It really is true what they say about the decline of pay phones. Maybe the fact that nearly everybody has a cellphone these days is to blame. Maybe not. Regardless of who's to blame, it is impossible to find a working pay phone in San Francisco. Not being able to contact my work, I left the show early, but not before seeing Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, and Jarboe. Wow.

music I listened to while grumbling about outmoded technology: Kitka "Voices on the Eastern Wind", Liar "Devil Dog Road", Low live at the DNA lounge (thoughtfully broadcast live by the nice folks at KFJC, so I didn't have to miss them completely), Faust "So Far", Marianne Faithfull "A Secret Life", Fantomas "The Director's Cut", and Fifty Foot Hose "Sing Like Scaffold"

now: Popol Vuh "Das Hohelied Salomos"