Blog is a Mix Tape Vox 2008-02-26T06:33:29Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c10e0f6f1fd3b4/tags/san+francisco/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. song for sunday: laredo 77 tag:vox.com,2008-02-24:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400f48cde448f0003 2008-02-24T17:23:51Z 2008-02-26T06:33:29Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Laredo 77

I've recently been enjoying the sounds of Brownout, a Latin funk outfit out of Austin, Texas. They've been around for a minute in the form of Grupo Fantasma except here, they're strictly instrumental. What I like about these guys is not only that...

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]]> aught eight by the bay tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cde82f0003 2008-01-02T03:15:02Z 2008-01-10T23:54:33Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Geeks Doing Good @ SF Food Bank, originally uploaded by Jeremy Toeman. I'm not sexy. This became readily apparent as I perspired like a pig tossing around 36 pound boxes of government issue pork and 24 pound crates of pasta Saturday morn...

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Oaktown

Last weekend, Melle and I rode up to San Francisco (well, Oakland, really) in a white pony for less than 48 hours. In that time, I drank. A lot. Played some tracks. Talked up Writers with Drinks. And a bad-ass chick. Then attended Writers with Dr...

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]]> 4-Hour Work Week: System Reset tag:vox.com,2007-04-29:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414313eb56a47 2007-04-29T00:51:04Z 2007-05-03T15:55:31Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So, on the first night of SXSW this year, I met and took a picture of this random guy at the blogher meetup. He was touting his yet to be published book called "The 4 Hour Work Week." I didn't think much of it. In fact, I may have actively poo-poo...

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]]> @away: Costume or Awesome? tag:vox.com,2007-04-26:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d4142c6070685e 2007-04-26T02:17:41Z 2007-04-28T01:25:32Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Felicia and I sat on the BART heading towards SFO and as the doors of the train closed someone's cell phone began playing a TruTones version of Bittersweet Symphony. I saw our getaway film fade to black and the credits roll up right then. There w...

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]]> @away: Feels Like Home tag:vox.com,2007-04-22:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d4142b85fe685e 2007-04-22T18:42:43Z 2007-04-26T04:28:00Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Date Stamp: 04.21.07 A light rain covers San Francisco. It's 6:33 pm. I'm sitting in the mezzanine at the Hotel Metropolis trying to angle appropriately for the complimentary wifi that seems to elude me. Felicia and Melissa are napping in our kr...

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