Here’s the thing about San Francisco — there’s the Bay Area that you know and there’s the Bay Area that I grew up in. The Bay Area I grew up in didn’t have internet culture or crazy ass social media parties or Valleywag; it was blue-collar, more diverse and we watched Dominique di Prima rapping on Home Turf every morning on Channel 4 and all knew how to do the running man when Heavy D came on. Fuck, even the social pariahs like me knew how to do the running man. (I didn’t listen to “alternative rock” until I was a sophomore in college.) And that scene still exists, you just have to know where to look for it; the Bay Area is big enough for everyone to just barely tolerate each other.
I guess this is why I really like this food vlog — because first of all, they don’t call it a fucking vlog and second, these guys are like the people I ran with in college. Also, Style Beyond Compare; I remember they played on KMEL all the time growing up.
Long time (>5 years) reader, just wanted to say I’m so glad that you’ve been making more blog posts recently! Love reading your stuff, and I guess Twitter just doesn’t cut it for me.
That made me miss my favorite sandwich place…Little Lucca’s in SSF. I live near Roxie’s but had never even heard of it. I’ll have to check it out.
“the Bay Area is big enough for everyone to just barely tolerate each other.”
That line alone was worth the price of a ticket.
just barely tolerate each other. AMEN!
Wow, these are the same kind of dudes I grew up with. And they’re reviewing my old hood and repping my high school. Dang.
I used to love Home Turf but did you ever watch CMC back in the day too? They had mostly R&B/HipHop during the day but on Friday nights, Steve Masters from Live 105 would bring out all the new wave and brit pop jams. I saw a Smiths video once on there and it was all over for me. Good times.
Roxie’s! So many delicious memories, and a not-so-tasty one of getting jump’d for my pair of Jordan’s by a crew of thugg’d out Samoan hoods.
At least they didn’t get the sandwich.