{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 023 \u2014 F R I S C O (Part I of III)","description":"\u201cThe fans just want to know who the fuck the artist is.\u201d \u2014Andre "Herm" Lewis About: For a place that proudly heralds slogans like #BlackLivesMatter, the homes of San Francisco house very few Black people. What\u2019s 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\u2019t give a fuck. Show Notes: [02:15] \u201cValantis\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [03:30] \u201cLights\u201d by Journey Lyrics via Genius [04:30] \u201cFrisco\u201d by I.M.P. [05:50] \u201cLakeside Path\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [05:45] \u201c49 square miles surrounded by reality.\u201d \u2014Paul 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 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) ...was listed at $4.15 million in 2016 (NBC Bay Area) ...and bought by the show\u2019s creator (The Hollywood Reporter) [06:15] The story behind Mrs. Doubtfire\u2019s House (The Bold Italic) ...and how it was owned by a plastic surgeon (NBC Bay Area) ...and then sold for $4.15 million (The Hollywood Reporter) [06:20] Trailer for Vertigo 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\u2019s musical history (SF Gate) [06:30] Light reading on Willie Mays 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: Joe Montana Terrell Owens Colin Kaepernick (GQ Magazine) [07:00] Light reading on: ...the Beatniks (San Francisco Chronicle) ...the Hippies (The Atlantic) ...the Hells Angels (Hunter S. Thompson) ...the early tech wave (WIRED) [07:10] Light reading on San Francisco\u2019s different neighborhoods According to locals (SF Curbed) In infographics (SF Curbed) 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 And one more from the movie Bullitt [07:45] Light reading on San Francisco and the Gay Rights movement (The New York Times) Related: More on Harvey Milk (San Francisco Magazine) [07:55] Light reading on past San Francisco Mayors like: Willie Brown (San Francisco Magazine) Dianne Feinstein (Mother Jones) Sort of related: Her challenger Kevin de Le\u00f3n won the California Democratic Party\u2019s official endorsement (Los Angeles Times) Gavin Newsom (The New Yorker) [08:00] Light reading on Nancy Pelosi (Rolling Stone) [08:45] More on Woody LaBounty And his Western Neighborhoods Project [08:55] \u201cShade Ways\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [10:20] Some more background on the use and popularity of the term Frisco Via Mother Jones Via BuzzFeed And from old newspapers [10:30] When SF was called\u2026 The Paris of the West (SFist) And Baghdad By The Bay (San Francisco Chronicle) [10:40] Light readingon the Ohlone tribe (Mother Jones) Additional reading here (The Bold Italic) [10:40] Founding of San Francisco (SF Museum) [10:45] Light reading on the formation of Spanish colony and Missions in California [10:50] Light reading on Saint Francis of Assisi [11:10] Light reading on Washington Bartlett (SFist) [11:10] \u201cJog to the Water\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [12:00] San Francisco\u2019s official name change (SF Museum) [12:30] Light reading on Mexican migration to the States (National Parks Service) Related: Treatment of Non-Whites during the Gold Rush Light reading on the California Gold Rush [12:45] Light reading on Peter Tamony [13:00] On \u201cfrithsoken\u201d [13:30] Light reading on Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton (KQED)  And tracking down the myth over his $25 fine on using the term \u201cFrisco\u201d Thanks John Lumea! [14:15] All the cool people who used the term Frisco (BuzzFeed) [14:20] \u201cThe Dock of the Bay\u201d by Otis Redding Genius lyrics [14:40] Light reading on Herb Caen (San Francisco Chronicle) His book, Don\u2019t Call it Frisco See point number 15 (BuzzFeed) His about-face years later (San Francisco Chronicle) [15:05] BuzzFeed\u2019s push to call it Frisco And as covered by a local blog (SFist) [15:15] Again, a very thorough chronology of the term (Mother Jones) [15:30] More on Joe Eskenazi (@EskSF) [15:50] \u201cDon\u2019t Call It \u2018Frisco\u2019 If You\u2019re Old and White\u201d (SF Weekly) [16:45] Light reading on San Quinn [17:15] Charles Matthews aka Black C (@RBLPosse) [18:05] Quick background on the RBL Posse (Passion of the Weiss) [18:15] \u201cBammer\u201d by RBL Posse Genius lyrics [18:30] Recommended Viewing: Hip-Hop Evolution [18:50] Marvin Gayes\u2019 1977 Live at the London Palladium Intro [19:30] On San Francisco and its connection to the gay rights movement And a history on the Castro District (KQED) [20:35] \u201cFrisco\u201d by I.M.P. Light reading on Cougnut Light reading on Ingleside a.k.a. Lakeview History on Ingleside A tour of Lakeview and some of the other San Francisco neighborhoods [22:10] \u201cNigga Groove\u201d by Hugh EMC [23:25] \u201cAlustrat\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [23:45] The lyrical odes to places like the\u2026 The LBC Compton Southside The Bronx Marcy Projects Queensbridge 8 Mile The Fifth Ward The various zones over in the ATL [24:20] More reading on Andre Herm Lewis (Amoeba) [24:50] Too $hort on how he started out in his early days (Vlad TV) [25:00] \u201cI Ain\u2019t Trippin\u2019\u201d by Too $hort [26:50] Light reading on Kyle Matthews aka Mr. Cee (San Francisco Chronicle) [26:55] \u201cBounce to This\u201d by RBL Posse [28:25] \u201cCicle Vascule\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [28:30] Old news footage on gang violence (CBS) Old news footage on gang violence in Chicago (CBS) Related: Old news footage of San Francisco back in the day [29:00] Light reading on the 80s Crack Epidemic [29:10] Light reading on Gary Webb (Esquire) Dark Alliance Series (San Jose Mercury News) Reports from The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times Mea culpa from a Los Angeles Times reporter  (LA Weekly) A more recent take on the Webb investigation (The Intercept) [29:30] Former CIA Director John Deutch\u2019s speech in the Watts District of Los Angeles (CSPAN) Report from the event (The New York Times) [30:30] Measuring Crack Cocaine and Its Impact (Harvard University) On the price of cocaine throughout the 80s (Business Insider) On the drug\u2019s alternative (The World Bank) Background on the production side (Slate) [31:00] What taking crack is like according to one New Republic writer back in 1989 (The New Republic) Rough overview of crack On pricing and size Though sold at a cheaper street price, here is an argument that it roughly equates to the same price as powdered cocaine [31:20] Mapping the spread of crack (The New York Times) [31:30] Racial disparity in the ongoing opioid epidemic (NPR) And the coverage comparison between the aforementioned crisis and the 1980s crack epidemic (Pacific Standard Magazine) And on the treatment of African Americans during the crack epidemic [31:40] Original 1989 COPS intro The story of how the show got made (The Marshall Project) [32:00] For more on how the media covered the crack epidemic, read Cracked Coverage: Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy (Duke University) [32:00] Nancy Reagan\u2019s \u201cJust Say No\u201d PSA A look at the former First Lady\u2019s anti-drug campaign (VICE) [32:10] The death and drug overdose of Len Bias (ESPN) [32:40] \u201cCicle Vascule\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [32:40] Light reading on the political climate around drugs following the death of Bias (The New York Times) 1986 United States Senate Hearing on the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (CSPAN) Audio heard from former U.S. Senator Howell Heflin, a Democrat from Alabama The time Heflin voted against the nomination of present-day U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the same position back in 1986 (Vox) [33:30] Light reading on the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 [33:40] Break down of drug punishment, sentencing and incarceration rates from Cracks in the System (ACLU) [34:00] President Obama\u2019s signing of the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act (CNN) [34:35] \u201cCicle Deseratt\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [34:40] On the freakonomics of dealing crack (TED Talk) [35:00] \u201cMo\u2019 Money, Mo\u2019 Problems\u201d [35:20] On the militarization of local law enforcement during the War on Drugs (Mother Jones) Rap song on the Batter Ram That time Nancy Reagan was part of a drug raid (Counter Punch) [36:20] Trying to Survive in the Ghetto by Herm Lewis [37:20] \u201cIntro\u201d from the album above [37:50] On the vulnerability genre of recent rap stars like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Drake (Impose Magazine) [38:05] Steve Fox\u2019s 20\/20 report on hip hop from the late 70s (ABC) Recommended Viewing: Hip-Hop Evolution Recommended Viewing: Planet Rock The Story Of Hip Hop And The Crack Generation (VH1) [38:40] First verses of gangsta rap\u2026 Via Schooly D \u2014 \u201cPSK, What Does It Mean?\u201d Via Ice T \u2014 \u201c6 'N The Mornin'\u201d [39:00] \u201cFuck the Police\u201d by N.W.A. [39:20] Bay Area artists include: Too $hort Mac Dre Dre Dog aka Andre Nickatina E-40 Souls of Mischief Tupac [39:35] Urban legend on the lack of Bloods and Crips in San Francisco (SF Weekly) [41:50] \u201cCicle Deseratt\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [43:00] Light reading on Lonnie Green and Demons of the Mind [43:15] Sort of, but not really, but kind of related: Sucka Free City by Spike Lee [45:25] \u201cCicle Deseratt\u201d by The Blue Dot Sessions [46:00] RBL Posse\u2019s discography and rankings [46:30] On the death of Mr. Cee (San Francisco Chronicle) As retold by Black C (Passion of the Weiss) A deeper read from the local paper (San Francisco Chronicle) [47:05] A tribute to Hitman [47:30] The album cover in question [49:20] On the violence in Hunters Point (San Francisco Chronicle) Stunning photography by Alex Welsh [56:55] Podcast recommendation: Dissect [58:00] More at thisissomenoise.com ","author_name":"Some Noise","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thisissomenoise.com","html":"