Re: (TV) Whammy bars, leases, etc

["J. GERMAINE" <jpg@sirius.com>]

Right On ! That's why in about five years I'm clearing' out of S.F. and moving
up the coast to live in the country.

eric s gregory wrote:

> man, i hear ya...i checked out sanfrancisco before heading
> on up to seattle in 94 (coming from upstate ny) & tho
> sanfrancisco was/is beautiful, i realized very quickly that
> unless i wanted to sell my soul real fast, i was never gonna
> be able to afford to live the way i'd like in said city.
> i'll tell you tho...the westcoast, en generale, is being
> gentrified, fucked over, & sterilized by dot-commers & other
> sordid techno-pimps.
> i lived in seattle for 3 yrs & watched rents rise in
> enormous gulps, moved down to portland, oregon (where i
> currently reside) & count myself lucky & living on borrowed
> time to live in a downtown studio where i pay $415/month.
> it's a city housing run quasi-tenement & believe you me,
> it's days are numbered.
> don't know where i'll go next....looks like i'll have to say
> bye bye to the west coast at some point tho...LA's unreal,
> SF's un-affordable, seattle's fast becoming such as is
> portland...sad, really.
> especially when you consider what 'hep' reputations these
> cities have, only to discover the real power out here is in
> the hands of beautiful 20-40nuthings working for artificial
> intelligence...
>
> "J. GERMAINE" wrote:
> >
> > San Francisco isn't cheap either.
> > one bedroom apartment: $1,200.- 1,700. per month
> > two bedroom: $1,700.- 2,400.
> > The dot comers are changing this landscape. Artists, etc. are being
> > evicted and rehearsal space is becoming impossible to find.
> >
> > g grant wrote:
> >
> > > 1. I use a Fender strat.  I had the whammy half bolted
> > > so the can be pushed down but not up.  It never goes
> > > out of tune when I use the whammy bar except for the
> > > first week of new strings (while they are busy
> > > stretching?)
> > >
> > > 2. New York sounds pretty damn expensive.  I used to
> > > lease a luxery apartment in the "glamorous" Regina Sk
> > > for $415/month.  Mind you it was in the worst part of
> > > town and Regina has a worse violent crime rate per
> > > capita than Detroit and Chicago.  More importantly,
> > > who the F*ck cares about my apartment.
> > >
> > > 3. Anyone into the Tragically Hip?
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
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