P Segal - Bohemian Archivist

11 Feb 2015

The City That Was: An Evening With Charles Bukowski in My Living Room

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. It’s apparently some kind of special beer week in San Francisco, and

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03 Feb 2015

The City That Was: The Chris Radcliffe and An Evening of Proustian Graffitti

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. Among the many colorful personalities that have passed through my life, the

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16 Jan 2015

The City That Was: The Radical Newspaper “Frisco” Didn’t Survive. Here’s Why.

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.   In the ‘80s, San Francisco was still really cheap, and because

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08 Jan 2015

The City That Was: On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.   Starting my college years, when the holidays rolled around, I always

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23 Dec 2014

The City That Was: Making our Christmas White

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. Turning dream states into real world experiences was one of the things

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12 Dec 2014

How They Celebrated Xmas in Old San Francisco

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.

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05 Dec 2014

The City That Was: Insider Jokes at the Aub Zam Zam

 In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. Every so often, to avoid sinking into annoying nostalgia, it’s great to

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27 Nov 2014

The City That Was: The Criminal Act of Feeding the Hungry

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. Thanksgiving season, the time when America prepares to gorge itself on variations

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