBLE DUTCHESS - jumping rope is their game....image from the animated movie GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE of a "killer sex doll"................ad for CHEZ PAREE, a "gentleman's club" at 220 Jones near Eddy....."Continously adding more show girls." says the ad.....THE BLACK RIDER at THE AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER - featuring work of WILLIAM BURROUGHS.....editorial about THE PRESIDIO, it's future use.....article about 2 recording studios in San Francisco....mention of SAN FRANCISCO FASHION WEEK at the Palace of Fine Arts.......AMERICAN SPIRIT cigarettes free carton offer ad (sent for these some while ago - should have 'em soon)..........THE NAKED LUNCH title for food column by Gabriel Roth - features THE WORLD SAUSAGE GRILL at 2073 Market @ 14th - a friend and I ate there once.........OXYGEN BAR ad (same friend and I have been there a time or six).....BEAUTIFUL LOSERS: CONTEMPORARY ART AND STREET CULTURE show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts........photo from that ACT Burroughs show - I would probably be bored by it - not long ago bought a spoken word disc by the man on Haight Street for ten bucks - currently, night man at The Jefferson, Keith has it - I dubbed up a music cassette for him and in a note to me he mentioned liking the Burroughs selections I included - was surprised by this.....also, guy I am becoming friends with at the United Nations Plaza Antiques and Artisan show who sells quality paperbacks had a Burroughs for sale today......and a whole lotta PHILIP K. DICK paperbacks - original price about 2 and a half each, now each pushing 20.......VANITY FAIR movie ad caught my eye...and THE COOKOUT looks like it'll be a real fun flick......and BERNIE MAC has a new baseball-themed one due in theaters soon.....PRINCE in town in September.....VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ad featuring line BE A LOCAL HERO TO CHILDREN IN CRISIS..........quote in crew list of The Bay Guardian with quote: IT IS A NEWSPAPER'S DUTY TO PRINT THE NEWS AND RAISE HELL........HERO with JET LI in theaters with the Tarantino imprimatur...........article about New York preparing to host the Republican National Convention....review of new J.G. BALLARD book PROVOCATIONS, along with a good assessment of the man's work........recently also looked, at AARDVARK BOOKS on Church near Market, at a copy of the RE/SEARCH book from a few years ago featuring Ballard......24 Hour Fitness ad featuring photos of Olympic athletes - haven't been seeing any of the Games on the tube...occasionally see good photos of athletes on the front pages of newspapers....myself, just went to the YMCA here in the Tenderloin and did a bit of work on the "elliptical trainer" and with a set of weights on pulleys - gotta do more of that..............MICHELLE TEA article....she was featured recently in The Chronicle in an intensive article - been mentioning to read her book VALENCIA about the Mission.....she also co-does an astrology column in The Bay Guardian........the ANDREA NEMERSON sex advice column.....DAN LEONE, his "Cheap Eats" column, about a Chinese place on Waverly Place at Washington.........mention of new movie THE MANSON FAMILY - coming, I think, to THE LUMIERE........nice color cartoon picture of a cowgirl for WESTBOUND AND DOWN 04 - chili and California country rock....at THEE PARKSIDE.......new music due from EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, WILLIAM SHATNER (apparently various musicians are paying tribute to the good captain)....EDINBURGH CASTLE ad - text: BOOZE, BOOKS & BANDS.........cute chick in lingerie in Broadway Showgirls ad.........."Detox Under Anesthesia" ad for those having issues with, like, VICODIN and other opiates................END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES starting soon - ad for it..........DOUBLE TEAM PSYCHIC DREAM astrology column by Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo - as I've said before, ROB BRESZNY is my man in that department, in THE SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY...........MEDICAL CANNABIS EVALUATIONS ad featuring a leaf......SELLING OUT KIDS title for story about problems at THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT..............JEREMY SMITH is the author of that article about J.G. Ballard - excellent analysis.....AMOEBA MUSIC usual ad.....featured is new DONOVAN music - called BEAT CAFE - it's said to explore "the world of the Bohemian cafe..." - didn't know about that one - sounds good, from Jennifer Juniper's Sunshine Superman...........that is about the only one of the new discs I'd think of buying.....got a lotta music on my mind right now - thanks in no small part to Keith at the Jefferson...recently spent 7 bucks on Mission for a 20-song Seventies compilation featuring them good old tunes....really got my money's worth for that one......article about one CHINA MIEVILLE, intense writer - at 31, he's written 4 big novels, as well as earned a B.A. from Cambridge - also studied Arabic at Harvard - also got a doctorate in international relations from the London School of Economics - what a miserable slacker..........he better get busy....good inside photo of those Double Dutchess ladies inside - they've used a jump rope to tie up some guy.......and ad for the upcoming (I mean, last night's) GEORGE THOROGOOD show at The Fillmore - he's given me a lotta musical enjoyment over the years.......and must mention the enjoyable CHRISTOPHER CAEN columns in THE EXAMINER and in THE INDEPENDENT.......and variously, from my own immediate life: August 31st meeting at The Jefferson's social lounge - general discussion of hotel business.....thanks much to Brian, Kay, the desk and maintenance crew......and all the denizens....friend and I met for about 45 minutes today at THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY - I was returning a copy of TRICK BABY by ICEBERG SLIM - was put on hold by someone else - and that doesn't often happen to the books I take out........friend had a copy of a book by Salvador Dali which was interesting...........meeting same friend tonight at THE ART INSTITUTE (on Chestnut - not the other place on Market with a similar name) - then to the Arrow Bar on 6th Street for a music release party for something called WEST INDIAN GIRL - related in some way to a strain of *** co-produced by the famous Owsley.......three bucks - friend said she'd pay for me - got two bucks in change currently - enough for some beer.....plus I've got bottles and cans to recycle....and must mention where I'm typing this: THE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER - lovely place, fine people there......nice quote from, I believe, Erasmus, in a receipt from some bookstore found in a Philip K. Dick novel someone left in the Jefferson: WHEN I GET A LITTLE $ I BUY BOOKS, & IF I HAVE ANY LEFT, I BUY FOOD & CLOTHES....hello to buddy FEISAL at the CIVIC CENTER HOTEL - found him a pretty Ali poster not long ago....hello to fellow Jefferson resident Joe - thanks for the enjoyable guitar and singing performance the other day...we also watched STONE COLD featuring BRIAN BOSWORTH - got it for 5 bucks recently, and well worth yer time if that's the kind of flick you find of value.......and hello to neighbor Steve in the hotel - he wasn't having any of that Bosworth movie - he wants FILM, not movies..........and gotta get back, from the same Joe, a copy of the VICTOR BOCKRIS biography of KEITH RICHARDS that I leant him.....and gotta get back, from a friend, a spoken word CD by HAKIM BEY, that friend ALEC WAY loaned or gave me.........and got from the library two books by J. KRISHNAMURTI...and had lunch today at GLIDE - chicken, mashed potatoes, spinach.....anything but that salmon and noodle dish they sometimes have.....was over at ST. ANTHONY'S DINING ROOM as well but the line was way too long.....and met on the street another Joe I'd met some weeks into months ago - said he was leaving a Polk Street bar last night and got his clothes stolen - felt bad for him, went up to my room and got some clothes he might wear besides the hospital patient threads someone had given him......he only liked one pair of pants, tho' I offered him more......and so there it all goes............half after four now....gotta meet my friend up there in North Beach in 5 hours.......there is more to tell but I've about had it for now..........

WHATEVER…………..WHENEVER……….3 new e-mails……#1 is from T. ARTHUR COTTAM, famed for PORNOGRAPHIC APATHETIC………………………hadda buy some LUBE, bro’……..from somewhere…..under and over tha rainbow………also some message from good friend JCB………he’s gonna be at the SAN FRANCISCO BREWING COMPANY or VESUVIO soon………and from PHILOSOPHER AND PHILOGIST JERMOME – his message: WE’LL TALK NEXT TIME…….he IS th’ cornerstone……………..COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER……..EDDY/LEAVENWORTH…………..SOCIAL SECURITY……PASSPORT……….UNITED STATES………..MUNI……STATE OF CALIFORNIA………SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY…………ALRAUNE – EROS COMIX……….MOUNT ZION LABOUR OF LOVE – LEAVENWORTH NEAR EDDY……ODD FELLOWS – PETE SELLARS…………….HE’S A SCORPIO, LIKE ME…..AND LIKE MICHAEL MORGAN AT THE JEFFERSON….AND LIKE GRACE SLICK, WINONA RYDER……AND JONI MITCHELL……………AND CHUCKIE M. – AND BOBPON – SEEING HIM ON AUGUST 29TH…………TRIBUTES TO THE DECEASED……..BITCH – A MAGAZINE, LOCAL……….MUSIC ISSUE – LITTLE GIRL ON COVER LISTENING TO 45 RECORDS……TRICK BABY, ICEBERG SLIM, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY – SFPL.ORG………..JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI……DIRTY HARRY…….RAJNEESH, NOW OSHO……OSHA ON VALENCIA – THAI FOOD………GEL WITH CELL FOOD FROM b………………FEISAL AT THE HOTEL CIVIC CENTER………..TENDERLOIN TIMES, JOHN BRYAN, ABANDONED PLANET BOOKSTORE ON VALENCIA NEAR 16TH…………MICHAEL MORGAN……..ALVIN TOFFLER, SFPL.ORG………….JOE, ROOM 517, JEFFERSON HOTEL……ART INSTITUTE, CHESTNUT, SAN FRANCISCO………CIAO….HOLAMIGO…….AND BACK TO ALRUNE – CHECK IT OUT……GOOGLE ON IT, Y’ALL………………………………………………………………………………………IT’S A TOP-SELLING ADULT SERIES………FROM A COUPLA YEARS AGO, AND TODAY, HERE AND NOW………….AVAILABLE AT AL’S COMICS ON GUERRERO NEAR 16TH………AND PROBABLY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO COMIC BOOK COMPANY, FROM GARY ARLINGTON, ON 23RD NEAR MISSION……………………TONI GREIS DOES THE ART – GERMAN SOURCE…………..ROCHUS HAHN DOES THE TEXT…………………………………885-5052 #501 – LEAVE A MESSAGE…….YOU KNOW YER RITE………WHATEVER…….WHENEVER………………Tuesday, August 24, 2004

this could also be called CENTRAL CITY #1.......

addressed to CHRISTOPHER CAEN at THE EXAMINER - at least the first part........

comments about his column today, Thursday Augus 19th....

liked his phrase "the wonder that is SAN FRANCISCO".....

about jaywalkers: what about those that don't f*ck with cars?

That cross only when cars are not passing by? Anyway: liked the Madonna mention.........

she just turned 46..........liked the Boob versus Bar Heaven note about North Beach.......

and there is a need for a PROOFREADER on a line, as follows:

".....proved that being a good comedian and being a liked comedian WHERE not both required." That should be "were"........liked the comment about EXTRA CREAM.....

yeah, what's wrong with the GOOD FAT?

Liked the quote about waiters not being nice..........

remember EDSEL FORD FONG at SAM WO'S?

Was there, like, in the late Seventies, got his treatment........

quote from him: "Be precise and concise" when ordering...........

the RUDOLF NUREYEV mention was good........

also: EUROPEANS, LOW-CARB WINE, MOOSE'S, REVEREND MCCOURT........

keep up the good work, Mr. Caen...............down here in PALO ALTO just now....

got the METRO freebie - worthy from there:

article about PINK FLOYD, SANTA CRUZ ALBEE WOOLF,

SHE HATE ME SPIKE LEE, THE STRAIGHT DOPE by CECIL ADAMS -

don't see that column enough.....all about Ben Franklin, this current one is..........

review also of ALIEN VS. PREDATOR -

had free UA GALAXY tix for that one but missed it...

nice review title: "Crabface vs. Squidhead".......reviewer hated it.....

Alien called "serpent" in the flick.......

[just noticed something while BLOGGER.COM was doing its thing......

#29 missing in this sequence of blogs........not sure what happened to it.....whatever...........

don't worry about it...] - now: SANAA LATHAN stars in AVP.....

called "delectable bad girl" by reviewer RICHARD VON BUSACK.......

not a favorable review, as I said, but I'd pay matinee prices for it........in the city.......

after and before listening to THE EAGLES, IN THE CITY.......also in The Examiner:

notice for SAN FRANCISCO FASHION WEEK....

FASHIONWEEK-SF.COM for details.....emerging designers featured.............

Frisco gonna get on par with the other fashionista cities.......

ERIKA GESSIN is the mastermind.........

checking in this library here in PA for some OSCAR WILDE - which reminds me:

WILDE OSCAR'S there on Folsom near RAINBOW is worthy of yer time -

GUINNESS there, and a killer jukebox.......the patio here in this PA library is excellent -

drank my Mickey's there.....there are 2 count 'em 2 patios, in fact,

in this fine repository of knowledge and wisdom.......

TOM DOWD AND THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC article given me by Associate....

at THE ROXIE....did work with many musicans...........also, consider AMPEX -

Google on that name.....especially the corporate psychedelia that transpired there........

also consider LARRY ELLISON, ORACLE, ORIFICE UNINCORPORATED..............

and in no special order: RED JADE on Church - the house red and the various specials........

lemon slice in the water there........ANCIENT AGE - recycling for that....

last night's Steven Seagal flick at THE JEFFERSON cancelled

due to inability to get the VCR working - JET LI in ROMEO MUST DIE 2-nite........

and THE ANIMALS, HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, at RASPUTIN..........

plus BLACK JUJU, ENTOMBED by them, in Room 501, 440 Eddy.........

gimme a call...359-4999 (in the 415).....why dontcha come up and see me sometime?

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THIRTY-WON(der)………..

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 –
2ND part, same day…
Recapping: DR. AGON FLY, WLR-32, SOCIAL LUBRICANT, ANCIENT AGE, CTC, SFPL.ORG, AMBROSE BIERCE, JEFFERSON HOTEL, KEITH, BRIAN SAMUEL…….EMPIRE, NEW PRINCESS AND CADILLAC CORNER MARKETS…….VITAL STYLE THINGS, 25 BUCKS FROM MIKE CROMWELL, BARNEY HOSKYNS, BENEATH THE DIAMOND SKY, WAITING FOR THE SUN, ZEP, JEFFERSON ORGANIZING BUREAU, J.O.B., STEELY DAN, TWO AGAINST NATURE, ALMOST GOTHIC, DR. STONE BY THE LEAVES, ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR, BARBARELLA PSYCHEDELLA, TERRY SOUTHERN (not Dennis Hopper), SECRET DIPLOMACY AT ABODE BOOKS, DUBIOUS SISTERS, ASSOCIATE, ME AND MY UNCLE BY THE DEAD, GARLIC SOUP AND TROUT AT PICARO, PETE SELLARS @ THE ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, JUST WEST, ENTOMBED, BLACK JUJU, GOOGLE……PORN COPS…….BRION GYSIN (at the public library)……”FLIP YOU LIKE FLAPJACKS.” “Is that right?” “That’s right…like f*ckin’ flapjacks…” – Mike Morgan at the Jefferson – getting the free Zep BBC CD to him……….ARTHUR LEE, LOVE……STEVE MCQUEEN books at the library – also, the SHERYL CROW song……….COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN on the found Zep CD actually did break down……….PETALUMA CHEESE……….to TOKAY at the Jefferson, LOUIS L’AMOUR audio………..Brian has got a STEVEN SEAGAL flick programmed for tonight at the hotel…….really glad about that…and seeing Associate at about 4…she worked a job at Jobs’ in the Beast Bay today…..

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004
skipping the recap….read the previous blog more carefully, perhaps………well, maybe we can recap some topics: CIA, DR. AGON FLY, WLR-32……..COCA-COLA, ANCIENT AGE KENTUCKY WHISKEY…..COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY….FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, RUSH, AMBROSE BIERCE, JEFFERSON HOTEL, KEITH, EMPIRE MARKET, NEW PRINCESS MARKET, CADILLAC MARKET, EDDY STREET…….ANARCHIST SOUP, PHOENIX MOTEL, WILDE OSCAR’S ON FOLSOM, DON HENLEY, STYLE, VITAL THING, MIKE CROMWELL, BARNEY HOSKYNS, GOOGLE, BENEATH THE DIAMOND SKY, MARQUARD’S, WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, LED ZEPPELIN, MOJO, MOJO NAVIGATOR, LESTER BANGS, ART INSTITUTE ON CHESTNUT, BEE-YOTCHES, JEFFERSON ORGANIZING BUREAU, J.O.B., STEELY DAN, ALMOST GOTHIC, DR. STONE, THE LEAVES, HYDE STREET STUDIOS, ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR, JANE FONDA, BARBARELLA PSYCHEDELLA, TERRY SOUTHERN……..now, the new material: SECRET DIPLOMACY for ten bucks at ADOBE BOOKS on 16th near Guerrero….DUBIOUS SISTERS, ASSOCIATE, BARBARA at the Jefferson – VALACHI PAPERS…MR. LEE ONA’S jukebox…….there in THE TENDERLOIN….heard I WILL SURVIVE by GLORIA GAYNOR coming out of there recently…..GRATEFUL DEAD also – check at THE BROWN JUG at Eddy and Hyde for DIRE WOLF…….and last night, Associate and I at PICARO on 16th on her fine dime for trout and garlic soup…..PICASSO MOON HEAD SPLIT……..EIGHTY63 graffiti on MUNI………and additionally: seeking unclothed WLR-32 pictures……….Google on this…..freesex.yuks.com has some interesting visuals……..cocaine connected………surprising how little filtering is going on in the SF Public’s system of the ‘net……..nothing much in my “junk” Hotmail……..coffee being served Wednesdays at the Jefferson about 10am…..drop on by………gotta Google on Omnivore, Berkeley…..Milla Jovovich in the new flick…check THE FIFTH ELEMENT…..CTC today from one to 3 in the afternoon…..punky one there now…..volunteering…….SAN FRANCISCO ART EXCHANGE at 458 Geary from ten to six each day…….HONKY TONK WOMEN 45 outtake cover…..Associate job with Jobs today in the Beast Bay……..PETE SELLARS at the ODD FELLOWS BUILDING….NLN2 with VIVI ANNE…..JUST WEST with Walt and Don and Glenn and Don……..ENTOMBED, BLACK JUJU..for free….Top of Form…FORM OF TOP, FORMS OF Z.Z. TOPP……..and be looking out for PORN COPS…….
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Monday, August 16, 2004

TO: JEFFERSON ORGANIZING BUREAU (J.O.B.):

This is the third letter to the J.O.B. – am ensconced at the Main Branch of THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 4th floor…had been always using THE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER on Eddy near Leavenworth but have begun at this new location…a screen is a screen, I guess…was just looking at a book by one of my favorite music journalists, BARNEY HOSKYNS, about THE BAND…they are featured in the recent FESTIVAL EXPRESS, a really fun movie that I recommend…read about details about THE WEIGHT…anyway, on to the regular material: was doing a GOOGLE on NLN2 (see previous blog)…about 13 bucks to order it online…it might be hard to find it in stores – it’s from four years ago, and in the genre it’s in it might have already long been displaced by newer stuff…been eating instant potatoes I found somewhere…good enough in a pinch, which is where I usually am…add some Tabasco and some tamari and it is good to go…went to Glide today…filling enough…and did some picking up of cans and bottles at Union Square…got about 3 and a ½ bucks at the FILLMORE RECYCLING CENTER…for Muni fare and for whiskey…must mention SITE FOR SORE EYES there near Powell for the excellent free service the man their gave me – my mirrored shades needed a bit of tightening and the man treated me very well…and CHRISTOPHER CAEN, son of HERB CAEN, is doing a column in THE EXAMINER – I think I mentioned this before but it’s worth a repeat…and I learned today that AMBROSE BIERCE, a fantastic writer, wrote for the same paper, this, like, a century and a ½ ago…and here’s an iambic pentameter couplet: “…reality’s embracing platinum/so come on up if you are wanting some…” – and I passed by, a coupla days ago, the Sony Metreon, on the way to meet with Associate at some cultural event at Yerba Buena Gardens…I just bought a really wonderful Sony CD player, and I’m very happy with it…and look up BRION GYSIN at the library – just a suggestion…and must especially note THE SAN FRANCISCO UNDERGROUND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – was there at midnight Saturday, 2 days ago, to see my e-mail buddy T. ARTHUR COTTAM’s PORNOGRAPHIC APATHETIC…funny, funny film…the whole festival, at THE BRIDGE there out on Geary, was really quite a spectacle, hosted by the inimitable PEACHES CHRIST – the crowd was large and appreciative, a beautiful SAN FRANCISCO scene…waiting for a ½ hour at 3 a.m. afterwards for the Muni was worth it…good use of music by Peaches in her own contribution, including BETTE DAVIS EYES…and the next morning, out to see my buddy BOBPON at his worksite in CHINA BASIN LANDING – had my Sony music box with a Deadhead sticker on it, and 29-year-old guy named Cassidy (as in the song) started talking to me on Eddy after noticing it…then it was to MARTIN’S for the free Sunday morning meal…Muni wait along the way – noted a PATTI SMITH flyer for her recent Fillmore shows on a pole…after the food, had some time to kill – my buddy Carson, called him, he told me he was out at his usual fishing spot near 3rd and Mariposa – I joined him for a pleasant chat as he tended to his line…then on to see Bobpon…nice chat with him as well…he said THE CHRONICLE messed up in an article, didn’t give JAMES TAYLOR proper credit for YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND…then it was on to the Sunday Farmers’ Market at UN Plaza to meet Associate…ANDY WARHOL bus stop picture along the way…(continued next blog)…

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Monday, August 16, 2004

TO: JEFFERSON ORGANIZING BUREAU (J.O.B.):

This is the third letter to the J.O.B. – am ensconced at the Main Branch of THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 4th floor…had been always using THE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER on Eddy near Leavenworth but have begun at this new location…a screen is a screen, I guess…was just looking at a book by one of my favorite music journalists, BARNEY HOSKYNS, about THE BAND…they are featured in the recent FESTIVAL EXPRESS, a really fun movie that I recommend…read about details about THE WEIGHT…anyway, on to the regular material: was doing a GOOGLE on NLN2 (see previous blog)…about 13 bucks to order it online…it might be hard to find it in stores – it’s from four years ago, and in the genre it’s in it might have already long been displaced by newer stuff…been eating instant potatoes I found somewhere…good enough in a pinch, which is where I usually am…add some Tabasco and some tamari and it is good to go…went to Glide today…filling enough…and did some picking up of cans and bottles at Union Square…got about 3 and a ½ bucks at the FILLMORE RECYCLING CENTER…for Muni fare and for whiskey…must mention SITE FOR SORE EYES there near Powell for the excellent free service the man their gave me – my mirrored shades needed a bit of tightening and the man treated me very well…and CHRISTOPHER CAEN, son of HERB CAEN, is doing a column in THE EXAMINER – I think I mentioned this before but it’s worth a repeat…and I learned today that AMBROSE BIERCE, a fantastic writer, wrote for the same paper, this, like, a century and a ½ ago…and here’s an iambic pentameter couplet: “…reality’s embracing platinum/so come on up if you are wanting some…” – and I passed by, a coupla days ago, the Sony Metreon, on the way to meet with Associate at some cultural event at Yerba Buena Gardens…I just bought a really wonderful Sony CD player, and I’m very happy with it…and look up BRION GYSIN at the library – just a suggestion…and must especially note THE SAN FRANCISCO UNDERGROUND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – was there at midnight Saturday, 2 days ago, to see my e-mail buddy T. ARTHUR COTTAM’s PORNOGRAPHIC APATHETIC…funny, funny film…the whole festival, at THE BRIDGE there out on Geary, was really quite a spectacle, hosted by the inimitable PEACHES CHRIST – the crowd was large and appreciative, a beautiful SAN FRANCISCO scene…waiting for a ½ hour at 3 a.m. afterwards for the Muni was worth it…good use of music by Peaches in her own contribution, including BETTE DAVIS EYES…and the next morning, out to see my buddy BOBPON at his worksite in CHINA BASIN LANDING – had my Sony music box with a Deadhead sticker on it, and 29-year-old guy named Cassidy (as in the song) started talking to me on Eddy after noticing it…then it was to MARTIN’S for the free Sunday morning meal…Muni wait along the way – noted a PATTI SMITH flyer for her recent Fillmore shows on a pole…after the food, had some time to kill – my buddy Carson, called him, he told me he was out at his usual fishing spot near 3rd and Mariposa – I joined him for a pleasant chat as he tended to his line…then on to see Bobpon…nice chat with him as well…he said THE CHRONICLE messed up in an article, didn’t give JAMES TAYLOR proper credit for YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND…then it was on to the Sunday Farmers’ Market at UN Plaza to meet Associate…ANDY WARHOL bus stop picture along the way…(continued next blog)…

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

TO: JEFFERSON ORGANIZING BUREAU (J.O.B.):

…this is addressed to the J.O.B. – that is, all the tenants, crew, and visitors of the Jefferson Hotel (440 Eddy Street, San Francisco)…and it’s also addressed to those who might happen to be passing by said hotel, or who are buying goods at the local EMPIRE, NEW PRINCESS, or CADILLAC corner markets…or buying two buck burgers at LA MAMMA across the street…or who are attending to two buck beers at THE BROWN JUG on the corner of Eddy and Hyde…who know who you are…and now, …again, skipping the recap…all the capitalized words…thanks to night music man KEITH at the Jefferson for all that great, great music on cassette he’s been turning me on to of late…and in other news: finally found out, in the novel of TO SIR WITH LOVE, just what it was that was burning in that mid-Sixties London classroom that got SIDNEY POITIER’s character all ballistic…and back to Keith – he put on that ol’ Osmonds hit, ONE BAD APPLE, onto a tape, as per my request…fine song…and this morning, and from work from last night, had enough cans and bottles to get myself a 200 milliliter bottle of ANCIENT AGE KENTUCKY WHISKEY at the superlative New Princess…been enjoying that on the sly..and Keith put on some CHEECH AND CHONG which I was quite enjoying to the max…and Jefferson manager BRIAN SAMUEL had that new MARVEL COMICS-based flick on last night…mentioned it last time…good use made of RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD, the B.J. THOMAS song from BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID…which Brian would program that one…and Keith had STONEY END on a tape…the LAURA NYRO version, I believe…those Streisand did hers…and I am considering ANTON MESMER…and THEODORE ROSZAK…GOOGLE on these names at THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY…SFPL.ORG…and on the way to the FILLMORE RECYCLING near Geary in the SAFEWAY parking lot, did a BACK DOOR MAN move and got on the Muni without paying a fare…this can be done on certain lines, certain busy lines…and…tripped on the CHINESE being spoken at the recycling center…made somewhat friends with a Chinese-speaking man there…smiles were the only form of communication allowed, but we were both smiling to beat the band…got three bucks and two cents for my efforts…two bucks and 38 for the whiskey…leaves me enough for 2 Muni fares, using my new CALIFORNIA card…and figured this: ten bucks a day would be a wage for me…that’s 300 clams a month, which is not considered substantial through SSI…that’s whiskey money plus…then back again to THE TENDERLOIN, on foot – a nice walk…through OLIVE ALLEY at Van Ness, past THE MITCHELL BROTHERS porn palace…got the whiskey, and used by food stamp card to get EVIAN water and a package of instant noodles…hello in the Jefferson to Gabe and Dino and Barbara and Kay and Michael Morgan…and Walter and Bobby and, and…waited for a computer at the library, drank my drink…HERB CAEN display on the 5th floor…his son CHRISTOPHER has a column in THE EXAMINER which is well worth reading…and before I got on this, glanced through the latest ROLLING STONE…skipped to “The Charts” section for the latest info on popularity…JIMMY BUFFETT is #1 with LICENSE TO CHILL…not wasting away in Margaritaville, he…AVRIL LAVIGNE, PRINCE, VELVET REVOLVER, JESSICA SIMPSON, GUNS N’ ROSES, SLIPKNOT (for THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES) are charting…wish ANUSHKA SHANKAR was…learned that Buffett has sold nearly 240 thousand copies of his latest work…and review of FESTIVAL EXPRESS with a photo of JANIS JOPLIN and guys…THE BAND is also in that flick, much recommended…noted in the review: raid on a liquor store in SASKATCHEWAN…which city also mentioned in the song RUNNIN’ BACK TO SASKATCHEWAN by THE GUESS WHO…so that is all for now to you all, of the Jefferson Organizing Bureau (J.O.B.)…we trust you enjoy this short flight on the Starplane…as for me, it’s more whiskey…& 2night, perhaps w/ ASSOCIATE, free showing of ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR at the GALAXY…

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Lot to get to again so I’ll just skip the usual recap – you have it all there anyway, so I shouldn’t hafta mention the same words again…anyway, today: was studying up on RUDOLF NUREYEV today at THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY MAIN BRANCH…a novelization of his life called DANCER looked good…another had a lot of pictures of the guy…and whatta guy he was! He was perpetually traveling around the world and a nickname of his was “Never-Off”…and also: watched TO SIR WITH LOVE at the library – what a wonderful film! Recommended…the title song was played 3 times during the movie…you gotta see it, rent it…far, far better than about 99.99% of what’s out there in the theatres now, OK? I kid you not, in my humble opinion…SIDNEY POITIER IS the man…and there was a fun event at BOEDDEKER PARK in THE TENDERLOIN today – free food, all sorts of fantastic community-making…linked to YOUTH WITH A MISSION, a superb Christian group working in the ‘loin, the Tenderline…and went to THE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER to do some e-mailing and whatever but it was a full house…and visited THE SAN FRANCISCO ART EXCHANGE to view their collection of rock album art…been there before but it is sure worth a visit if any of you are so inclined in that area…the one that caught my eye today: a cover photo not used for a Stones 45 for HONKY TONK WOMEN – the boys kicking back at some bar, some dive bar…coupla grand for that one…and, also, tonight, my hotel, THE JEFFERSON, is holding the usual Wednesday movie night – BRIAN SAMUEL is the manager and the mastermind behind this showing…that new Michael Moore is gonna be up first, then the Spider-Man sequel…Brian still hasn’t gone for the flicks I suggested – maybe in time he’ll get ‘round to ‘em…and went today to THE HEART OF THE CITY FARMERS MARKET and sampled wares in astounding abundance – this at United Nations Plaza…ya hadda be there…California virgin olive oil with bread for dipping thereof, nectarine slices to die for…me with ANCIENT AGE KENTUCKY WHISKEY to drink…honey from American Canyon in hexagonal glass, grapes on the vine, “Dragon Pearl” pluots, black tiger prawns – oh, please! And for some reason was singing FREE MAN IN PARIS by JONI MITCHELL to myself…it’s because the Jefferson night man KEITH has been making me up really fine audio cassettes of pop and rock music and that one was on there…and for WALTER, the day front desk man at the Jefferson, picked up a copy at the library of DAYS, a PAUL BOWLES journal about daily life in Tangier…Walter surprised me with tales of his global travels – Timbuktu, even…so I figured he’d like that particular Bowles work…and, and…back to To Sir With Love…THE MINDBENDERS were the featured band…gotta get some of their stuff…there is so much good to say about this movie…won’t go into it now…also ordered from the library: COLIN WILSON, his THE OUTSIDER…and NEUROMANCER – there used to be a complete audio version of that one but it seems to not be there anymore…and, gotta mention the stone cold foxes in that Sidney Poitier movie: SUZY KENDALL for one…geez! And in library news: was looking for THE MINDF*CKERS, actual book about “acid facism”, but it has gone missing, sadly…very informative, that one…and must mention a guy on Leavenworth feeding pigeons – bad thing to give those darn birds, like, bread…and it was ETHAN RUSSELL who did that Stones 45 cover…and did some recycling today, got 15 cents short of two for that bit of work…and saw a guy in a ZZ TOP t-shirt, complimented him, this near Union Square…and he tells me about the band: “OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED” – love that line! And, notably…hope these quick changes aren’t confusing…went to the good SUPERETTTE 128 MARKET on, like, Ellis, maybe, to get a beverage with my recycling cash…mistake made a few blocks away went a lone female SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARMENT officer, going into one of the hotels I used to deliver SALVATION ARMY MEALS THAT HEAL meals to, saw my can of malt liquor and made me dump it out into the gutter…told her that I worked hard to get the coinage for that, but she was not impressed with my plight…still had enough left for a small can of low-rent beer at THE EMPIRE MARKET near the Jefferson, but, like, still…and just recently, while waiting on this terminal I am currently using, studied the photos in a book by STEVEN WATSON called FACTORY MADE: WARHOL AND THE SIXTIES…well worth looking into…called “a masterly achievement” by a back cover critic…I must agree…and that is about it for now…skipped a lot of details, and the print in the paper version of this is near the lower limit…taken to the limit, like the Eagles sing…

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