Haight St. Fair 2012 - SF, CA

by Moss
6/21/12

Moss had a great time at the legendary Haight Street Fair this year. Moss has been a bunch of times before, but this year landed "backstage." Two bands Moss came to see in particular were playing back to back on the main stage. The Tubes...and Chuck Prophet. Both were great...super cool guys too. Moss has met the guys from the Tubes before, when he opened up for them in the early 1990's. The Tubes put on a terrific show, with Fee changing outfits no less than five times. Moss was hanging with Kyle (the drummer for Chuck Prophet's band...super cool guy and the guy who gave me the backstage pass). Also a couple of additional photos below. Hope you enjoy.
Moss with Chuck Prophet (below left).Moss with Prairie Prince (legendary drummer for The Tubes)Prairie Prince in action...from backstage.
Moss with Ross Mirkarimi
Fee Waybill Wearing The Old Quayludes Costume.
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Kyle (one of two drummers for Chuck Prophet's band).

Ross is in Deep Shit!

by Moss
1/19/12

I wasn't going to comment on this at first, but after relentless days and days of local media coverage, I decided to throw in my two cents. First, let me say I really do suck at politics. I thought Ross was pretty cool and thought John Edwards was "presidential" (whatever that means) and still like Bill "Slick-Willie-Bubba-I did not have sexual relations with that woman" Clinton, even after he flat-out lied to the American people. And that brings us back to Ross. The local papers, television and radio can't get enough of his domestic violence issue. He has been charged with three misdemeanors for an argument he got in with his wife on New Year's Eve. She had a bruise on her arm which she showed to a neighbor, Ivory Madison (a Linda Tripp wannabee), who video taped it and gave the tape to the police, after they served her with a warrant. This in not the O.J. crime of the century here. But, he has pretty much already been tried in the court of public opinion, and it is not favorable. I don't see how he can continue as Sheriff with all this negative press, but he has vowed to fight the charges and remain Sheriff. Photo of Moss with Ross taken on election day November 2011

New Sheriff in Town - Moss with Ross

by Moss
11/16/11

There's a new sheriff in town! This photo of Moss and our new SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was taken on election day, at the corner of 9th and Irving (Inner Sunset, SF, CA). Mirkarimi, who won the ranked-choice (or is it "rank") election last week was elected after serving as a progressive SF Supervisor.
We also have a new mayor, Ed Lee, who seems like an OK guy, but promised not to run and is currently caught up in a possible illegal election fraud situtation (not necessarily by his own doing). Mirkarimi, on the other hand, has always pretty much been a straight-shooter (in my mind). I even once almost volunteered to work in his Supervisorial office, but backed out at the last minute. Anyway, with the Occupy SF movement, Black Bloc, protesters, Sureno vs. Norteno and black on black gang violence, recent Hells Angels related killings (ok, not technically in SF proper, but close enough), random violence on Muni and city streets, iphone and ipad "grab n' runs", The 1%'ers America's Cup fiasco, tax breaks for ultra-rich pre-IPO corporations like Twitter, etc., they both have their work cut out for them in the immediate future.