art phenomenon and fiends
A warm foggy still evening and the town abounded with art and music film and song- among the constellation of events were two bright stars in the family of san francisco arts and writing publications: Hamburger Eyes
Photo Show by Ray Potes at the aptly named hamburger eyes epi(c)enter and Instant City’s launch of a brand new issue at cozy Adobe.
As many of you know our cover photography for this last issue was shot by Ray Potes, and his brother in the east side dave potes was a contributor to the first issue of ethsix*. Hamburger Eyes is a San Francisco phenomenon, which much like any true phenomenon actually carries with it an entire state of being, a frame of mind. Hamburger Eyes are a reliable brand of san francisco black and white photography and a culture of folks. This all photo publications has been responsible for some of the most amount of beer spilled in a 49 geary gallery, the best after party after a Yerba Buena Center Event and the kind of place where people may get a little trashed but trash little. The epi-c-enter has a gallery and full darkrooom capacity- pro deals and sweet equipment in the former color arts dark room on lilac alley and 24th st.
pics
ray!
fun lilac alley
skateboards inside!
Ray has a poetic eye for image and his work is like little city poems, all things you see, the seamy the stupid the beautiful the banal and even transcendent. The show is collaged together along the walls and draws you in to a connection with the time and space of the city, and yes the atmosphere of young hip laid backs folks makes it real but go see it anyhow and say hi to ray coz he works all the damn time at that dark room.
Just down the street on sweet sixteenth adobe book store (community center) San Francisco’s own Instant City had a launch and reading amid the book case labyrinth. The new issue on the topic of Crime has just arrived and I found myself deep into the new issue throughout the day, any spare five or ten minutes I was deep in to the sordid sad tales of betrayal, robbery and history! The cover bears a photograph of an impressively colorful San Francisco made out of jello molds that is somehow still very spooky in spite of gelatinous colorful contours. 
instant editor eric z
evan rehill, writer
kim artist/musician
This issues is as ever filled with quality fiction and art, as many of you know Instant City and Ethsix* had a reading together at 111 that was an awesome cacophony of experiences amid murals and conversations. Some sweet ethsix* adored artists are in this issue including Rachel Styer, Jana Flynn and Rich Nyhagen! Now go! go go go to adobe and get yourself a copy right now and say hi to what ever deep soul is working-
