P Segal - Bohemian Archivist
When The Savoy Tivoli was the Heart of North Beach Bohemia
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. The Savoy. If you’ve ever wandered up Grant Avenue in North Beach,
The City That Was: Before the Nanny State, There was Playland
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. In recent news, a mother got in trouble for letting her kid
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The City That Was: The Literary Obsession That Ate My Life
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. In the days before social media and online entertainment, people had a
Spectacles of Burning Man, Year One
You’ve already heard about how Burning Man made it to the Black Rock Desert, but I left off when the Cacophony Zone Trippers had crossed the line into the zone. The only spectacle we brought with us was the Man in the Ryder truck. We, and the vicissitudes of nature, were the spectacle. So you might wonder how we spent the long weekend with only one major entertainment on the agenda and our universally compromised budgets.
The City That Was: Cacophony Zone Trip #4 (Burning Man’s First Time In the Desert)
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.
The City That Was: Enter the Cacophony Zone
Last week you heard about the North Beach eviction that brought me to 1907 Golden Gate, referred to hereafter as just 1907. It’s just one of those things that will keep coming up, in these tales of the city that used to be. Another thing you’ll be hearing about is
What it was Like Being a Broke Artist in SF Back in the Day
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.