![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jack Kerouac - Shaping San Francisco
small clip of Kerouac describing San Francisco.
Keywords: Kerouac; beats; San Francisco
Downloads: 176 |
| Laughing Sal - Shaping San Francisco
The eerie, unforgettable sound of Laughing Sal, fixture at Playland for decades, now at the Musee Mecanique.
Keywords: Laughing Sal; doll; Playland
Downloads: 99 |
| Water lot speculation - Shaping San Francisco
Haight Ashbury Community Radio dramatization of water lot speculation in early San Francisco.
Keywords: real estate; water lots; speculation
Downloads: 41 |
| Philippines: Immigration Politics and the Body - Shaping San Francisco
What do people really know about the history and culture of the Philippines? How does a history fraught with war, Spanish colonization, American imperialism, historical erasure, and racism affect the ways Filipinos perceive and experience the body? Join CounterPULSE as we continue to celebrate Performing Diaspora with this panel, bringing you artist-scholars working around Filipino history, decolonization and the creation of cultural forms...
Keywords: Philippines; Filipino; Filipino-American; Philippine-American War; Philippine-U.S. War; Spanish-American War; decolonialization; colonization; empire; imperialism; Manilatown; diaspora; queer; performance; Performing Diaspora
Downloads: 3 |
| Denis Kearny - Shaping San Francisco
Dramatized rendition of speech by Denis Kearny in 1877, denouncing Chinese workers and capitalists in equal parts. Recorded by Haight Ashbury Community Radio Project, 1980.
Keywords: Denis Kearny; Workingmen's Party; 1877; riots; racism
Downloads: 24 |
| Irish v. Chinese 1877 - Shaping San Francisco
Dramatization of Irish couple arguing over the anti-Chinese agitation in San Francisco in 1877. Original recording by Haight Ashbury Community Radio project, 1980.
Keywords: Irish; Chinese; labor; capitalists; racism
Downloads: 65 |
| South Park - Gretchen Hildebrand
Gretchen Hildebrand reminisces about her experiences in and around South Park during the dotcom bubble and beyond.
Keywords: South Park; SOMA; San Francisco; 1990s; dotcom
Downloads: 47 |
| Joe Jachetta on North Beach life before refrigerators - Shaping San Francisco
North Beach hair stylist Joe Jachetta, interviewed by Audrey Tomaselli of the Telegraph Hill Dwellers oral history project, talks about how folks in his building kept things cold before refrigerators.
Keywords: cooling; North Beach; Italians; before refrigerators
Downloads: 6 |
| Are Green Jobs Different? Can Capitalism - Shaping San Francisco
Amidst a general enthusiasm and push for a ânew Green economyâ weâll take a look at both the kinds of work that get labeled green, and how the logic of capitalism impedes a deeper ecological transformation. Jason Mark ("Building the Green Economy," Alemany Farm), Chris Carlsson ("Nowtopia," Shaping San Francisco), and Mary Rick (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies).
Keywords: Green Jobs; Green New Deal; Green Economy; Sustainability; small business; government; regulation; wage labor
Downloads: 16 |
| Bicycling in San Francisco - Shaping San Francisco
A Shaping San Francisco Talk held at CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission at 9th in San Francisco on Wed. Oct. 21, 7:30pm 17 years of Critical Mass and 10,000 members of the Bike Coalition? what's right, what's not with the way bicycling and bicycling politics is developing at the end of the first decade of the 21st century? A broad discussion of bicycle etiquette, transportation and urban design, equipment and safety (good engineering vs...
Keywords: bicycling; bicycles; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; bike boulevards; Critical Mass; red lights; helmets; courtesy; road rage; street design
Downloads: 18 |
| End of the World's Fair audio - Shaping San Francisco
satirical advertisement for the May 12, 1984 End of the World's Fair held in San Francisco.
Keywords: satire; Reagan; subversive culture; humor
Downloads: 23 |
| Global Commons/Global Enclosures - Shaping San Francisco
A critique of the idea of a global commons, the history and context of the commons under feudalism, demonstrating the boundary between 'commons' and 'commodity'. Also how Via Campesina is using the commons in "food sovereignty" politics âhow seed politics offers a model for international decommodification. Iain Boal and Raj Patel, part of the Shaping San Francisco Talks series at CounterPULSE, recorded April 22, 2009.
Keywords: commons; global; food security; food sovereignty; globalization; anti-globalization
Downloads: 87 |
| Art & Politics: Doug Minkler - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Doug Minkler was one of the first political artists to embrace the Mac and heâs been making scathing collages and edgy, often hilarious posters for several decades. See his solo show and find out how heâs kept himself going all these years!
Keywords: Art; politics; labor; movements; left wing; social services; social movements; expressionism; collage
Downloads: 9 |
| Learnin' + Teachin' -- The Future of Education: Part 2 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Part two of the program on the future of education, featuring Will Grant, co-founder of statewide network in New Mexico of local leadership groups to transform education from K-12. He is followed by Ken Tray, high school teacher at Lowell High in San Francisco, and director of political education for United Educators of SF, the teachers' union.
Keywords: San Francisco, public schools, literacy, adult education, parents, homeschooling, religion, textbooks, social interaction
Downloads: 31 |
| Can San Francisco Feed Itself? Part 3 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
continuing the 3-part discussion of "Can San Francisco Feed Itself?" covering questions of urban agriculture, community food security, slow and organic food, and more. This episode features author Margit Roos-Collins ("Flavors of Home"), Lane Cunningham, and some Q&A and discussion with the audience.
Keywords: San Francisco, urban agriculture, community gardening, weeds, Slow Food, farming, organics
Downloads: 94 |
| What's Natural About Natural Disasters? Part 4 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Audience Q&A following the discussion of the topic, featuring Peter Davidson, Tom Athanasiou, Sherlina Nager, and Chris Carlsson
Keywords: San Francisco, community, public safety, class, anti-capitalism, consumerism
Downloads: 10 |
| Local Remanufacturing Our Way Out of the Depression - Shaping San Francisco Talks
How Can Making Products Locally From Recyclables Solve Local Economic Challenges? "We need to make products locally from local recyclables." said Peter Berg. "Remanufacturing provides meaningful work, closes the energy loop, and stimulates creativity. It is a practical response to the economic slump that builds on our physical and human resources." Featuring: Neil Seldman, President of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute For Local Self-Reliance, Peter Berg, Planet Drum Foundation director, and ...
Keywords: Recycling; waste; remanufacturing; materials; sustainability; green jobs; work
Downloads: 9 |
| The Health Epidemic: Therapy Society and Eroding Public Health Part 2 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Continuing the discussion of public health and the health care crisis, starting with Bill Mosca, director of the California State Oriental Medical Association, and followed by Jason Blantz, a mental health worker serving the disabled, indigent and poor on Medi-cal.
Keywords: San Francisco, health, sickness, therapy, medical care, single-payer, CNA, insurance
Downloads: 63 |
| Land Grab - Shaping San Francisco
Dramatized account of land theft by newly arriving Americans, as told by a female member of the De Haro clan, originally recorded by Haight Ashbury Community Radio project, 1980.
Keywords: land grabs; Spanish Land Grants; Mexican period; ranchos
Downloads: 11 |
| What's Natural About Natural Disasters? Part 3 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
continuing the conversation about the category of "natural disaster" and how many things taken for granted as normal or natural are actually artifacts of human culture. This episode features Chris Carlsson and Peter Davidson.
Keywords: public health; heroin overdose; natural disaster
Downloads: 82 |
| Art & Politics: Andrew Schoultz - Shaping San Francisco
Schoultzâs distinctive murals full of strange animals, twisting buildings and floating birdhouses caught the angst of modern life. Lately heâs gone to a surrealistic sea and weâll get a full look at his work and hear what he says about it tonight. Recorded January 16, 2008, one of Shaping San Francisco's Talks at CounterPULSE.
Keywords: art; politics; murals; community
Downloads: 5 |
| Class and Power in Queer San Francisco - Shaping San Francisco
What does âclassâ or âcommunityâ mean? How does the newbie Midwesterner serving burgers at a Castro street diner relate to the landlord and shop owner âGay Communityâ spokesmen? How do the schisms between different classes of women, whether lesbian or bi or undefined, show up in daily life and local politics (or not)? How does fear of gender bending impact trans and intersexed people when it comes to paying the rent? Solidad de Costa, Keith Hennessy, and Michelle Tea.
Keywords: class; community; gender; transgender; gay; lesbian; bisexual; worker; labor; economy; housing
Downloads: 4 |
| Final Tap: An Unofficial History of Beer - Shaping San Francisco
A zany and surprising look at a history of beer from Sean Levon Nash and John Jota Leaños, as fun in audio as it was with slides. The opening event of the Fall 2009 Shaping San Francisco Talks series, held at CounterPULSE on Wed. Sept. 9, 2009.
Keywords: beer; mesoamerican; egypt; ancient history; breweries; local microbrews; corporate beer
Downloads: 4 |
| Russell Howze/Stencil Nation Art & Politics - Shaping San Francisco
With dynamically illustrated perspectives across the art form, hundreds of photographs and numerous essays have been curated by StencilArchive.orgâs founder, Russell Howze. Stencil Nation builds upon published works to give the most extensive and up-to-date history of stencil art, as well as how-to tips from the artists. Recorded April 15, 2009 at CounterPULSE, part of Shaping San Francisco's ongoing Art & Politics Talks series.
Keywords: art; politics; stencils; graffiti; murals; urban art; street art
Downloads: 12 |
| Twin Peaks Bioregion and the Natural Areas Program - Shaping San Francisco
The Franciscan Bioregion is the unique ecological area of Planet Earth and the area of our keen interest, north of the San Francisco airport, from San Bruno Mountain to the Golden Gate. In the heart of the city is a series of hilltops, e.g., Mt. Davidson, Tank Hill, Corona Heights, as well as Glen Canyon, that are still rich with natural areas, wildlife habitats, and indigenous biodiversity. This âTwin Peaks Bioregionâ is severely threatened by noxious weeds and insensitive uses of our local n...
Keywords: Twin Peaks; hilltops; open spaces; biodiversity
Downloads: 7 |
| A Bicycle Built for Two - Shaping San Francisco
Traditional tune of the late 19th century that accompanied the bicycling boom of that era.
Keywords: Bicycle; 19th century; traditional
Downloads: 78 |
| Alcatraz 40th Anniversary of Indigenous Occupation - Shaping San Francisco
Mary Jean Robertson ("Voice of the Native Nations" KPOO-FM radio, 34d, 4th and 5th Wednesdays from 6-8 pm) and Tony Gonzalez (AIM-West, International Indian Treaty Council) speak about the importance of the Alcatraz occupation in 1969-70, and the many initiatives galvanized by the audacity of that event. The first part of the audio is the soundtrack from a movie "Alcatraz Is Not an Island" by Jim Fortier.
Keywords: Alcatraz; 1969; 1970; Native Americans; Indians; Indigenous; AIM; American Indian Movement; American Indian Center; Mission District
Downloads: 18 |
| Black Exodus or Black Eviction? - Shaping San Francisco
A four-part radio series based on the Public Talk at CounterPULSE in April 2006, featuring Kevin Epps, Alicia Schwartz of People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER), and Espanola Jackson of Bayview-Hunters Point.
Keywords: gentrification, African-American, San Francisco, redevelopment, Bayview-Hunter's Point
Downloads: 185
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| Burnette Haskell - Shaping San Francisco
Recording of notes scribbled in margins of Haskell's notebooks in 1880s.
Keywords: Haskell; real estate; Hall of Records; radicals
Downloads: 27 |
| Ecology & Redevelopment in Bayview Hunter's Point - Shaping San Francisco
The City and Lennar Corporation are promulgating a redevelopment plan, but what about ecology, wildlife and the human community? Come learn about ArcEcology's recent report that illustrates brand new and exciting alternatives for the Bayview-Hunter's Point Redevelopment. How is Candlestick Point State Recreation Area affected? Isn't Bayview-Hunter's Point entitled to its own Crissy Field? How can (re)development benefit the current residents and be driven by their needs and wants? (Saul Bloom, A...
Keywords: redevelopment; toxic waste; Yosemite slough; Candlestick Point; Hunter's Point; Navy Base; Southeast San Francisco; Eastern Neighborhoods
Downloads: 11 |
| Can San Francisco Feed Itself? Part 2 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Continuing part one on the theme of urban agriculture and food security. This episode features Antonio Alcala of Alemany Farm and Brahm Ahmadi of the People's Grocery.
Keywords: San Francisco, urban agriculture, community gardening, weeds, Slow Food, farming, organics, People's Grocery, Alemany Farm
Downloads: 124 |
| Food Security & Urban Agriculture - Shaping San Francisco
Our food system is being refashioned by new urban farmers, farmers markets and community-supported agriculture, and importantly, by savvy shoppers who demand local, organic and safe food. Still, food security is tenuous for too many of our neighbors. Amy Franceschini (Victory Gardens, past and present), Willow Rosenthal (City Slicker Farms), Jason Mark (Alemany Farm, and editor of Earth Island Journal)...
Keywords: localize; urban agriculture; food security; organic; fresh; local; gleaning; backyard; victory gardens
Downloads: 43 |
| Kite Hill - Elizabeth Creely
Elizabeth Creely describes the semi-magical spot known as Kite Hill, with its amazing views, its surprising surroundings, and its role in San Francisco.
Keywords: Kite Hill; hills; San Francisco
Downloads: 41 |
| Land Grabs - Shaping San Francisco Talks
San Francisco's entire history is based on land grabs, within its own borders, and far beyond. Sketching this history to the present, we will also look at counter-efforts to grab land and to create open and cooperative spaces in an ever-more commercially tyrannized society. Chris Carlsson and James Tracy.
Keywords: San Francisco, Pacific Rim, Pribiloff Islands, seals, whales, land grants, Mexican ranchos, squatting, water lots, cemeteries, Mission Bay, redevelopment, Potrero Commons
Downloads: 69 |
| Land Grabs Part 2 - Shaping San Francisco Talks
continuing the discussion from part 1 on the long, sordid history of Land Grabs in San Francisco, and in this Talk, a refreshing turning of the tables where popular efforts begin grabbing land back for purposes other than private property and commerce, featuring Erick Lyle talking about 949 Market Street squat, the 3rd St corridor, mid-Market redevelopment; James Tracy speaks about Homes Not Jails and the SF Community Land Trust, Chris Carlsson tells about the recent history of art spaces, evict...
Keywords: San Francisco, mid-Market, blight, redevelopment, Homes Not Jails, squatting
Downloads: 57 |
| Le Tank Solaire - Shaping San Francisco
Satirical radio advertisement for "Le Tank Solaire", the solar-powered defense strategy for the 1970s and 1980s, prepared by members of the Union of Concerned Commies.
Keywords: tank; solar; Chrys-is-ler Corp; satire
Downloads: 26 |
| Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds - Shaping San Francisco
excerpt from Malvina Reynolds song, composed about the houses lining the slopes of San Bruno Mountain near Daly City and San Francisco.
Keywords: Little boxes; suburbs; housing
Downloads: 58 |
| Lyon Steps - Jaffe and Klein
A different look at the Lyon Steps.
Keywords: Steps; skateboards; bikers; punks
Downloads: 30 |
| New Green City Politics - Shaping San Francisco
What are the historic roots of our current ecological politics, how have they shaped todayâs environment and the questions we face now? Open space, biodiversity, global warming, fresh water, street design and transit choices, urban farming... local historian Dick Walker (âThe City in the Countryâ), Kearstin Krehbiel (SF Parks Trust), Peter Brastow (Nature in the City), Keirstin Dischinger (Bike Kitchen)...
Keywords: Open space; biodiversity; global warming; fresh water; street design; transit choices; urban farming
Downloads: 3 |
| Public Commons vs. Corporate Privatization - Shaping San Francisco
With Mayor Newsom trying to give away the cityâs wi-fi space to a corporate consortium, efforts by Bechtel and other private contractors to take over our public water system, the ongoing scandal of PG&E selling us our own âpublicâ power and their current efforts to take over alternative power, incessant pressure to privatize the public schools, a national culture that blindly accepts corporate interests as preferable to public interests, weâll talk about how the San Francisco Bay Area can be...
Keywords: Corporate personhood; democracy; economics; community control; public interest; Green Party
Downloads: 5 |
| Talks, Art & Politics: Conscious Youth Media Crew - Shaping San Francisco
A film screening of shorts by participants of the Conscious Youth Media Crew.
Keywords: Racism; green; greenwashing; Bayview Hunter's Point; African American; Latino; BART; police brutality
Downloads: 7 |
| The Indispensable New Deal - Shaping San Francisco
Local historian, geographer and author Gray Brechin ("Imperial San Francisco") gives an opinionated and sharp tour through the hidden legacy of the New Deal in San Francisco and California. He looks at buildings, murals, and more, with a clear exposition of the different agencies that organized the work: CCC, WPA, PWA, etc. Held at CounterPULSE, Nov. 12, 2008, as part of the ongoing Shaping San Francisco Talks series.
Keywords: New Deal; WPA; Depression; 1930s; San Francisco; CCC; PWA; public works; FDR; Franklin Roosevelt
Downloads: 52 |
| The Politics of 'Third Space' in Global Videos and Installations - Shaping San Francisco
A Shaping San Francisco Talk held on Wed. Oct. 14, 2009 at CounterPULSE in San Francisco. Co-Sponsored by Global Commons Foundation Michelle Dizon, Filipino-American artist from LA, screens her installation video comparing the 2005 riots in France and the 1992 riots in LA, illuminating political issues of marginal citizenships, migration and exile, media and the erasure of memories of historical violence...
Keywords: video; realism; representation; memory; history; post-colonialism; migration; citizenship; 1992 Los Angeles riots; 2005 Paris riots
Downloads: 13 |
| The Trouble with Voting - Shaping San Francisco
Does voting matter? Do you urge everyone around you to vote? What kinds of power do we gain or lose by participating in elections? What else can we do? Weâll hear from folks who believe in representative democracy, those who propose reforms, and those who reject it outright. Michael Med-o Whitson, Natasha Marsh (Calif League of Young Voters), James Rucker (colorofchange.org). Recorded Oct. 10, 2007 at CounterPULSE, part of the Shaping SF Talks series.
Keywords: voting; elections; representative democracy; direct democracy; reforms
Downloads: 3 |
| Women's Right to Vote - Shaping San Francisco
Haight Ashbury Community Radio dramatizes the women's suffrage movement in this short clip.
Keywords: Suffrage; Women's Vote; temperance
Downloads: 7 |
| Art & Politics: Favianna Rodriguez - Shaping San Francisco
Favianna Rodriguez has been making art to make change for years. She will present remarkable posters, illustrations, stickers and more, and talk about art and politics, in the concluding event of our solo artist shows this season.
Keywords: art; activism; Latina; illustrations; posters; social movements
Downloads: 3 |
| Art & Politics: S.F. Print Collective - Shaping San Francisco
The S.F. Print Collective has been postering striking silk-screened images on the cityâs walls for years, speaking to politics, police, immigration, and much more. Slides and discussion from several of the Collectivistas... http://www.sfprintcollective.com/ Recorded Oct. 8, 2008 at CounterPULSE, part of the Shaping San Francisco Talks series.
Keywords: art; politics; anti-eviction; housing; social movements; immigration; police
Downloads: 6 |
| Can San Francisco Feed Itself? - Shaping San Francisco Talks
Can urban food production be compatible with urban native habitat conservation and restoration? What are the limits and advantages of systematic effort to grow food within the city? What should our relationship be to local gardening, regional Community-Supported Agriculture, and Slow Food? Five panelists and audience Q&A spread over three half hour radio shows. This show features Chris Carlsson and Raquel Rivera-Pinderhughes.
Keywords: San Francisco, urban agriculture, community gardening, weeds, Slow Food, farming, organics
Downloads: 64 |
| GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year - Shaping San Francisco
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area sustains more federally threatened and endangered species than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks combined. The San Francisco Bay Area is considered the 6th most important biological diversity hotspot in the United States by the Nature Conservancy. UNESCO has even granted the GGNRA âBiosphere Reserveâ status, the same status granted to the Central Amazon rainforests...
Keywords: biodiversity; endangered species; Presidio; Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Downloads: 3 |
| Jet Martinez: Art & Politics talk - Shaping San Francisco Talks
San Francisco-based muralist Jet Martinez talks about Art & Politics as part of the ongoing Shaping San Francisco Talks series at CounterPULSE. Martinez hails from Mexico originally, and he paints magical realist images of nature, incorporating metallic paints and repetitive geometric patterns (that in turn evoke both pre-industrial textiles and industrially homogenous designs) with natural forms from trees, leaves, and more.
Keywords: art; politics; Shaping San Francisco; Talks; murals; magic realism
Downloads: 17 |
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