"The fans just want to know who the fuck the artist is." —Andre "Herm" Lewis

About:

For a place that proudly heralds slogans like #BlackLivesMatter, the homes of San Francisco house very few Black people.

What's happened to the African-American community in San Francisco is a much more complex tale than just being pushed out by young and transient up-and-comers. Instead, it involves a deeply-rooted history spread across generations with a comet-sized impact that is still being felt today.

And for the sake of this three-part story, it begins with the very polarizing San Francisco nickname: Frisco.

In Part I, we explore why some view this term to be as offensive as the F-word and spend some time with those who simply don't give a fuck.

Show Notes:

[02:15] "Valantis" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[03:30] "Lights" by Journey

Lyrics via Genius

[04:30] "Frisco" by I.M.P.
[05:50] "Lakeside Path" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[05:45] "49 square miles surrounded by reality." —Paul Kantner (San Francisco Magazine)
[05:50] Light reading on the square mileage of San Francisco (SF Gate)
[06:00] Light reading on the 1906 Earthquake
1. Related: Story on the historic Market Street film (60 Minutes)

[06:05] On San Francisco and Its Sourdough Bread (KQED)
[06:10] San Francisco and World War II (SF Gate)
[06:10] Archival footage of protests against the Vietnam War (KRON)
[06:15] The Full House house (Atlas Obscura)
1. ...was listed at $4.15 million in 2016 (NBC Bay Area)
  1. ...and bought by the show's creator (The Hollywood Reporter)

[06:15] The story behind Mrs. Doubtfire's House (The Bold Italic)
1. ...and how it was owned by a plastic surgeon (NBC Bay Area)
2. ...and then sold for $4.15 million (The Hollywood Reporter)

[06:20] Trailer for Vertigo
1. And tracking where the movie was shot in the city (SF Curbed)

[06:20] Trailer for The Rock, which has a 66 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes
[06:25] Light reading on San Francisco's musical history (SF Gate)
[06:30] Light reading on Willie Mays
1. And that time he was denied housing in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle)

[06:30] Light reading on Barry Bonds
[06:35] Light reading on:
1. Joe Montana
2. Terrell Owens
3. Colin Kaepernick (GQ Magazine)

[07:00] Light reading on:
1. ...the Beatniks (San Francisco Chronicle)
2. ...the Hippies (The Atlantic)
3. ...the Hells Angels (Hunter S. Thompson)
  1. ...the early tech wave (WIRED)

[07:10] Light reading on San Francisco's different neighborhoods
1. According to locals (SF Curbed)
2. In infographics (SF Curbed)
3. For transplants (The Bold Italic)

[07:30] Shout out to @karlthefog
[07:40] Unrelated San Francisco driving sequence depicting cars and hills from The Streets of San Francisco
1. And one more from the movie Bullitt

[07:45] Light reading on San Francisco and the Gay Rights movement (The New York Times)
1. Related: More on Harvey Milk (San Francisco Magazine)

[07:55] Light reading on past San Francisco Mayors like:
1. Willie Brown (San Francisco Magazine)
2. Dianne Feinstein (Mother Jones)
  1. Sort of related: Her challenger Kevin de León won the California Democratic Party's official endorsement (Los Angeles Times)
3. Gavin Newsom (The New Yorker)

[08:00] Light reading on Nancy Pelosi (Rolling Stone)
[08:45] More on Woody LaBounty
1. And his Western Neighborhoods Project