Sunday, March 9, 2014

tonight: LEVI STROM, The Gospel Flats, & Strange Ideas @ Amnesia


Hello!
A last minute notice for some sweet songs tonight. Yes, it's OKAY to go out on a SUNDAY!!! Would love to see you there. Really really really. This is the only show I'm working on for March, as I'm nannying a lot more and can't do late nights, or plan anything else. So come on out!! 

Levi Strom is on tour in town from Big Sur! The Gospel Flats are gonna blow you away w/ their harmonies. Strange Ideas will wake you up with their psychfolk garage rock oldies soul Oakland sounds. :)
Read on to get some other updates too! THANK YOU! xo Jessie

TONIGHT
Seaweed Sway Presents:
Levi Strom
The Gospel Flats
Strange Ideas
at Amnesia
8pm doors / 9pm music
$8
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(always grateful for your help spreading the word by inviting friends & reposting!)



LEVI STROM
SURF COUNTRY fresh from Big Sur!
Oregon native Levi Strom has coined the term, “surf country”, to describe his blend of American roots music and West Coast surf culture. It’s also the title of his new record due out this summer on Vow Records. A mash of driving acoustic guitar, lush back up harmonies, and Levi's slightly off-key, heartfelt vocals make "Surf Country" a must download (and must hear live).


The Gospel Flats
Country/Folk Duo The Gospel Flats is the union of prolific bay area based songwriters Graham Patzner (Whiskerman) and Chelsea Coleman. Their vocals blend seemlessly and travel into powerful heights of soul and gospel while still staying rooted to the old down-home country twang. Their music grabs from the traditional melting pot and creates a refreshing medicine for these torrential, yet auspicious times.

Official Site: www.gospelflats.com

Strange Ideas
Strange Ideas (Oakland, CA), stage name of singer, songwriter and musician, Matthew Hable, merges psych folk with garage rock and oldies soul.

"Strange Ideas... is show promoter Matthew Hable’s [Gus Madsack Presents] latest project. The Monterey native’s 'Empty' is primitive lo-fi glazed in folk dissonance that would make Kurt Vile proud... reinvented blues-meets-psych-folk." - Adam Joseph, Monterey County Weekly

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LISTEN TO THIS SONG, Two Timing Machines, by Teenager (Bevan Herbekian):

A song to honor: the mystery of timing, the art of love, the mystery of love, the art of timing. The orchestral sound of the "sweetly defiant" songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bevan Herbekian (formerly of the 21st Century, now going by the moniker Teenager). Look out for new songs each week. Bevan is doing a staggered one song a week release, leading up to the final album release, "The Magic of True Love". 

"And how do you make love?
Do you build it to last?"
For we are two timing machines
with impeccable timing.

TEENAGER BIO, because I like to learn the stories behind the music, and maybe you will too:
Bevan was born on Halloween night in a tiny northern California town, where courtesy of the holiday, the first person he saw upon entering the world was Superman. He grew up the only child of ex-hippie parents who flooded him with an eclectic selection of classic albums, bootlegged John Peel Sessions and personalized mixtapes. It was a hand-me-down Nirvana cassette that jerked him out of childhood and compelled him to pick up the guitar and start a punk band. Since age 13, Bevan has been tirelessly writing songs, recording independent–and generally unheard–album after album, whilst forming and fronting numerous projects, from a Garage Rock power trio to an Americana Freak-Folk duo to a highly orchestrated Indie-Pop octet.  After nearly a decade of playing out in the Bay Area, trying his luck in New York, and wandering around the world as twenty-somethings sometimes do, he found himself disenchanted with the lifestyle he had romanticized.  This former scenester, who’d rather spend his weekends meticulously recording each instrument for his demos than going to bars, came home to write in part about what he found knocking about those city streets, but mostly about what he did not.  His long-time coming and laboriously crafted LP The Magic of True Love crystallizes the experience of realizing it doesn’t all work out in the end and the struggle to find yourself in the fallout.
The Magic of True Love bear hugs a ‘more is more’ philosophy while still managing to feel like listening in on someone’s most vulnerable prayers and doubts.  It plays like a mixtape of Bevan’s musical loves.  Ardent odes to the exuberance of youth are backed by larger than life distorted guitars and ethereal vocal harmonies. Melodic pop hooks of desire stand atop hand claps, fuzz bass and towering backbeats rhythms. There are intricately arranged ballads that move from confessional verse to soaring chorus into frenzied finale.  And there are pared down laments kept on their feet by gentle acoustic guitar strums and light-handed piano chords. Binding all of this together is Bevan’s voice. As a singer, he is intimate yet versatile marrying his spirited, mellifluous vocal with soft, confessional tones and the occasional high-flying falsetto. As a writer, his lyrics are poetic and precise, weaving poignant imagery with a deeply personal history. His true nature comes through in this music – in fact this may be where Bevan is most authentic and free.  Without affectation or persona, he gives you everything he’s got and you can feel it.  With The Magic of True Love, Bevan tears pages from Rock legends, Folk wordsmiths and Motown masters,  shuffles them and writes a new chapter. It is a big sound that is bold and ambitious, but one that a kid–delivered by Superman–would be willing to try.
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Save the Date:
Sunday May 4th: Dana Falconberry @ Amnesia

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RADIO: I highly recommend these weekend shows! Listen from anywhere! You can also hear the past shows, via the links below.

SATURDAYS, listen to DJ Joe Deakins with The Audio Grab Bag on KNYO, out of Mendocino.
11am-2pm PST.
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SUNDAYS
DJ Alex Webbles on KUSF in Exile, with the Hangover Sessions. 
9am-11am PST.
listen live: http://savekusf.org

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ALEMANY FARM HERB GARDEN: Herb garden workdays at alemany farm are first sundays of the month! https://www.facebook.com/MedicinalHerbGarden 
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HOUSING LIST: if you have a room to rent, that you want to tell more people about & not post on craigslist, please post it here!  i made this list a few years ago: looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com 

looking for housing? send me your email address or sign up here (be sure to check "all emails" as the subscribe option, so that you can reply directly to the people offering housing)
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xo
jessie
*Please send your news and updates- I appreciate hearing from you!

**seaweed sway music, nature, & yoga gatherings**
http://seaweedsway.bandcamp.com (idea for a new mix is brewing!)
http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

RECORD RELEASES! SHAREEF ALI (WED) + MICHAEL MUSIKA & ERIC KUHN (FRI)


HELLO!
I hope you are doing well!*

Tho I always dread my birthday a little, with memories of standing at the top of my basement stairs, seeing a room full of preschool friends, & suddenly wanting to hide... 
or generally putting too much pressure on the day...
I try to make the most of it & do ceremonious things. 
Since one of my favorite past-times is seeing friends & hearing great music, SIMULTANEOUSLY, these 2 RECORD RELEASE shows lined up perfectly.

I hope you will join me at these shows to celebrate!

Regardless of whether you can make it, I would love for you to check out the records & support these artists, as their music brings me great joy. 

Seaweed Sway Presents:

WED FEB 19) Shareef Ali's Record Release "A Place to Remember the Dead"
w/ Whiskerman 
& SparkBox (Megan Keely & Kelly McFarling) 
at Bottom of the Hill
Doors 8:30pm / Music 9pm 
$8 admission + Vegan Treats for Earlybirds
*CONTEST: Shareef says one person from the "going" list will be selected to receive a free CD, LP, signed poster, & t-shirt! if you are driving from the East Bay & can drive others, please write it on the event page. thanks!

VIDEOS to entice you:

"Tucson" by Shareef Ali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFI3kw3AIEI
(This is what I'd like my birthday party to be like.)


sparkbox: ("atlanta" by kelly mcfarling) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xA466fS4lI ("hollowbody" by megan keely) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwP94ycOyME


FRI FEB 21) Michael Musika & Eric Kuhn's Record Release "There is No Need to Name the Moon"
Eric + Erica's Farewell to CA Party 
+ Bobby Thayer 
at Amnesia
doors 8pm / Bob on first at 9pm
$8 admission
co-presented with Loving Cup & KUSF in Exile!

the record came out today
THERE IS NO NEED TO NAME THE MOON by michael musika & eric kuhn

The story, from Michael Musika:
I have a movie to share that is a visual metaphor for the creation of this record and the fate of its artists.

A long time ago, when I was eleven years old, I finished third in a juggling contest at a soccer camp.  I got beat by two brothers who came to the camp from Japan.  Their names were Toshiaki and Katsiuki.  My father teased me about it at the time and said I would never be able to beat them because they were too good. This annoyed me as he knew it would.  Many years later my father asked me how I planned to promote a record I was working on.  He said: “You’ve been working so diligently for such a long time.  One day you need to make a dollar.”  He suggested I get someone with a better voice and wider appeal to sing my songs, then looked in my direction tauntingly while listing several artists off the top of his head.  I said “I’m not trying to wait for Rihanna and Jolie Holland and Peter, Paul and Mary or any of the rest of them.  Alls I got to rely on is Eric and myself.”  He said, “You’re a fool Michael."

Here is my response.  The movie is called “The Juggler” and you can watch/LISTEN here:  THE JUGGLER 

also, Michael says he'll mail you a free vinyl if you tell him exactly how many times the fool juggles the ball consecutively. It was filmed at Golden Gate Park yesterday on the first try!!!!! http://youtu.be/DhXRFi_9IOs

POSTER BY STERLING SCHLEGEL

(they released a new EP friday feb 14th, Wild Holiday! get a candle w/ the d/l code @ the show!)


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RADIO: I highly recommend these weekend shows! Listen from anywhere! You can also hear the past shows, via the links below.

SATURDAYS, listen to DJ Joe Deakins with The Audio Grab Bag on KNYO, out of Mendocino.
11am-2pm PST.
look out for a podcast of this week's show, w/ songs from Shareef Ali's album at the beginning & end + Michael Musika/Eric Kuhn's new record "There is No Need to Name the Moon" + Eric+Erica's album "This is Where"
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SUNDAYS
DJ Alex Webbles on KUSF in Exile, with the Hangover Sessions. 
9am-11am PST.
listen live: http://savekusf.org

LAST WEEK'S show with Shareef Ali live-in-studio: http://www.mixcloud.com/dj-webbles/hsxxiv/
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GIVE $ TO SALT MINDS so they can make their album:
Mariee Sioux & Sean Kae are raising $ to create a collaborative album! i heard some song samples & am so excited for these songs to be out in the world. give what you can! 
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YOGA NIDRA: A blog I wrote 2 weeks ago. The Healing Power of Yoga Nidra: Rest, Acceptance, Creativity, & Transformation: http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com
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ART @ RAINBOW: Gregory Groff's mind-blowing art is up at Rainbow Grocery all month! Look at it while you're there!! 

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ALEMANY FARM HERB GARDEN: Herb garden workdays at alemany farm are first sundays of the month! https://www.facebook.com/MedicinalHerbGarden 
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HOUSING LIST: if you have a room to rent, that you want to tell more people about & not post on craigslist, please post it here!  i made this list a few years ago: looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com 

looking for housing? send me your email address or sign up here (be sure to check "all emails" as the subscribe option, so that you can reply directly to the people offering housing)
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a person who lived their life in full creative expression:
Thanks to Obo Martin for sharing this article, with the caption: "Wear your art on your sleeve"
Read the story and watched the video... I didn't know her and still am very saddened by her death and am inspired by such a beautiful person living life creatively & fully.

xo
jessie
*Please send your news and updates- I appreciate hearing from you!

**seaweed sway music, nature, & yoga gatherings**
http://seaweedsway.bandcamp.com (idea for a new mix is brewing!)
http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

thanks! + community giving ideas (music/plants/yoga/massage/meditation/planner/housing orgs)


dear friends,
thank you all for a great year!

realizing all of the great offerings of the community, i've been inspired to write up a list of gift ideas. pass it on if you'd like, & feel free to send me more ideas. it's an initial brainstorm. the list includes sean hayes' music, guitar lessons, meditation, yoga, massage, herbs, plants, & the sf poor bastard's almanac. just a few of my favorite things.

also, for your 2014 calendars: the next show i'm working on is saturday january 25th at the starry plough in berkeley, with conspiracy of venus & the glasses & one more band tba. 

& please save the date: wed. feb 19th (my birthday eve), will be shareef ali's album release, w/ whiskerman & sparkbox (kelly mcfarling & megan keely) at bottom of the hill.

thank you again & happy winter solstice! 
love from ohio, jessie
ps - re-issuing these mixes: http://seaweedsway.bandcamp.com - there are some holiday songs buried on there - can you find 'em?


***COMMUNITY GIVING IDEAS***

MUSIC
There are many local artists with new albums & songs out. Get them for yourself and your friends! If you want ideas of artists, let me know. Here is a great artist, to start with...

SEAN HAYES is an independent artist (puts out his own albums), and so your support helps keep the music going, really. He is currently releasing one song at a time instead of an album, to get the songs out there faster, so you can support by purchasing the new song, going to upcoming shows, or buying the bundles of merch at http://seanhayesmusic.com

Right now, there are deals on bundles of autographed CDs, a new bottle opener with the lyric "Hearts All Full of Beats, The Stars All Full of Night", t-shirts, and back catalog of music. 

Local shows coming up; tix to these make great gifts!
January 18th at the HopMonk in Sebastopol, CA: BUY TICKETS
+ a special Valentine's Day Show w/ Eric & Erica opening, February 14th at the New Parish in Oakland, CA: BUY TICKETS

Also, here is the new music video for the song "Magic Slim vs Dynamite": WATCH VIDEO + buy the song if you like it. "The song is a classic tale of two men dance battling on the street for money, fame and of course a woman. For the video we got a group of friends together and had a dance party in my backyard! The song is the first in a "series of singles" I hope to put out over the next year."

GUITAR lessons 
with Emily Shumway, specializing in folk, finger-picking, & songwriting: emailemilylacantante@gmail.com

MASSAGE (sooo worth it!)
with Adriane Bovone - email frogga@sfbmc.org to get a gift certificate & set up an appointment - $70/hr (90 min sessions available) - operates in same space as the SF Botanical Medicine Clinic

AND 

with Vanessa Verlee - for the month of December, she is offering an end of the year special on gift certificates. 
"you can purchase one gift session for a $15 off the regular price or two or more gift sessions for $25 off each. the certificates have a one year expiration date and will be available through december 31."

1 90 min gift session - $100
1 120 min gift session - $115
2 (or more)  90 min gift sessions - $90 each
2 (or more) 120 min gift sessions - $105 each
contact: www.vanessaverlee.com / vanessa@vanessaverlee.com / 415-902-5675

AND

thai massage with Joe Schultz - at the Yoga Loft - email joe@theloftsf.com - $100/hr / $140/1.5hr

YOGA 
at the Yoga Loft. buy yourself or someone else a 10 class pass, or there is a Foundations deal going on right now - email info@theloftsf.com to find out more.

MEDITATION
with Biet Simkin, Center of the Cyclone
contact: biet.name@gmail.com 
"A one hour session with me has no specific price. I allow my clients to decide a price that they believe a one hour session would be valued at. If u need a guide, just think of a massage or a therapy session or something in that family. But whatever is sustainable same goes for a gift certificate!"

SF Poor Bastard's ALMANAC/ WEEKLY PLANNER
this is the best planner i've found- i've been lost w/out it this past year - has so many useful info guides in it. get yours now!! & get more for friends!
contact Stephen to order one: https://www.facebook.com/SFalmanac

PLANTS

HERBS from San Francisco Botanical Medicine Clinic. http://sfbmc.org
email Joshua Muscat at skullcap@sfbmc.org - to get great everyday tinctures - for anxiety (nerve tonic), sinus/congestion, cramps, getting sick prevention, etc.

SUCCULENCE in Bernal Heights. 402 Cortland Ave. Family-owned. Amazing variety of succulents & other fun gifts for all ages.

GIVE BACK to the community

this list was posted today, by Jessica Weiss, as a way that "techies" can give back in the SF Bay Area, but really anyone who has some $ can give or time to donate can give to these organizations.

Housing Advocacy Organizations
San Francisco Tenants' Union and Housing Rights Committee: Great organizations that provide tenants' rights counseling and pro-renter political advocacy in San Francisco. 

Causa Justa/Just Cause: Grassroots political organizing group based in SF and Oakland. Doing a lot of work against gentrification in communities of color (particularly in the Mission). 

Tenants Together: Organizing for tenants' rights statewide, particularly working to repeal the Ellis Act (misuse of the Ellis Act is why many San Franciscans are being illegally evicted right now). 

Eviction Defense Collaborative: provides legal counseling and one-time no-interest loans for tenants facing eviction. 

Homeless Youth Alliance: This organization does amazing, harm reduction-based work with homeless youth in San Francisco. After their landlord's raised their rent earlier this year, they are being forced to close their drop-in center the day after Christmas, this year. They could really use the support!

Housing Development
Community Housing Partnership: Provides and runs supportive housing for formerly homeless families and individuals in San Francisco. 

San Francisco Community Land Trust: Provides permanently affordable housing opportunities for lower income San Franciscans through community ownership of land. 

Mercy Housing: A national affordable housing developer with a strong Bay Area presence, serving families, seniors and people with special needs

Jessica Weiss suggests: "If you contribute as a result of this list, please document it here - let's see how much we can raise - pass along!"
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkUoYbmv7ocndDYtdGNvMlpWQ2lnNjV3VzA5ZW16QXc#gid=0
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

SF Vote NO on B & C (The Kate Slate) + Sean Hayes in SF Fri w/ the Blank Tapes & Sat!


Hi everyone,
I am forwarding my friend Kate's voting recommendations: The Kate Slate: cuz I like to use them as a voting guide and/or to check against what I intend to vote for. Most importantly, NO ON B & C!!Kate explains her views so that you can decide if you agree or disagree. There is a quick summary too, if you don't want to read thru it all... It is a good way to approach the issues, I find. Thanks Kate!!!!!!!!! And, come to the Sean Hayes show Fri (w/ the Blank Tapes) and Sat (w/ Jillette Johnson) at the Independent!! there are two day passes even!!! tix: http://theindependentsf.com xoxo Jessie 
PS - Thank you to Mark Matos & NovOs Beaches, Jared Saltiel, & Sugar Candy Mountain for rocking it at Amnesia on Saturday, Dia de los Muertos!!! Thanks to all who made it!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kate Michelle McCarthy <mskate@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Subject: The Kate Slate - Nov 5, 2013
Hi Friends, 
Nothing like procrastinating…Luckily this election has a pint-sized ballot so this should be done before the rice is ready.
This is the Kate Slate, my little election tradition to help my friends navigate each ballot. I try to be helpful and explain my view so that you can inform yours, even if we don't agree. I am wooed by the romance of democracy and this is my vain attempt to help it work. If you end up using this or sharing with a friend, please let me know. 
The Kate Slate also is at urbandelicious.com.
Without further ado...the Kate Slate.
As always, thank you for reading. 
My best, 
Kate

This year the slate is pretty easy: vote no on everything, but skip the policy statement. Skip the candidates, they are unopposed.
An important note about leaving items blank on your ballot at the end of the slate (your vote may not be counted unless…).
A – Creates Retiree Health Care Trust Fund rules – no
B – Allows the city to issue building permits for a project at 8 Washington that violates City Planning Code – NOOOOOOO
C – Allows the City Supervisor’s approval of the 8 Washington project take effect – NO!
D – Policy Statement about reducing the cost of prescription drugs – blank
Here is why I am skipping the “candidates”: Carmen Chu for Assessor-Recorder, Dennis Herrera for City Attorney, and José Cisneros for Treasurer. They are all incumbents running unopposed, so save yourself the trouble. Then you can feel smug later when they do stupid things because you didn’t vote for them. Just kidding, kinda.
This topic actually sends me into a rant about democracy because candidates running unopposed is a symptom of an unhealthy democracy and this is just one more symptom. (Fist shaking!) But I will be saving you my rant for now.
A – Creates Retiree Health Care Trust Fund rules – No
Voters created the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund in 2008. Now, this proposition would create rules about how the money is handled. The how and the why is confusing and boring (you can read all about it here on the SPUR Voter Guide), suffice to say it is ballot box budgeting that would lock down the budget for a specific cause, which limits budget flexibility. Even though it seems good that it would make sure money allocated for retiree health care is used for retiree health care, it is problematic to budget at the ballot box because it creates inflexible budgets when budgets need to be able to adapt over time.
B – Allows the city to issue building permits for a project at 8 Washington that violates City Planning Code – NOOOOOOO
We should start with C because the signatures were gathered first to put C on the ballot–to overturn the Board of Supervisors terrible approval of the 8 Washington project. Why was it terrible? They make an exception to SF Planning Code for one property–8 Washington–luxury housing on the waterfront by the Ferry Building. The main exception you hear about is the height increase. But, they also made an exception for parking, which is problematic because the area is already serviced by ample public transit and some of the best walking and bicycling facilities while at the same time the area is plagued by some of the cities worst traffic jams. We cannot afford to make exception to city planning code for luxury apartments. In this democracy, everyone has to play by the same rules for this to work.
So that was all about C… What about B? Once the developers of 8 Washington caught wind of the signature campaign to overturn the Supervisors’ decision, they put B on the ballot that creates a special district for the project that allows the development all the exceptions to the rules that they want. Since I don’t agree with them making this exception to the rule–especially not for luxury homes–I am voting no on B.
One argument for Yes is that the developers have to give $11 million towards low income housing. That money for affordable housing is required by law for developments of that nature, to attempt to counter the problematic impacts that developments like this have on affordable housing, that ain’t charity. And, it is a problematic bandage solution for affordable housing, at that. Don’t buy it.
C – Allows the City Supervisor’s approval of the 8 Washington project take effect – NO!
If you didn’t read B above, start there, because that is where I started talking about C. A yes vote for C means that you agree with the Board of Supervisors and make the exception to the Planning Code for the 8 Washington Project and you want the city to issue the building permits. A no vote means that you want to overturn the Board of Supervisors’ decision and oppose the development. I am voting No as I said before because I don’t think they should make this exception. Now, if B passes and C doesn’t, the proposition with the most votes wins.
D – Policy Statement about reducing the cost of prescription drugs – blank
This is a non-binding policy statement saying something along the lines of “wouldn’t it be nice if the city could actually do anything about the insane prices of prescription meds? But too bad we can’t so let’s just say that we OFFICIALLY think it would be nice if the city could actually do something about the insane prices of prescription meds.” I don’t waste my time voting on policy statements. Something in SF compels people to put these stupid non-binding policy statements on every ballot wasting money and time.
Now that thing I must tell you about leaving parts of your ballot blank!
Luckily my friend Sacha (and Slate Party Co-Hostess) did a bunch of election research and let me know that the only way to ensure your vote is counted if you leave items blank on the ballot is to vote at your polling place.
When you vote at the poll, you insert your ballot into a machine and if there are blanks, the polling place official asks you if you intended to leave blanks. If you say yes, they press a button and your vote is tabulated.
But if you drop your absentee ballot with blanks on it in the mail, drop it in an official election box, or drop it off at the Elections office at City Hall YOUR BALLOT MAY BE NOT COUNTED. When the vote counter who opens the absentee ballots comes across a blank, they are supposed to determine whether or not the voter intended to leave that item blank. I do not know how they do this–crystal balls? tarot cards? tea leaves? But I know if someone is guessing whether or not I intended to leave blanks on my ballot, they could guess wrong. And if they guess wrong and decide not to count my ballot, then NONE OF MY VOTES on that ballot would be counted!
So what do you do about this if you want to be able to leave ballots blank AND ensure your vote is counted? Bring your absentee ballot to your polling place and tell them you want to surrender your absentee ballot for a live ballot. They destroy your absentee ballot and give you a live ballot. Then you vote and leave blanks, feed it into the machine–it beeps–and you tell them you intended to leave it blank. If this sounds like a lot more work than you wanted because you are a lazy voter, you could always for no for D and vote for the three unopposed candidates.
Tah-dah! You voted. Now put on that shiny red Ya Voté sticker already!
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Friday, November 1, 2013

Dia de los Muertos w/ NovOs Beaches, Jared Saltiel (NY), & Sugar Candy Mountain Manana


SEAWEED SWAY & NEW WEIRD WEST PRESENT:
DAY OF THE DEAD
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2ND, 2013
with: MARK MATOS & OS BEACHES, JARED SALTIEL (NY), & SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN
AMNESIA MUSIC HALL
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
9pm, $7-10



Poster by Mark Matos
Photos by Karen Doolittle





Press release:
Dia De Los Muertos, Day Of The Dead. A celebration of life and death.  The one night of the year where you really have to be in the Mission District, where San Francisco's Latin Mystic Heart glistens like candles in procession.  A night of Altars, looking back and moving forward.  And when the procession ends? when the last Altar has been looked at? where do we go from there?

What better way to cap off the night than to head to Amnesia Music Hall (The Mission District's favorite music venue) to witness the return of former Mission District High Priest Mark Matos and his weird and worldly Rock 'n' Roll collective, OS Beaches, a "band" that has died and been reborn enough times to know a thing or two about life and death. Matos is introducing his most recent re-imagining of the group, dubbed Novos Beaches (call it an updated OS) which features members of local Tropicalia tribute band Kill bossa, violin virtuoso Mathew Szemela, a couple members of Jolie Holland's original SF line up, and as always, he will be accompanied by long time bassist Joe Lewis (who has manned bass for everyone from Adam Stephens to Vetiver's Andy Cabic)

Having played and recorded over the years with the likes of Howe Gelb, Grandaddy's Jason Lytle, members of Dr. Dog, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band and Iggy & The Stooges, as well as Victoria Williams, Matos has a well deserved reputation for attracting talented players into his ever shifting congregation.  With his current line up and a new batch of songs, Matos is venturing into a more worldly direction (albeit a weird world) with more songs in his native Portuguese and explorations of Nigerian High Life, Native American music, as well as something of a return to his Leonard Cohen on Mushrooms, Lo-Fi Art-Folk roots (with Tucson's Campo Bravo). Something of a Rock 'n' Roll Age Of Discovery, a sonic passport, a pow wow for the citizens of the world.

There will be a Lou Reed altar and tribute song, and there is talk of a psychedelic pinata, and an attempt to turn the whole of Amnesia into one giant altar. After the magic of Matos' Family Folk Explosion Residency (a month long attempt to turn Amnesia into a spaceship, or a Grateful Dead parking lot on the moon, depending on who you believe), there is little reason to doubt this enigmatic Native Son. Ash Reiter side project Sugar Candy Mountain (with Will Halsey, Bryant Denison, Tom Edler, & Michael Fortes), fresh off the release of the fantastic Mystic Hits, will open the festivities, and Brooklyn, NY's Jared Saltiel supports.

listen:

michael fortes of popdose/parlour to parlour & sugar candy mountain on mark matos' podcast: https://soundcloud.com/new-weird-west-podcast/episode-3
mark matos on michael fortes' parlour to parlour: http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-43-mark-matos-part-2/

mark matos & os beaches covering "heroin" for 'undercover presents: the velvet underground' show
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*LIST O' SHOWS!*

*SATURDAY NOV. 2ND
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT AMNESIA
NovOS BEACHES, JARED SALTIEL (NY), & SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN
the real deal, see above

*Fri NOV. 8TH & Sat. the 9TH, doors 8:30, show 9:00
SEAN HAYES @ THE INDEPENDENT
Nov. 8th with The Blank Tapes! 
Nov. 9th with Jillette Johnson
**welcome back from tour shows**

*Sun. Nov. 10th at 7:30pm
Lea Grant, Rebecca Cross, Laura Weinbach (of Foxtails Brigade)PLACE for Sustainable Living
1121 64th St  Oakland, CA 94608
https://www.facebook.com/events/537695602978459/
very neat event, read up on the details!

*Wed. Nov. 13th at 8pm
Farrallons, Michael Musika, & From A Fountain @ the Rickshaw Stop

*Sun. Nov. 17th at 8pm
HowellDevine, Delaney (UK), & Conspiracy of Venus @ Amnesia

YOGA schedule
Monday Restorative, 7:30-9pm, regular price class ($17 drop-in or buy a class card for less $ per class, even less w/ groupon or studio deal that's going on now)
Saturday Gentle, 11am-12:15pm, $12 community class (or get a community class card, 10 for $100)
Friday Kids Ages 10-13, 3:45-4:45pm, tell all the kids you know please! drop-in $17, 10 classes for $100

Discounts for yoga classes at the Yoga Loft - there's a groupon deal of $45 unlimited for one month that ends soon... A good way to try a bunch of new classes! Or there is a fall deal where you get 5 classes + a one-hour thai massage for $100. Lots of ways to try a new studio or new classes! I'm teaching gentle yoga in the morning, 11am-12:15 - class schedule is below the show list.

Sign up at http://theloftsf.com or just show up 5-10 mins early - all are beginner-friendly & fine for those with injuries (feel free to email me if you have a concern).

THANKS FOR READING! I welcome your updates & news & ideas for collaboration as well. If I'm ever too slow to respond, please write again, as it just means I am losing track of things!
xo
jessie

**seaweed sway music, nature, & yoga gatherings**
http://seaweedsway.bandcamp.com
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