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.

http://theloftsf.com/class_rates.html

MEDITATION

with Biet Simkin, Center of the Cyclone

contact: biet.name@gmail.com 

website: http://centerofthecyclone.com/

interview: http://newyorknatives.com/kokoro-chic-lets-get-present/#.UqDwvI2AFBI

"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!

see what's in it: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2014-poor-bastards-san-francisco-almanac-with-60-info-guides-a-cd

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.

https://www.facebook.com/succulence

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

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!

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

rsvp: https://www.facebook.com/events/204523926390747

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:

http://markmatos.com/

http://jaredsaltiel.bandcamp.com/

http://sugarcandymountain.bandcamp.com/

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

part 1 projection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letEHrd4kp8

part 2 projection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xiqaYD4DYc

.................

*LIST O' SHOWS!*

*SATURDAY NOV. 2ND

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT AMNESIA

NovOS BEACHES, JARED SALTIEL (NY), & SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN

https://www.facebook.com/events/204523926390747/

the real deal, see above

*Fri NOV. 8TH & Sat. the 9TH, doors 8:30, show 9:00

SEAN HAYES @ THE INDEPENDENT

2 day pass: http://ticketf.ly/19nhcqi

Nov. 8th with The Blank Tapes! 

tix: http://ticketf.ly/146iXmt

Nov. 9th with Jillette Johnson

tix: http://ticketf.ly/12fuKyA

**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

https://www.facebook.com/events/512955888790236/

*Sun. Nov. 17th at 8pm

HowellDevine, Delaney (UK), & Conspiracy of Venus @ Amnesia

https://www.facebook.com/events/622111791145331/

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
http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway

Conspiracy of Venus, Tin Sandwich, Attack of the Typewriters SATURDAY @ Make-Out Room 7:30pm! + Dia de los Muertos w/ NovOs Beaches & Sugar Candy Mountain Next Sat. Nov. 2 @ Amnesia

Hi everyone!

So the weekend is here, and as some of you know, the choir I've been in since 2007 (day 1!), Conspiracy of Venus,  is back in action for our new season (we take summers off). We are performing tomorrow EARLY at the Make-Out Room SATURDAY EVENING, 7:30PM-9:45PM. & it's a Halloween Party!! We'll be dressing as Conspiracy of Beards, but they don't know that yet. Not only will we be premiering our new cover of the Beatles, "I'm Only Sleeping", with backwards guitar vocal solos, we'll be performing two other new ones, full of 4-6 part harmonies. Listen/get excited: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MMDugt8ZRk One of the new songs is an original by our director Joyce Todd McBride, and one is a classic that is recognizable + fun, and we learned a dance for it but will probably fall off the stage if we actually made that happen (one day tho). Anyway, I would really love to see You there. Oh yeah ! & we are lucky enough to have Tin Sandwich opening, an all-harmonica quintet!!!! (Sadly Lutra Lutra had to cancel due to a bought of winter upper respiratory sickness, but we wish them well and are so so happy Tin Sandwich can step in, esp since Scot from the Beards will get to see our costumes.) It would be foolish to miss Tin Sandwich, as they are a rare treat, so really, please do arrive early. AND as another early bonus, Hiya Swanhuyser, friend of the choir and an integral part of the SF music community, just confirmed that she can bring the typewriters tomorrow, for another go at Attack of the Typewriters! This means that before the music starts and in between sets, people (You) can type letters to political people and voice your opinion. 1 letter = 100 votes. (Or perhaps, more?) If you have a cause you are championing, feel free to bring a sample letter, and perhaps even make an announcement about it between sets. Also, for those of you know Oshan (community member who is in prison for 12.5 years), I will bring his address for us to send letters his way, as his birthday was this week! Go to http://teanotprison.com if you want to learn more or help fund his appeal. Thanks for considering all these elements to try and get you to come to a show, and hope to see you tomorrow!

                       Photo by Audra Marie Dewitt at Sutro Baths, of Conspiracy of Venus!

A few more things: Alemany Farm - I went to the Harvest Fest last weekend and now am re-excited about the land and work that's being done there. An herb garden crew is forming and they plan to have monthly workdays focused on that space on the farm. Let me know if you're interested in joining; I am going to try to make it to those days. (All the cat tails you can eat!)

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.

Coming up - Next Saturday, Nov. 2, we will be honoring Dia de los Muertos at Amnesia, with Mark Matos & Os Beaches (NovOs Beaches) + Jared Saltiel from NYC + Sugar Candy Mountain (super sunny pop supergroup with Will Halsey, Ash Reiter, Bryant Denison, Tom Edler, Michael Fortes, & probably someone I forgot). If you want to get involved w/ this or future events, please let me know.

Thanks & Happy Halloween! What are you gonna be?

Jessie

.................

*SHOWS!*

*SATURDAY OCT. 26TH AT THE MAKE-OUT ROOM, HALLOWEEN SHOW! 7-9:45PM, DRESS IN COSTUME!

CONSPIRACY OF VENUS & TIN SANDWICH

https://www.facebook.com/events/524951904260226/

http://conspiracyofvenus.com

see above for all the reasons i think you should be there! :)

*SATURDAY NOV. 2ND, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, AT AMNESIA

MARK MATOS & OS BEACHES, JARED SALTIEL (NYC), & SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN

https://www.facebook.com/events/204523926390747/

the real deal

*Fri NOV. 8TH & Sat. the 9TH, SEAN HAYES @ THE INDEPENDENT

http://seanhayesmusic.com

http://theindependentsf.com

Nov. 8th with The Blank Tapes! Nov. 9th with Jillette Johnson

**welcome back from tour shows**

*Sunday, November 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, Farrallons, Michael Musika, & From A Fountain @ the Rickshaw Stop, 8pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/512955888790236/

YOGA schedule

*Note: Yoga Loft has a Groupon offer right now - $45 unlimited for one month - that is a great deal!*

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

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
http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway

Emily Jane White, Spectre Spectre, & King Woman SUN @ Amnesia! 8pm + Close Guantanamo Bay benefit show (call for help)

Hello to those near & far. 

Hope you are having good Saturday nights and enjoyed the sunny bay day. Tomorrow night (9/29), I'll be spending another Sunday evening at Amnesia and would love some company, for what I know will be a wonderful show-- withEmily Jane White, Spectre Spectre, & King Woman. Doors are at 8, Show at 8:30, in an attempt to not stay up too late, for those who have to get up early Monday!

There is a more enticing description of the bands with videos and sound links below, and if you read on, you'll see the Seaweed Sway show list, with a few bonus recommended shows thrown in.

 

A couple more things: Sean Hayes and The Blank Tapes are still on tour - landing in SF Nov 8th & 9th at the Independent. Sean Hayes also put out a new single, Magic Slim vs. Dynamite! Preview the song, and buy it if you like it!  Please tell friends around the US to go see 'em: http://seanhayesmusic.com 

Lastly, my friend & guitar teacher, Emily Shumway, is planning on doing a benefit show to help Close Guantanamo Bay detention center - partnering with a friend of hers who has been doing a 60 or 70 day fast to raise awareness. To learn more about the cause, go to http://CloseGitmo.net If you'd like to help out, please email her atemilylacantante@gmail.com

Thanks!

Jessie

.................

Tomorrow, SUNDAY (SEPT. 29TH)

Seaweed Sway Presents:
an Evening with
EMILY JANE WHITE
SPECTRE SPECTRE
KING WOMANat Amnesia.
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/192713617571809/

Emily Jane White: "Emily Jane White's singing voice, wispy and sweet but undercut with an alluring world-weary weight, lends itself to brow-furrowing introspection and rustic tales of woe...It's heartening to see an artist as young as Emily Jane White recognize and exploit her strengths." -PitchforkWATCH/LISTEN, OH KATHERINE: http://youtu.be/CbQlAIupyn8
WATCH/LISTEN, THE CLIFF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-fJcO52LFw

Spectre Spectre:
https://www.facebook.com/

spectrespectre A duet comprised of Amanda Rino and Nathan Smith's saccharine vocal harmonies accompanied by ambient electric guitar and piano: a musical exploration of the echoes that remain between people, places, and past experiences.

WATCH/LISTEN: https://vimeo.com/71937767

King Woman: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/King-Woman/116386155058898 "Kristina Esfandiari is the former voice of San Franciso shoegazers Whirr. In her solo debut as King Woman, she writes heart-wrenching ethereal songs you might be just as likely to hear in either an opium den or insane asylum – your choice."

LISTEN: http://sleepgenius.bandcamp.com/album/degrida-sick-bed-2

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*SHOWS!*

*SUNDAY SEPT. 29TH AT AMNESIA @ 8pm, $10

EMILY JANE WHITE, SPECTRE SPECTRE, & KING WOMAN

https://www.facebook.com/events/192713617571809/

*THURSDAY OCT. 3RD at ATA, 7:30PM, $7

Suki O'Kane, Jeremy Rourke, Ammo Eisu, Mark David Ashworth and Nadia Shihab. a night of live cinema performances and multi-media projects of the old and  the never yet seen variety.

https://www.facebook.com/events/480847105362153

*SATURDAY OCT. 12TH starting at 5pm

Loving Cup Presens: Autumn Mellowlands Festival with Farallons, Sugar Candy Mountain, Bill Baird, Assateague and Yesway. 

in Sausalito, at Harmonia (formerly The Record Plant)

https://www.facebook.com/events/687001561328658/

*THURSDAY OCT. 17TH AT AMNESIA @ 8:30pm

EGGPLANT CASINO, VIKESH KIPOOR, ThistleDown (Adam Kirk), & Barbary Ghosts

https://www.facebook.com/events/256068457878315/

*SATURDAY OCT. 26TH AT THE MAKE-OUT ROOM, HALLOWEEN SHOW! 7-9:45PM, DRESS IN COSTUME!

CONSPIRACY OF VENUS & LUTRA LUTRA

http://lutraluutra.bandcamp.com

*SATURDAY NOV. 2ND, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, AT AMNESIA

MARK MATOS & OS BEACHES, SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN, & JARED SALTIEL (NYC)

https://www.facebook.com/events/204523926390747/

YOGA schedule

Monday Restorative, 7:30-9pm, regular price class ($17 drop-in or buy a class card for less $ per class, let me know if you need a lower rate)

Saturday Gentle, 11am-12:15pm, $12 community class (or get a community class card, 10 for $100)

Friday Kids Ages 10-14, 3:45-4:45pm, tell all the kids you know please! drop-in $17, 10 classes for $100

sign up at http://theloftsf.com - 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 as well.

jessie

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

Michael Musika & Eric Kuhn's Ghosts:: New Cadence TODAY at Viracocha (CD RELEASE)

Hello! 

I'm writing an overdue email to you all, to remind you of a few things I mentioned last time. Mainly, I want to urgently ask you all to give to Michael Musika & Eric Kuhn's album Kickstarter campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelmusika/ghosts There are only 4 days left; help make it happen (please)! If you've already given, please share the link. There is an intriguing and thrilling and entertaining and true story entitled "What does a practical musician have to do with Axl Rose?" that Michael told about a magic trick from beyond the grave, told from Michael's home, that weaves incredibly into the album & thus this fundraising campaign. I am going to share the links to those videos below, for your viewing pleasure, and to inspire you to give generously, or if nothing else, to amuse you. Thomas Edler & Jen Kulbeck graciously filmed the story series. Michael is a gifted storyteller as well as musician.

Also, if you're in town this Saturday night, July 6th, I'd love to see you at Viracocha for New Cadence's album release! It's taken awhile to manifest this show - to pick the right night and place - and we are happy to have it at one of the most beautiful, intimate, & community-run spots in town. Also, we are lucky to have two solo musicians who are incredible (sweet sweet folk music - new to my ears) opening the night. Dwight Smith & Julia Lucille. They are on bandcamp if you wanna listen (link below). Also! As a bonus, DJ REAL, is going to do a short ten minute set, because we all need a lot more humor in our lives (well I do at least). Here's a little snippet to entice you, entitled Pushups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KG3PcDnzb4 It's an early start, so please come & support these wonderful touring bands followed by New Cadence's big show. :) 8pm. $10-15.

NEW CADENCE ALBUM RELEASE LINKS:

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/526116280756826/

New Cadence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bss-4u8yUw a fun cover, performed at viracocha

one of my fave songs of theirs http://seaweedsway.bandcamp.com/track/changing-tide

Dwight Smith: http://dwightsmith.us/

Julia Lucille: http://julialucille.bandcamp.com/album/homing-2

MICHAEL MUSIKA & ERIC KUHN KICKSTARTER WATCH/LISTEN:

GIVE HERE/ WATCH 1ST: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelmusika/ghosts

PRESS RELEASE/WATCH 2ND: "What does a practical musician have to do with Axl Rose?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjYEP9KH3E

WATCH/LISTEN 3RD: "1. The Next Time We Play Chess" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgn8KHL6mg

WATCH/LISTEN 4TH: "2. How to Join the Circus by Pointing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTgY_3tst8

WATCH/LISTEN 5TH: "3. You're a fool Michael. What do you have to sell?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l_IMXfzJUU

WATCH/LISTEN 6TH: "4. Some Fortune Teller Shit and a contract with Dan Coakley" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiM7VjvRARA

WATCH/LISTEN 7TH: "5. I pointed." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAqzOuMXpv0

WATCH/LISTEN 8TH: "6. Checkmate, Motherfucker!"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwP_rseQyEg

WATCH/LISTEN 9TH: back story, filmed at the Vanessa Verlee Variety Show awhile back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvqGaL0BpqI

ALBUM PREVIEW, so you know what you're funding: http://michaelmusika.bandcamp.com/

...very WORTH your precious time!

A few other things:

Occupy The Farm: is still having an event tomorrow, Friday, July 5th - we were unable to pull together the music portion of the event in time, but it should still be a great time for a worthy cause: http://occupythefarm.org

Kids Yoga Update: we are going to consolidate the two new classes into one, for ages 9-14, Fridays 3:45-4:45. Ongoing! $100 for 10 classes, thru July. $20 drop-in. http://theloftsf.com

Last but not least, I don't quite understand the way America celebrates this holiday, however, I definitely am grateful for my freedom. There is a hunger strike happening soon amongst prisoners in solitary confinement, and learning about this reminds me how much I take for granted - going outside, interaction with friends, or anyone really, good healthy food, getting to choose what I want to do with my time. (Here's a website that talks more about it:  http://abolishsolitary.com) Anyway, I'm especially grateful for community, and folks with whom I can share these words.

Thanks, & please let me know your update too! Oh & if you want a letter, please send me your address! I'm on a letter writing kick in attempt to cle

Jessie

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