The theater I worked at for a few years was routinely written up in the annual "Best of..." issue of the local weekly as one of the best places in the city to have public sex. It was an 850 seat one screen house and the back rows were really dark. The last few rows were actually behind and to the side of the rear…

Lovin' that auxiliary rally light. I'd totally add one to my LC4. I also dig the exhaust a lot. Never really dug big chrome-y or big fat pipes that have lots of attention called to them.

On the other hand, the front mask/number plate on the Deus Ex Machina looks like garbage. Still, sorta feel like giving them points…

That driver has the wrist version of cankles.

How about paying a little more to a store or company that doesn't suck the lifeblood out of its workers and that doesn't seem to have an aim to create a permanent underclass of workers just barely scraping by that they also consider completely expendable.

But I guess that's un-American. So I'll just keep searching for…

The national bird of Berkeley. Traded in my wife's '80-something for a '98 Subaru. That might'be been a bad idea. The engines will never die. But the trim will fall apart. All the plastic and rubber will dry out and rot. But it just won't die. I think we sold it to a friend for $250 and they were STOKED. We shoulda…

What I want to know is, who is Anna and did we ever work together? Unless you are older than your mid to late 40s, we worked at the same store (not necessarily concurrently, but still). I don't remember there being more than one hipster record store at a time in Santa Cruz at a time.

I was working at a store on a retail strip and the guy that ran the obnoxious high end music store down the street came in to by something. My buddy rang him up at the cash register and the dude made some small talk that seemed a bit overly familiar. My friend just went with it for a bit but then the guy asked a…

Kinda surprised LC doesn't get a "verified" checkmark from Twitter. Isn't she enough of a public figure to deserve it.

I was recently locked out of a rental car in Florida. We called AAA and the first tow truck to show up couldn't get us in. The car only had electronically activated locks and an unlock button on the middle of the dash. For some reason, pressing the unlock button didn't work (battery was fine, <shrug>).

Burrrrrrnnn's language is pretty confrontational, but I agree with him. Geffenex hits it pretty spot on. It may not be your fault you're out of a job. It probably has more to do with people closer to the top making poor decisions. Still blaming it on downloaders and refusing to believe your own industry didn't have a…

I was on the retail end. And played in bands. I agree that it's just fucking sad what artists, recording engineers, indie label artists, etc. have to do to survive these days. But there are still successful examples of each.

No, they're not. I worked in the music industry too. You can't just blame it on "the kids," as much as you want to. The music industry is set up to destroy. It's a vile monster that has to somehow grow while feeding on itself. It needed to adapt but didn't.

Hate to be that guy, but the 2nd link is to a news story about Hwy 17 that connects Santa Cruz to San Jose, in California.

I always tell my fellow MC folks that the most fun you can have on two wheels is an old school 2 stroke manual shift Italian scooter. I haven't owned a Vespa or Lambretta for years. But even as a primarily MC person, I could care less about highly strung high HP 400+ pound I4 sport bikes.

Suzuki does so well in the MC market. It's so sad that no one gives a hoot about their cars.

SF Bay Area, I'm pretty sure I've seen a few of these around these parts.

Saab 900 Turbo (I guess the non-turbo would be just as practical, but way less fun). When I was younger and in a punk band, before we had a van, my Saab was the gear car. A 4 piece band's worth of gear (drums & hardware, 4x10" bass cab plus a bass head, 2x12" guitar combo amp, 1 guitar, 1 bass, mic stand, small…

I"m guessing these dudes talk a lot about "respect" and "brotherhood." But not one of 'em did a damn thing for their buddy that went down at the beginning of the vid.

I work next door to an Academy of Art (where the only entrance exam is whether your tuition check clears or not) building in San Francisco. I used to regularly see a damn-he-barely-looks-twenty year old Chinese kid drop his girlfriend off in his Audi R8. Didn't see too many Ferraris or Lambos, but definitely the…

I have a sick fascination with Black Friday news stories. I usually spend the day sitting at home, being lazy, reading, watching Netflix, surfing the internet, or whatever, only emerging to maybe go out to a late lunch or dinner. But I tend to check new sites for the latest story of consumer madness. I'm not sure why,…