Category: Muni Diaries Live

Muni Haiku Battle Showdown this Saturday!

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This Saturday marks the return of our Muni haiku battle between reigning champion Jesse James and first-time challenger Ed Casey of @BARTDiaries. Will Ed’s 17 syllables include the material from naked twerking on BART? We can only hope.

Here’s a video from the last Muni haiku battle, where two-time champion James Nestor battled Jesse in a very close fight.

See the battle go down this Saturday, April 5, at Muni Diaries Live at the Elbo Room! Get your advanced tickets.

Muni Haiku Battle is a spawn of Tourettes Without Regrets. If you haven’t seen Tourettes, you gotta go!

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Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup Announced. Get tickets!

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Photo by Kevin Wong

It’s time to pack the Elbo Room and celebrate everything unexpected that can happen on transit from point A to point B! We’ve got the full lineup for the April 5 Muni Diaries Live, and it’s a really, really good one. Have you gotten your tickets yet?

Our storytellers:

Peter Hartlaub, pop culture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, writes entertainment features, movie reviews, and a lot of Bay Area nostalgia. He is also the editor/founder of The Big Event blog on SFGate.com. Hartlaub grew up in Burlingame, where he was a Chronicle paperboy and dedicated SamTrans rider. His favorite bus-themed movie is Speed. His favorite bus in popular culture is The Catbus from “My Neighbor Totoro.” His favorite Muni line is the 77X-Candlestick Express. He commutes from Oakland, where he lives with his wife and two young sons. Follow him on Twitter @PeterHartlaub.
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Category: Muni Diaries Live

Muni Diaries Live is back on Saturday, April 5!

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Muni Diaries Live 9 audience storytellers

The night you get to commiserate with your fellow Muni riders and remember again why you love San Francisco all over again is back! Twice a year, we turn Muni Diaries into a live show where writers, comedians, poets, and everyday riders tell stories that are so good, they can only happen on Muni.

On Saturday, April 5, come to the Elbo Room to celebrate everything unexpected that can happen from point A to point B on just one bus ride.

We are bringing back our new Muni Haiku champion, Jesse James, in his first battle to defend his crown. You’ll also hear stories from SFGate’s Peter Hartlaub, science writer Annalee Newitz, comedian Kate Willett, and TMI Storytelling‘s own Gina Gold. For this show we’re inviting a surprise Muni insider whose story you’ve gotta hear! We’ll announce the full lineup soon, so grab your tickets now!

Plus, bring your own 2-minute Muni story for a chance to win some awesome prizes from local businesses.

Muni Diaries Live
Buy Advance Tickets
Sat., Apr. 5, doors: 6 p.m., show: 7 p.m.

Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St. stations

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Video: H.P. Mendoza and his ukulele pay homage to old Mission theaters

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We really had no idea what was in store when H.P. Mendoza told us he was going to bring his ukulele with him when he returned to the stage at Muni Diaries Live. Boy were we all in for a treat.

Around 2:01, H.P. shared his amazing childhood journal technique, gluing Muni transfers to the pages to denote the date:
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He then serenaded (yes, serenaded) us in the most charming way with a song about a bygone era in San Francisco, as seen from inside the 14-Mission. Captured in full in the video above, the song begins around 2:45. Lyrics below.
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Video: The Third Muni Haiku Battle

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Muni Haiku Battle has its legs, you guys. At Muni Diaries Live on Nov. 9 (full event recap here), we brought back our reigning, two-time champ James Nestor to square off in a 17-syllable slugfest against MDL favorite Jesse James. Oh, the haiku, they did volley from one microphone to the other and into our ears and psyches forever and ever and ever. Try to unsee, for example, “Neighbor’s Us Weekly holds her interest. Casually she tongues an open sore.”

The vote was close, but Jesse took Round 1. Our champ was down, but not out. Round 2 video below.
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