This past Memorial Day I went for a walk in Golden Gate Park. Unusual because I don't often get to Golden Gate Park, more so because this particular walk was guided by a pre-recorded narrator and soundtrack: a quirky audio tour entitled If you consider...created by musician and sound artist Jeremy Dalmas. I had agreed to meet Dalmas at the corner of Stanyan and Fulton (the tour's departure point) to borrow his Discman and set of headphones and was surprised to learn he lived directly across the street. "How convenient," I thought, and imagined people all over the city creating... Read More

I am a terribly jaded, hopeless optimist and the 37 minutes it took to find parking felt too San Francisco for my Oaktown sensibilities. After a mile hike through a neighborhood and then into Golden Gate Park, I finally reached the 7th Annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival (PTTP) at Speedway Meadow.... Read More