Comments on: Popo End Happy Hour Early for Dolores Park

By: Love MDP but not the trash and noise

Love MDP but not the trash and noise — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:21:19 +0000

jcw: I live around the corner from you and I completely agree with you. Thanks for putting it so clearly and I wish it made more sense to others.

By: jcw

jcw — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:30:35 +0000

Scott Robinson: Local heroes? Please! and really who gives a crap about Rudy or the URS(for anybody who doesn’t know, it’s the ‘unauthorized rolling stones’ freaking stones COVER band…zzz) definitely NOT hero material…as for touring with Ronnie Wood, cool, but really, so what? Hero by proxy? I don’t think so. I’d much rather see a unheard Latino punk rock trio then that.

Ashley: As somebody who has lived on Dolores facing the park for over a decade I say 1-2 events a month is more than enough. It’s about as dense as urban living gets without having to cram thousands more inconsiderate litterbugs into the same place. Please tell me where you live and I will be happy to send the homeless folks who sort the bottles after the events over so they can camp out under your window or maybe you have a nice niche by your front door where I could send some drunk dude over to take a piss…and no I don’t own one of the million dollar homes you are so obviously envious of… I say more people can truly enjoy the park WITHOUT as many events. (movie nights excepted)

My observation is that Park use has gone WAY up in the last decade…last 3 yrs even…and the wear and tear really shows. And while I’m at it what can we do to get rid of the AWFUL Jesus freak music horror show? Talk about unwelcome…

By: JW

JW — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:24:44 +0000

Can I just say that I am renter who lives on the park, makes a very modest income in education, and not a “yuppie” with a stock portfolio. Asking people to be considerate of noise, trash, and broken glass isn’t coming from a place of crazy entitlement.

By: newshound

newshound — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:32:33 +0000

Yes Ashley, “we should have plenty of free entertainment in this city which improves our community and brings people together.” And I am a big proponent of having as many events in the park as practical. But let me defend the concept of park overuse, Excessive heavy use wears out the turf and too many very loud events are not fair to the neighborhood. We can hear most large amplified events for blocks. Let’s mix in some smaller events, Rotate the wear on the grass. Move them about the park and about the city.
Yes, this is dense urban area and the park is an oasis of green that needs some protection and care.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:16:16 +0000

Fuck all the yuppies who move in next to Dolores Park and then complain it’s a public entertainment space. Those of us who couldn’t afford the million dollar real estate are still members of this community that greatly benefits from having publiuc recreation spaces where you can open a beer and enjoy free entertainment. These assholes have gone so far as to petition the park to limit events to 1-2 a month rather than 3-4 in the summer. This is insane we should have plenty of free entertainment in this city which improves our community and brings people together. The whole idea of “park overuse” is equally asinine, it’s not a wildlife preserve it’s a park put in there for people to enjoy.

By: newshound

newshound — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:28:17 +0000

Scott, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment. Please give us a heads up next time such a monumental historic event goes down in Dolores. It is hard for us to tell dreck from shinola, when we are trying to deal with life and noise drifts through the window.

By: Scott Robinson

Scott Robinson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:57:35 +0000

Hey Chalkman,
I hate to insult you but::
That was New Lease playing, they have milleniums of material.
They just got back on a Red Eye from Osaka and are touring with Ronnie Wood’s new band

The second version of Watchtower was a special request from Rudy Colombini of North Beach’s URS. Before you pick up your “dildo” shaped pen, start to know your local heroes and start saying nice things about rock because it probably might have gotten you laid if you ever picked up an instrument instead of scouring the “casual encounters” section of Craigslist ads.

Ever heard of SOUNDCHECK?- get a life man, those guys rocked your narrow minded world for free and you probably were telling people that you hired that band for your birthday party, or better yet, your 100th “no strings attached” Craigslist encounter in Delores Park.
Didn’t mean to slam you but you should waste your time listening to some Stones, Dylan or your poor mother.

By: chalkman

chalkman — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:42:02 +0000

hey, plug in band from yesterday, two times through “All Along the Watchtower” is probably enough. If you’ve already taken two laps through your material, that’s probably a good sign that you can stop playing…

By: newshound

newshound — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:43:21 +0000

Avi, thanks. Good leg work. I am going to try to talk with the station chief this week and get the whole story.

By: Avi

Avi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:03:08 +0000

I’ve heard that its just a fine, no court appearance or anything, I don’t know for sure though. From the SFPD website:

“Drinking in public, including carrying alcohol in an open container, is illegal, period.
…
The violation is punishable with a $77 fine…”