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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 

Sunshine and Puppies

I met with Jen Elks earlier tonight. She is the editor of The Skinny, another local magazine that covers music, art, San Francisco community and whatnot. She wanted to ask me some questions, was looking for ways to make running a magazine. Seemed like everything that came out of my mouth was discouraging. Like me, she started this all by herself and handles pretty much every area of the magazine's production, and like me she works a full-time job on top of it. It is so incredibly frustrating sometimes running a magazine, trying to start something to help the local artistic community. It takes an incredible amount of time, energy and money it takes to do something like this... and it all seems pointless at times. Meanwhile, shit like 7x7 and SOMA keep churning out yuppie bullshit that no one reads or cares about.

Pick up Jen's magazine, The Skinny, at shops around The City. It covers some really cool stuff and the layout is excellent.

11:42 PM | |

 

san francisco bay area bitches who like to fuck

That was one of our search phrases today. I'm thinking of changing it to our tagline:


Mesh Magazine
San Francisco Bay Area Bitches Who Like to Fuck

6:06 PM | |

 

Johnny Rotten vs. Bono

From an article in that pillar of journalistic integrity, The New York Post:

"Every time I see Bono in those big fly glasses and tight leather pants I just can't hack it. I can't see that as solving the world's problems. He's crushing his testicles in tight trousers for world peace." -John Lydon

10:24 AM | |

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 

A Rant and a Poem for Kevin J. Martin

Continue the President's "there ought to be limits to freedom" ideology,
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin believes the FCC needs to crack down on cable
television and begin issuing fines for indecency. Currently the FCC can
only issue fines to broadcast channels, because, technically, the public is
supposed to own the airwaves and people don't have to subscribe to
broadcast channels. Nothing infuriates me more than assholes like Martin
who feel like they need to tell me what I can and cannot watch, read or
listen to.

"Certainly broadcasters and cable operators have significant First
Amendment rights, but these rights are not without boundaries," Martin
wrote. "They are limited by law. They also should be limited by good taste."

Who is this guy to decide what "good taste" is? I somehow doubt that he would consider fining Pat Robertson for calling for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, but an exposed breast or the word “fuck,” I imagine that would get you shutdown.

Read the story here.

In honor of Martin, I’ve written this little poem called Kevin J. Martin:

Kevin J. Martin
Titties, titties, shitfuckballscocksuckerfuckfacenutslickgoddamnassface
Martin, Martin, fuck fuck shit suck
Fuck Clusterfuck Cock

3:20 PM | |

 

Naked Blood Wrestling.

Here they are, photos from Suicide Club's Blood Wrestling matches at The Cat Club. I wonder how many sick fucks are going to find this page with those search phrases.




















1:56 PM | |

 

400 Blows at Bottom of the Hill

Went with Max Sidman, Pete G, and Hurricane Katrina to see 400 Blows at Bottom of the Hill the other night. 400 Blows does so much with just one guitar and drums, it is pretty incredible. Aside from a suprising amount of meatheads in the crowd, it was an all around great show. Caught Year Future, which features Sonny Kay on vocals, who is the owner of GSL Records, a label that puts out CDs and records by consistently good bands. Sonny was also the frontman for a couple of my favorite bands back in my high school days, The VSS and Angel Hair. Year Future kicked down the post-punk jams... the drummer was excellent and looked slightly possessed. Great, great show.
Here is a picture of Skot, the singer of 400 Blows. He has two heads and can shoot lightning bolts out of his eyes (hence the sunglasses).

1:36 AM | |

Sunday, August 28, 2005 

As You All Know By Now, Suge Knight Was Shot

Blogger Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins left a comment on Mesh Editor Max Sidman's blog mentioning that he has screen caps from a video he was shooting at the party where Suge Knight was shot. Check it out here. Incidentally Max at times bares a striking resemblance to Suge, if Suge were a white dude. Also incidentally, Max's fist is the size of my head.

Update!

Note to self: If you see David Banner at a party, get the hell out of there.

"I don't think that what happened was any different than at any other event where you have a lot of people," said David Banner. "It's tragic that it happened and that the media magnified this so much."

11:59 PM | |

Friday, August 26, 2005 

Bullshit Protector!

73-Year-Old veteran Bill Moyer wears a bullshit protector on his ears at a President Bush speech.

4:08 PM | |

 

Ann Coulter: New Yorkers "Would Immediately Surrender" if Attacked

Ann Coulter apparently believes that residents of New York City would surrender if attacked by terrorists. This from the horseheaded woman who ran like Carl Lewis from a guy that threw a pie at her. Read the transcript here.

3:28 PM | |

 

Lance Armstrong & Steroids

I don't really give a shit whether Lance Armstrong, or anyone else, used steroids. However, I learned while reading an article about Armstrong that the Head of the World Anti-Doping Agency's name is Dick Pound, and that's just too incredibly awesome to not mention here. Plus, I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old.

10:08 AM | |

Thursday, August 25, 2005 

Fecal Face 5.5 Year Anniversary


We love John Trippe here at Mesh. We also love his radical Web site, FECAL FACE DOT COM. Fecal Face is celebrating its 5.5-Year Anniversary with an art show at Minna and a concert at Slim's featuring Mesh cover darlings The Mall. Here's the info from Trippe himself:

I have no idea why I haven't given up so far, but somehow we've reached 5 1/2 years of the glorious Fecal Face. This is going to be on hell of a show/ celebration! Be sure to head on over to slims Sept 9th for the music portion of the celebrations!

Sept. 1st.
@111 Minna
5-2am

THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK:

Fecal Face 5 1/2 Anniversary Musical Show
Friday Sept. 9th
9pm
@Slims

Featuring:

The Mall (headlining)
Hightower
Ezee Tiger
Darker My Love

Tickets are $8. Can buy them online now. There's a good chance this is going to sell out!

click here to purchase tickets online

Info and MP3 samples on the bands:
http://www.darkermylove.net/
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=21866
http://www.hightowereverything.com/
http://www.fecalface.com/content/archives/002657.html

11:41 AM | |

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 

More Proof That Right-Wing Christians Are Lunatics

Pat Robertson wants to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Said Robertson, "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability…We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator…It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."

4:14 PM | |

 

Northern California's Largest Newspaper

There was, I shit you not, an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday in which the main point was summarized: "Here's hoping the Bay Area's next idol was among those crooning with the cows on Thursday."

In other Chronicle news, they're publishing a series of articles by Sean Penn about a recent trip he took to Iran that are very interesting (today's article included this in the first paragraph: I stepped into the water closet, grateful to just have a piss. If I’d had more serious business there, it would’ve been a squat job with no hook for one’s jacket. Now, that would’ve been manly.... and a gossip column by Leah Garchik that is so amazingly pointless I'm surprised it's not a blog.

3:48 PM | |

Friday, August 19, 2005 

Beware of Spock

Keep trekkies away from your children.

5:07 PM | |

 

Porous Walker at Low Gallery

Those of you who didn't make it down to Low Gallery on Wednesday for Porous Walker's art show really missed out. There was a Rice Krispies treat vibrator, all sorts of awesome posters, a popcorn machine, a table for Burt Reynolds to sign autographs (he was late when I got there), and Porous hilarious artwork. Here are some photos. Fecal Face also has photos here.





Giant Rice Krispies Treat

The Enigmatic Porous Walker

3:30 PM | |

 

Bohemiarama

We were co-sponsors of the Bohemiarama craft fair at Cell Space on August 6th. We handed out t-shirts and tried to survive while being insanely hungover from the Mesh Magazine & Virgin69 Summer Soiree the night before. Here are a couple of photos from Cell Space.



3:27 PM | |

 

Hot Snakes in LA

I went to see Hot Snakes at The Troubador in LA a few weeks back. They are pretty much my favorite band and now they are broken up. It was a pretty amazing show. They closed with a Drive Like Jehu song, the epic 9-minute "Luau." I also took some really shitty photos at the show, two of which I share with you here.


3:24 PM | |

 

2:26 PM | |

Thursday, August 18, 2005 

Post-Punk on the Brain

Click Below to Download a Very Special Mesh Mix with a post-punk San Diego-heavy version including hits like:



Camera Obscura “Twenty Five Diamonds” To Change the Shape of an Envelope Troubleman Unlimited
Drive Like Jehu “Caress” Self-Titled Swami
The Dropscience “Alkaline Sleep” Experimenting with Contrast Happy Couples Never Last
Des Ark “No More Fighting Cats, OK?”Loos Lips Sink Ships Bifocal Media
Thingy “Mayday” To the Innocent Absolutely Kosher
Chisel “Do Go On” Set You Free Gern Blandsten
June of 44 “Anisette” Tropics & Meridians Quarterstick
The Yah Mos “Off Yr Parents” Undefeated Gern Blandsten
Polvo “Tragic Carpet Ride” Celebrate the New Dark Age Merge Records
Angel Hair “Witch Hunt Scene from Star Trek” Pregnant w/ The Senior Class Gravity
Engine Down “Pantomine” Tropics & Meridians Quarterstick
Antioch Arrow “Angels_Lawn” In Love w/ Jets Gravity
Clikitat Ikatawi “Plaedian Dance” River of Souls Gravity
Hot Snakes “Suicide Invoice” Suicide Invoice Swami
The VSS “Cosmic Retribution” 21:51 GSL


2:39 PM | |

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 

Firefox Slipping?

According to news reports yesterday, the Firefox browser, which previously had tremendous momentum in gaining market share, slipped as Microsoft's Internet Explorer gained ground. This is based on data from NetApplications, whose figures show that Firefox users slipped by some 0.7% to just over 8%. NetApplications also claims that Internet Explorer has over 87% of the market snatched up. However, just like the Nielsen ratings, Alexa and political polls, I feel these numbers are dubious at best. According to Meshsf.com stats, we've received over 45,000 unique visitors in the last 27 or so days, and 18% of those visitors use Firefox (20% if you include older Mozilla versions), while 56% use Internet Explorer. Maybe our users are more tech-nerdy, but a 10% difference in Firefox stats? And a 21% difference in Explorer stats??? I'm not sure how they compile their statistics at NetApplications, but I think they ought to be taking a random cross section of hundreds of Web sites compiling those individual statistics somehow then determining market share.

12:12 PM | |

Monday, August 15, 2005 

Porous Walker is God


And Porous Walker is having an art show at the Low Gallery this Wednesday from Noon - 7PM. He will be performing a death defying stunt as well. "Autograph Session with Mr. Burt Reynolds, yes thee Burt Reynolds." Music. Food and drinks. And cheap art. Low Gallery is located at 487- 14th Street @ Guerrero.

9:24 PM | |

 

Indie Cred Now at Negative 583,000

The new Fiona Apple song, "O' Sailor" is posted on her Myspace page. Holy shit it's good. Last year there was a huge fuss made over the fact that Epic supposedly wouldn't release the album because they didn't hear "a single." Then somebody posted the entire album on the Internet. Now it's finally being released, apparently in a somewhat reworked fashion.

5:51 PM | |

 

The Best Things in Life Are Free

A new study says that money can buy happiness. As someone who has survived off peanut butter alone in the not-so-distant past, I could have told the researchers this.

12:57 PM | |

Saturday, August 13, 2005 

Your Favorite Band Sucks

There is a plethora of unbelievably terrible music littering the Myspace/MTV/Hot Topic landscape, and usually it's like, whatever... but the fact that I have to hear this crap blasting from stores and cars while I'm walking down the street is almost to much to handle. As if being assaulted by crackheads on a daily basis wasn't bad enough.

Here is the beginning of my series on bands that need to be stopped. I'm convinced that everyone of these new popular "emo" bands were formed during smoke breaks at Hot Topic.



#1. My Chemical Romance
If you're going to make crybaby music while wearing makeup, at least have the decency to make your music somewhat interesting. Using umbrellas in your choreography doesn't qualify.


#2. Fall Out Boy
"Pop punk/emo-rock band from Chicago." That's the tagline on the band's Web site. It's like they're making fun of themselves. And what's up with homeboy on the right? He looks like Crispin Glover's creepier younger brother. I had the misfortune of seeing the video for their song "Sugar, We're Going Down" yesterday. It hurt my soul. Hey guys, let's make a song they can play on The OC!

5:51 PM | |

Thursday, August 11, 2005 

Ruling: CBGBs Can't Be Evicted

Judge Says CBGBs Can't Be Evicted.

"CBGB has proven itself worthy of being recognized as a landmark—a rare achievement for any commercial tenant in the ever diverse and competitive real estate market of New York City," said Judge Joan Kenney.

Oh yeah, and that skatepark in West Oakland was saved too!

5:04 PM | |

 

Skaters: Call for Submissions

Mesh friend and contributor Travis Jensen (aka The SF Masher) is helping to put out a book about skateboarders' views on authority. If you skate and feel like contributing hit them up:

Hello All:

My friend Rudy Bazorda, author of Manifesto -- Truth About Skateboarding and myself, Travis Jensen, author of Left-Handed Stories, have joined forces and are collaborating on an anthology book about skateboarding entitled, No ComplySkateboarding Speaks on Authority.

Due to conflicts of interest with police, property owners, security guards and everyday civilians, skateboarders inevitably develop a unique perception of authority. We want to know:

How have your experiences with authority figures in the streets influenced your attitude towards so-called democratic society?

Where does mainstream society fail hardest with skateboarders and other outcasts?

What do you think accounts for general municipality reluctance to accommodate skateboarding?

What are the effects of irresponsible authorities on young people?

You get the idea...

We are currently accepting submissions for this book, which is scheduled to be released in January 06 by Fun Not Fame Productions. The deadline for submissions is October 10th. Please click the link below for more information on this project as well as for submission guidelines.

http://www.funnotfame.org/nocomply.htm

Please feel free to e-mail thesfmasher AT yahoo.com for more info on this project.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Best Regards,

Travis Jensen
Aka: SF Masher

11:22 AM | |

Tuesday, August 09, 2005 

Beat

Friday night was the Mesh Magazine/Virgin69 Summer Soirée at the Cat Club. Saturday was the Bohemiarama craft fair at Cellspace, sponsored by Mesh. Saturday was also a drive down to LA. Sunday was a Hot Snakes show at The Troubadour. Monday was a drive up from LA. Today is work. Tonight is Death of a Party on West Add Radio (8PM-9PM on 93.7FM in San Francisco or www.westaddradio.com). Tired.

12:59 PM | |

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 

Save a Skate Park

Caltrans is going to tear down a skate park that was illegally built under a 580 overpass in West Oakland. Give Caltrans a call: (916) 654-5266.

5:09 PM | |

 

The All Time Lows Theory

Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention says in an article in the Chronicle todaythat evolution "is too often taught as fact" and that "if you're going to teach the Darwinian theory as evolution, teach it as theory."

You know what else is a theory Dick? Gravity. I have a bridge I could suggest to you if you'd like to test out that theory.

5:00 PM | |

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 

Paul Hackett Election Results from Ohio

Update 9:51PM
DEM - REP TO CONGRESS - 2ND DIST

DEM - PAUL HACKETT 48811 49.56%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 49681 50.44%

Update
Well, the tide looks like it's turning, here are the 9:35PM results. I read somewhere that the Clermont County already went to Schmidt.

DEM - REP TO CONGRESS - 2ND DIST
DEM - PAUL HACKETT 46265 48.95%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 48256 51.05%

The race for the 2nd Congressional District seat in Ohio may be closer than predicted. These are the results I just got from the Hamilton County Board of Elections. They are updating them every 10 minutes, but it's almost impossible to download the pdf. Democrat and Iraq War veteran Paul Hackett is ahead by over 500 votes as of now. This is a district that hasn't sent a Democrat to Washington in over 40 years. Hackett gained some notoriety for saying he doesn't like the son of a bitch in the Whitehouse, but he'd lay his life on the line for him, which he did when he led troops in combat in Iraq.

DEM - REP TO CONGRESS - 2ND
DEM - PAUL HACKETT 30322 50.45%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 29776 49.54%

You can download the 9:14PM election results here:
hamilton_county_election_results.pdf

6:27 PM | |

 

On the Hotel des Arts Jock Once Again

Okay, I'm all up on the Hotel des Arts nuts once again, but I'm a huge fan of the place. You can read Kendra MacLeod's article on the hotel here. Both artists featured in the latest issue of Mesh, Casey O'Connell and Sam Flores, have rooms at the hotel, which they were allowed to paint pretty much however they wanted.

A new batch of rooms is unveiled this Thursday, August 4th. The 10 new rooms are from artists Kinsey, Jeremy Fish, Buffmonster, Norman Korpi, Nome Edonna,
Tes One + Bask, Jonathon Keats, Brian Ermanski, Casey O'Connell,
Scatha G. Allison and Mark The Cobrasnake. The hotel is located at 447 Bush Street.

10:34 AM | |

 

CBGB's To Have Its Plug Pulled

CBGB's has been involved in an ongoing dispute with its landlord over unpaid back-rent and a planned increase in monthly rent, which is currently $19,000 a month, according to this article. That rent is unbelievably outrageous to my eyes, but maybe that's the going rate in NYC. I would expect that CBGB's would have no problem paying that in t-shirt sales alone, with everyone from Ashley Simpson to this idiot from The Goo Goo Dolls (worst band name ever?) sporting their punk rock attitude with a CBGB's shirt.




I went to CBGB's a number of times in the mid-'90s, including a New Year's Eve Lunachicks show, where I'm pretty sure I stood next to Drew Barrymore most of the night. And while the club may have its roots as the birthplace of punk and new wave with performances from legendary bands and musicians like The Ramones, Talking Heads, Television and Elvis Costello, the bands that I saw during the mid-'90s played some of the worst music I ever heard. I don't know if it has improved since then, but hopefully the club in The Bowery can keep its doors opened, start booking better bands and become, once again, a spot where cutting edge music gets its start.

10:32 AM | |

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