— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
I was strolling around Dolores Park yesterday and ran into these guys rapping about Ross and screaming for someone to give them a beer. Figured that was a good time to figure out what's their story. They're Abraham Linkin and sure to be the next big thing in Bay Area meme-music.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
If you don't read Inside Scoop, you might have missed this: the folks at Bi-Rite are opening a second market (sorry Creamery fans) at Divisadero and Grove. Paolo says “it's very much TBD,” so maybe they'll have a combination of the market selection with some scoop service. Interesting part of the piece is that they compare Divis to 18th and specifically compare Golden Gate Park/Alamo to Dolores Park. Maybe they are preparing for the business hit that the Dolores Park renovation will bring? I'll personally be spending my lazy afternoons at Potrero del Sol, but that's mainly because I hate crossing Market St. Is Alamo the next big thing?
— By Patric Fallon |
They were all out by the time I got there.
— By Zach Perkins |
(Image via gdgt, caption via Gizmodo)
Yup, there's video chat …so long as your using WiFi and it's to another iPhone 4. But hey, it's the thought that counts right? Hopefully they'll quickly figure out how to make it work seamlessly between iPhone 4s and other Macs, then it will be at least kinda/sorta useful.
Also, that sexy metallic band that runs around the edge of the redesigned body? It's an extension of it's antenna. That's hawt. And sort of conceptually phallic now that I think about it…
This beast is also boasting multi-tasking as promised, a supped up battery, the iPad's A4 processor, four times the screen resolution of the 3GS, and an upgraded “back” camera they're comparing to “an old Lieca”. (All info jacked directly from Gizmodo's live blogging of WWDC.)
The iPhone 4 drops on June 24th, preorders start the 15th, at $199 for 16gb and $299 for 32gb. Freak the fuck out, San Francisco.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Check out yet another amazing documentary from California is a place. This time about about a 20-year-veteran car salesman from a non-defunct Alameda car-lot.
Big Vinny from California is a place. on Vimeo.
Once upon a time, he was a local celebrity. He earned his nickname after doing a tv commercial for a Round Table pizza named The Big Vinny. For over twenty years, he was the face and voice of a successful used car business in small town Alameda. He sold and he sold and he sold and Californians drove away happy. Today, everything has changed. The business is dead. The lots sit empty. Big Vinny is out of work. But he still remembers the good times.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
I know what you're thinking: Dang Kevin, that's one ugly flyer! And it is one ugly flyer, but if you don't have a fixie, ahem, track bike (all the cool kids don't call them fixies anymore), you should roll to Box Dog and save 20%. That's like beer at Bender's for a week! Score!
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
A month or so ago, Pop's ditched their amazing 90s-era television for a flat screen. That was sacrilegious, but I was willing to deal with it because it's the only bar in the Mission you can drink Jager unironically. But this? No more awesome posters. No more Burt Reynolds. No more vintage Bud Light boxes. No NOTHING. Just a bunch of ugly ass, plain, graffiti-free red walls. Rumor even has it that TRINA is leaving the jukebox.
Pop's is one of my favorite bars in the world because they proudly display who has been 86ed from the joint:
Pop's is one of the only bars in the Mission where you can get molested for not looking cool. Pop's is one of the only bars in the Mission where the women are more likely to hurt you then the bros. Pop's is one of the only bars in the Mission with slam-dunk competitions.
Has Pop's peaked? Is this an end of an era? Will Pop's lameout and start hosting art shows in favor of shitty posters?
Don't go anywhere, Pop's. We loved you the way it was.
Smooches <3,
-Monty
P.S. - Get rid of the Valley Girl soundtrack. Fuck that garbage.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO:
(photo by westbymidwest)
And, you know, for shits and giggles, here's some other RAD STREET ART.
Found it Oakland by Thaddeus Mach.
Also, I stumbled (literally) across this one last night on Valencia. Hope you love the shitty cameraphone pic!
— By Zach Perkins |
(photo ripped off from Plan 59)
Ok my real boss (not KevMo) is quite literally throwing shit at me right now, so I gotta make this quick. Here's a few key points I picked up on while skimming this article (WHAT THE FUCK AM I, A JOURNALIST?!)
Do you think that PBR will undergo a shift in brand identity now that it's owned by a man who made his fortune managing brands like Chef Boyardee, Duncan Hines, Bumble Bee Tuna, and (S.F. SPOILER ALERT) Ghiradelli Chocolates? Will PBR go (even more) mainstream? Feel free to hate.
