Emma Silvers

@emmaruthless.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, cofounder @coyotemedia.org. Erstwhile culture editor @ KQED, SF Chronicle, various beloved & defunct alt-weeklies emmasilvers.com

a text from my close personal friend Gloria Steinem that reads “Emma, it’s Gloria Steinem.”

Let them eat block parties

In February, at the “Music Industry Summit” — the conclusion to San Francisco Music Week, another Lurie project — I watched as the mayor strode to the stage at the Swedish American Hall. There, before an audience of struggling artists, engineers, and small venue staff, he triumphantly reported that the last summer of concerts in Golden Gate Park resulted in “$150 million worth of economic impact,” and that, according to new data, “our independent music venues generate $1.4 billion in economic impact annually.”

Lurie paused for applause. “That’s because of all of you in this room.”

a pink book cover of ‘Waiting for Britney Spears’ by Jeff Weiss