tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post7339566647705985557..comments2009-08-25T18:42:40.852-07:00Comments on tubesox nation: Multimedia Pin Map of the Month: Phantoms of Mission Baybotchohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04176726002314519350noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-47173650263346319802009-06-20T23:31:00.293-07:002009-06-20T23:31:00.293-07:00"vending machine hijinks" . . . the mind..."vending machine hijinks" . . . the mind reels . . . does this greg Freeman have any dirt regarding the arrival of the Good Ship Giants in "South Beach" or was everything hunky-dory as far as the local merchants were concerned?botchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-25764642209890025102009-06-19T22:44:08.911-07:002009-06-19T22:44:08.911-07:00This just in from the great Greg Freeman:
the add...This just in from the great Greg Freeman:<br /><br />the address for Lowdown was 860 2nd Street.<br /><br /> He goes on to talk about there being a mortuary in the building and a crazy merchant marine ( the ghost of McCovey Cove???) and some vending machine hijinks. Suffice it to say there was probably very little Gordon Biersch drunk there.Joe Strainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-71717141551817190282009-05-29T19:36:32.069-07:002009-05-29T19:36:32.069-07:00will upload a snippet of "Westlake" or some such g...will upload a snippet of "Westlake" or some such gem to the Lowdown corner of this multimedia map, soon . .. but from a gen-wine cassette tape, not some stinking online download (this is Tubesox Nation, after all)botchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176726002314519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-60851938160188919712009-05-29T17:56:20.767-07:002009-05-29T17:56:20.767-07:00That put a huge smile on my face. I'm glad you enj...That put a huge smile on my face. I'm glad you enjoyed it.Joe Strainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-80637714053922220332009-05-22T11:48:47.557-07:002009-05-22T11:48:47.557-07:00Strain--
I just took a highly enjoyable trip throu...Strain--<br />I just took a highly enjoyable trip through the past via Pandlefoot's untitled (Kidd) album . . . not many bands have the range to write songs about both the moon and Daly City!botchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176726002314519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-47411646961878371202009-05-21T23:46:51.356-07:002009-05-21T23:46:51.356-07:00not even a five dollar a ticket scalping story mea...not even a five dollar a ticket scalping story measures up to a yarn involving a band called Fritz and the Mutants . . . pray tell, did Fritzie and the gang hail from Paraguay or thereabouts?botchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176726002314519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-41670443057235472032009-05-21T20:46:33.199-07:002009-05-21T20:46:33.199-07:00pardon the walk down memory lane ala anyone who re...pardon the walk down memory lane ala anyone who remembers scalping tix for 5 bucks to freeze thru ane afternoon game at the stick----<br /><br />while working as a motorcycle messenger for lightning express in the 80's had the pleasure of seeing fritz and the mutants play lightning express's christmas parties at the BBC a few years in a row...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-63739287944291351792009-05-20T19:41:36.877-07:002009-05-20T19:41:36.877-07:00Lowdown studios . . . great name. And definitely w...Lowdown studios . . . great name. And definitely worth a pin on the map. And while I'm at it, Strain, is this Pandlefoot band the same outfit that immortalized Larry Walters long before tie balloons to a chair was cool?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_Chair_Larry<br /><br />whatever the case, I'm digging that tape (the one with J Kidd on the cover) out of my tape box in their honor.<br /><br />Bayview Boat Club was there last year . . . still fighting the good fight against rampant UCSF expansion and rising sea levels . . . might be the perfect spot to hold Tubestock (stay tuned for details)botchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176726002314519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-70447310183963408072009-05-20T19:16:04.140-07:002009-05-20T19:16:04.140-07:00does the bayview boat club live on?does the bayview boat club live on?dr d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161121646976704787.post-65092776686473304272009-05-20T17:54:32.136-07:002009-05-20T17:54:32.136-07:00Lowdown recording studios also existed there, imed...Lowdown recording studios also existed there, imediately underneath what is now the left field bleachers. SF underground wiffleball rock grup PADDLEFOOT recorded one and a half CDs there, under the tutelage of recording engineer/ producer/ Ginats fan/ sweetheart-of-a-guy Greg Freeman.<br /><br />PADDLEFOOT recordings are available for absolutely free (except for the time it takes to click and download, obviously) from:<br /> <br />http://joelmurach.com/paddlefoot/index.htmJoe Strainnoreply@blogger.com