Lost Weekend Video, a relic of another time, killed by the streaming tubes. On rapidly gentrifying Valencia Street, this feels another loss for the quirky creativity of the neighborhood.
I guess it was just a matter of time. I hadn't been there in ages. I don't even have netflix, but I'm a slave to my TiVo (and have gotten used to downloading shows while they're current). I suppose I left behind some frequent renter dollars, but it doesn't assuage my guilt.
At one point, they were part of gentrification. Interesting how it layers.
My musings on current events, current projects, current anxieties and current delights.
I started this under the Bush regime when any grain of sand thrown into the gears of the over-reaching imperial state seemed worthwhile.
I have worked to elect more and better Democrats -- and to hammer the shit out of them once we get them in office so they do the things their constituents want and need. It's a big job.
It's mighty uncomfortable, getting by in a declining empire where elites maintain their power by massaging our mean streaks and mobilizing our resentments. This country and this "civilization" may be on their way out, but there's nothing else to do except try to make them as humane as possible along the way. That and to celebrate the extraordinary love that sometimes accompanies our species' bumbling way.
And the end hasn't come til it comes, ever.
Visitors will find a lot of commentary on books I'm reading here. I am very intentionally reading more offline these days because when it feels hard to find direction, it's time to learn something new.
I'm a progressive political activist who runs trails and climbs mountains whenever any are available. I've had the privilege to work for justice in Central America (Nicaragua and El Salvador), in South Africa, in the fields of California with the United Farmworkers Union, and in the cities and schools of my own country. I'm a Christian of the Episcopalian flavor; we think and argue a lot. For work, I've done a bit of it all: run an old fashioned switch-board; remodeled buildings and poured concrete; edited and published periodicals, reports and books; and organized for electoral campaigns. I am currently an independent consultant to organizations seeking "help when you have to make a fight."
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I guess it was just a matter of time. I hadn't been there in ages. I don't even have netflix, but I'm a slave to my TiVo (and have gotten used to downloading shows while they're current). I suppose I left behind some frequent renter dollars, but it doesn't assuage my guilt.
At one point, they were part of gentrification. Interesting how it layers.
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