The more time i spend in California, the more the hits just keep on coming ! I can go on for hours about life out here from the oceanside down South in Venice to all the way up North to the glories of San Francisco and beyond – but luckily i am not about to ! Instead i’ll focus on the imminent and incredible sounding 2 day Treasure Island Music Festival taking place in SF on Saturday & Sunday 18/19 October.

We have no idea what ‘freebording’ is, other than it appears to be a name for those long, curved boards with the squishy wheels. Whatever it is, this is pretty cool. Watch.

It’s been a minute since 90s proto-rave hit “The Phoenix” from Scott Hardkiss alter ego, God Within, captivated audiences, putting the 90s San Francisco scene on the musical map. Scott subsequently held court around the world, DJing to crowds big and small. However, since relocating to New York earlier this decade…

Messengers are the invisible urban ambassadors to bike culture. However, their story is seldom the focus of mainstream lore. This looks like a promising glimpse of several San Francisco (the city is known for them) bike messengers.

The Last Days of Fillmore West is a documentary from 1972, released after the closing of the historic venue in 1971, now on DVD. The legendary promoter, Bill Graham was one of the first to bring rock concerts, as we know them now, to the fore, and this is his story. He was indeed the first to make it a business, and an art form. He had presided over, and even helped shape the wave of classic Californian music that came out of the San Francisco area in the 1960s.