daveglass
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old cars and baseball and tacos arsenal fc — you can call it frisco
old cars and baseball and tacos arsenal fc — you can call it frisco
Happy New Year and here’s to a better 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Happy New Year and here’s to a better 2026!
Hampton Hawes live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, 1976
Hampton Hawes Live in San Francisco (1976)
YouTube video by david glass
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hampton Hawes live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, 1976
A San Francisco jazz pianist made ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a holiday classic.
A San Francisco jazz pianist made ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a holiday classic
OPINION: Vince Guaraldi’s introspective jazz soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” helped make the show a holiday classic, Bill Dal Cerro writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A San Francisco jazz pianist made ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a holiday classic.
Somehow I’ve never seen Ernst Lubitsch’s THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) starring Margaret Sullavan and Jimmy Stewart, so had to visit the Stanford Theater and correct that (absolutely loved it of course).
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Somehow I’ve never seen Ernst Lubitsch’s THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) starring Margaret Sullavan and Jimmy Stewart, so had to visit the Stanford Theater and correct that (absolutely loved it of course).
Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)
with original music by Oscar Peterson.
with original music by Oscar Peterson.
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)
with original music by Oscar Peterson.
with original music by Oscar Peterson.
And here we find ourselves again. Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick
December 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And here we find ourselves again. Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick
THE WHO
presents the movie
QUADROPHENIA (1979)
presents the movie
QUADROPHENIA (1979)
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
THE WHO
presents the movie
QUADROPHENIA (1979)
presents the movie
QUADROPHENIA (1979)
Remembering Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come (1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Remembering Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come (1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
Growing up the (now long gone) KJAZ 92.7 FM was always on, so loved seeing this come across my screen and while I’m a sicko $168 is way too steep for an old sweatshirt.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Growing up the (now long gone) KJAZ 92.7 FM was always on, so loved seeing this come across my screen and while I’m a sicko $168 is way too steep for an old sweatshirt.
Archie Shepp
Live in San Francisco (1966)
Recorded at the Both/And Club on Divisadero Street and the cover photo taken a few blocks away on McAllister (maybe someone at the club lived there?)
Live in San Francisco (1966)
Recorded at the Both/And Club on Divisadero Street and the cover photo taken a few blocks away on McAllister (maybe someone at the club lived there?)
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Archie Shepp
Live in San Francisco (1966)
Recorded at the Both/And Club on Divisadero Street and the cover photo taken a few blocks away on McAllister (maybe someone at the club lived there?)
Live in San Francisco (1966)
Recorded at the Both/And Club on Divisadero Street and the cover photo taken a few blocks away on McAllister (maybe someone at the club lived there?)
Alright, Mamdani and I both own shares of Real Oviedo, and are big Arsenal fans … keeping that in my back pocket in case I ever get stuck in an elevator with him.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Alright, Mamdani and I both own shares of Real Oviedo, and are big Arsenal fans … keeping that in my back pocket in case I ever get stuck in an elevator with him.
November and a Morgan 4/4 and autumn leaves.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
November and a Morgan 4/4 and autumn leaves.
And in other baseball news, I learned yesterday that this plaque is on the back of a building in the park near-ish me, so that’s cool.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And in other baseball news, I learned yesterday that this plaque is on the back of a building in the park near-ish me, so that’s cool.
Happy Halloween from Farley's Coffeehouse in (on?) Potrero Hill.
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happy Halloween from Farley's Coffeehouse in (on?) Potrero Hill.
Reposted by daveglass
I wrote this @sfchronicle.com column and still can't believe it happened.
Photos of a high-speed auto race in Golden Gate Park. Cars going 100+ miles per hour, often with no barriers separating them from the crowd.
(And then neighbors got involved.)
🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ 💨
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Photos of a high-speed auto race in Golden Gate Park. Cars going 100+ miles per hour, often with no barriers separating them from the crowd.
(And then neighbors got involved.)
🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ 💨
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Golden Gate Park was once home to high-speed auto racing (It did not end well)
Speeds were high and safety was low in the Guardsmen classic, a short-lived automobile race that accelerated through San Francisco’s biggest park. We found the startling photos.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I wrote this @sfchronicle.com column and still can't believe it happened.
Photos of a high-speed auto race in Golden Gate Park. Cars going 100+ miles per hour, often with no barriers separating them from the crowd.
(And then neighbors got involved.)
🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ 💨
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Photos of a high-speed auto race in Golden Gate Park. Cars going 100+ miles per hour, often with no barriers separating them from the crowd.
(And then neighbors got involved.)
🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ 💨
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Reposted by daveglass
Happy 74th birthday to the legendary conguero Poncho Sánchez! #JazzSky
Composition: Guachi Guara
Chiсk Corea - Rhodes Piano
Arturo Sandoval - Timbales and Conductor
Dave Samuels - Vibraphone
Dave Valentin - Flute
Poncho Sánchez - Congas
Pete Escovedo - Timbales
Horacio "El Negro" Hernàndez - Drums
Composition: Guachi Guara
Chiсk Corea - Rhodes Piano
Arturo Sandoval - Timbales and Conductor
Dave Samuels - Vibraphone
Dave Valentin - Flute
Poncho Sánchez - Congas
Pete Escovedo - Timbales
Horacio "El Negro" Hernàndez - Drums
Chiсk Corea, Poncho Sanchez, Pete Escovedo, Arturo Sandoval, Dave Valentin - Guachi Guaro
YouTube video by Drums and Percussion Grooves
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy 74th birthday to the legendary conguero Poncho Sánchez! #JazzSky
Composition: Guachi Guara
Chiсk Corea - Rhodes Piano
Arturo Sandoval - Timbales and Conductor
Dave Samuels - Vibraphone
Dave Valentin - Flute
Poncho Sánchez - Congas
Pete Escovedo - Timbales
Horacio "El Negro" Hernàndez - Drums
Composition: Guachi Guara
Chiсk Corea - Rhodes Piano
Arturo Sandoval - Timbales and Conductor
Dave Samuels - Vibraphone
Dave Valentin - Flute
Poncho Sánchez - Congas
Pete Escovedo - Timbales
Horacio "El Negro" Hernàndez - Drums
Deep Red (1975)
Dir. Dario Argento
Dir. Dario Argento
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Deep Red (1975)
Dir. Dario Argento
Dir. Dario Argento
Altered States (1980)
Dir. Ken Russell
Dir. Ken Russell
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Altered States (1980)
Dir. Ken Russell
Dir. Ken Russell
Joyeux anniversaire to Catherine Deneuve, an absolute icon.
(The Hunger, 1983)
(The Hunger, 1983)
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Joyeux anniversaire to Catherine Deneuve, an absolute icon.
(The Hunger, 1983)
(The Hunger, 1983)
Vertigo and Día de los Muertos with the San Francisco Symphony sounds like a good time.
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Vertigo and Día de los Muertos with the San Francisco Symphony sounds like a good time.
Reposted by daveglass
“Choose the sword and you will join me. Choose the ball, and you will join your mother, in death.”
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Choose the sword and you will join me. Choose the ball, and you will join your mother, in death.”
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
THE SOUL REBELS ft. Roy Hargrove - “Spanish Joint” - D’Angelo cover, both brilliant artists gone way too soon.
youtu.be/mThpYjdy6J4?...
youtu.be/mThpYjdy6J4?...
THE SOUL REBELS ft. Roy Hargrove - “Spanish Joint” D’Angelo Cover LIVE in NYC
YouTube video by The Soul Rebels
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
THE SOUL REBELS ft. Roy Hargrove - “Spanish Joint” - D’Angelo cover, both brilliant artists gone way too soon.
youtu.be/mThpYjdy6J4?...
youtu.be/mThpYjdy6J4?...
Happy birthday to the one and only Thelonious Sphere Monk.
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only Thelonious Sphere Monk.
Happy Friday, and I hope everyone enjoys a few small beers.
One Battle After Another (2025)
One Battle After Another (2025)
October 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happy Friday, and I hope everyone enjoys a few small beers.
One Battle After Another (2025)
One Battle After Another (2025)