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Cool Hunting's Oakland

Seeing San Francisco From a Different Angle (NYT)

 
 

2009 US City Crime Rate Rankings

PDF here

Source: CQ Press using reported data from the F.B.I. "Crime in the United States 2008"

eric heiman's visual history of the bay area music scene (SF panorama)

 

PDF here

DATA BEEZ: West Coast Micro Tour (San Francisco, DNA Lounge, Nov 12)

 

"Chip music - an avenue of audio and visual exploration for artists choosing to adopt vintage video games as a deliberate, aesthetic choices - has enjoyed enormous success for over a decade on the East coast with world-class events the Blip Festival, Pulsewave and recent newcomer, 8static.

For the first time ever, Data Beez is spreading those same addictive, low-tech sounds across the West coast. This is a East meets West event: Minusbaby, Paris and Fx6Ex6 represent New York City while Trash80, starPause,Crashfaster and Daniel Rehn represent California." (DNA Lounge)

Link: Data Beez @ DNA Lounge

Fever Ray - Triangle Wars (tonight in SF!!!)

i live here: SF

"This blog is a platform for a larger project: photographing the people of San Francisco. The images shared here are willing collaborations between myself and those pictured. It is my goal to share some of the spirit and fascinating layers of this city through the eyes and visages of those who live here." Julie Michelle, [read more]

Read the full story on SF Gate

Something Happening Here

San Francisco CrimeSpotting - new interface!

"San Francisco Crimespotting is an interactive map of crimes in San Francisco and a tool for understanding crime in cities."

Link

burn, baby burn

Apparently, a Russian passport was incinerated during the ritualistic burn fire of Burning Man.