Last Call, San Francisco

Pound It

Jenner Davis — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:31:40 +0000

Flat on its back, dead in the grass, all but forgotten, but still there, nonetheless.

Life Is the Only Thing Worth Living For

Jenner Davis — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:32:43 +0000

If I had my choice of what, or whom, I could grab by the tattered sleeve and pull from the grave, it would not be anything over the loss of which this blog has previously lamented.

It would be my friend Jesse Morris.

I wonder if he knew how much he would be missed, if he would have changed his mind and stayed.

The world is emptier without you, Jesse. I hope you’ve found peace.

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Jenner Davis — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:00:57 +0000

Dear readers, I know I’ve been away for a while. And in my absence, much has changed. The beloved Eagle Tavern has closed for good, along with the Ace Cafe, both apparently falling under greed’s mighty axe. St. Mary’s pub has been sanitized to a hipster friendly sparkle, and Skip’s Tavern has been reincarnated as The Lucky Horseshoe.

If one can make a horseshoe lucky by simply stripping off the rust, shiny San Francisco should have good fortune to spare.

But I’m not so superstitious.

From The Vault – SRL Edition

Jenner Davis — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:15:38 +0000

On April 4th, 1992, ground was broken for the construction of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with a performance by the one and only Survival Research Labs. My mom was on hand to capture it all on camera, as she was for many events like this around the city. Remember when there were artists here? I miss that…

More from The Vault will be posted as it’s unearthed, but until then, observe the mighty V-1, shown here in the midst of total burnination!

Trogdooorrr!!!

Dear god, what I would give to get five minutes alone that thing…

More pictures, (taken by different people), can be seen here, on SRL’s official website.

Seriously?!

Jenner Davis — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:31:48 +0000

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Because if they haven’t already been co-opted by yuppies, or run into the ground by hipsters, they will apparently end up being senselessly defaced into extinction by a bunch of disrespectful shitheads.

Take Clarion Alley for example:

Who the hell are you people, and what the fuck is your damn problem?

Normally, I’m not bothered at all by graffiti. In fact, I feel it’s a vital part of a city’s soul, and I celebrate it in all its forms, as I do with much of what is considered blight in this town.

But this is not OK.

Photo by Wally Gobetz

Who the hell do you think you people are, that you feel it’s within your right to throw your toy-ass shit up on these murals? (Including my friend’s Matty’s memorial!) They’ve were here long before you. They were painted by local artists who had to fight for the right to do so, and organized as CAMP to ensure that Clarion Alley remains a beautiful and evolving art space for the public to enjoy for years to come.

Learn some fucking respect.

(And then go tag the shit out of Medjool! Those yuppie invaders got it comin’.)

I Know, It’s Been a While…

Jenner Davis — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:44:14 +0000

But…

So, watch for new stuff over on Lesser Gods, and I promise to return soon with more angsty gripes about the changing face of SF.

Three From the Vault

Jenner Davis — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:03:26 +0000

The following pictures are just three out of the thousands of photos of San Francisco taken by my mother, Anita Davis, during the mid 80′s and early 1990′s.

She taught me everything I know about photography, and I’m thankful for the chance to share her work with the world.

From her office window, she had a great view of the demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway.

Here’s a blurry shot of some fellow marchers in the 1992 St. Stupid’s Day parade. In case you can’t make it out, the man on the left is sporting an awesome ”Free Pee-Wee” t-shirt!

This sweet ride was photographed near the long-gone graffiti mecca once known as Psycho City! Remember when there was graffiti in San Francisco? I miss that shit. I miss the wild places with broken windows, the feral weeded lots and crumbling brick…I miss the shopping carts and the overpass…

I miss the city, and this city’s missing soul.

Party like it’s 1997!

Jenner Davis — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:12:44 +0000

While I was digging up the graveyard last night, I found this old flier for a show at the Trocadero back in ’97. Back then it seemed like there was live music going on everywhere! I never thought SOMA would ever become such a douchebag’s paradise.

C’est la vie.

Fallen Jukebox Hero

Jenner Davis — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:48:38 +0000

In a previous post, “The Forgotten Fringe“, I mentioned Grimes Poznikov, otherwise known as The Human Jukebox. He was a San Francisco legend in his time, and a friend of mine after his downfall. I was sad to only recently learn of his lonely death, 6 years after the fact, and his story stands as reminder of how unkind the world can be.

Read more about him here, here, and here.

Goodbye, Grimes, and thanks for the music.

No Shame

Jenner Davis — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:24:29 +0000

VCR got drunk, started takin’ off her clothes in the middle of the street. We had to ditch her.