Despite passing inspection by Fire Marshals and the Health Department, and despite operating safely since 1974, City of Oakland officials are shutting down Eli’s Mile High Club’s patio. This move is a death sentence to the iconic music venue, as its patio plays a major role in the venue’s ability

Nicholas Taplin has been making photo essays on DIY music culture since 2005.  His documentation style is kind of “gonzo journalism,” but tries to include lots of detailed facts.  His website (where all of his work is published) is Post-Consumer.com. This photo essay covers the Cheree/Share show at Eli’s Mile

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Watching short indie films: fun.  Getting drunk with friends: Also fun.  Put the two together, and you’ve got the filmgoing world’s version of chicken and waffles: the Drunken Film Festival (hereafter DrunkenFF)! DrunkenFF returns for a 4th edition after a horrible year of involuntary bar closures.  From October 3-8, 2021,

Since we’ve been such good little citizens during the pandemic, our Covid infection rates are putting us into ‘Red Tier’ by next week.  What is ‘Red Tier’ you might ask?  It means we can join NYC in indoor dinning and indoor museums at 25% capacity!  So check your favorite restaurants,

I went to West Oakland’s Eli’s Mile High Club on Saturday night to check out the Fool’s Gold Records co-founder Nick Catchdubs and Another Party Fam’s Trackademicks and L-Deez DJ a hot dance party. Was it good? Well, the house was packed, the music was slick and everyone looked great – so yeah, it was the shit.