Interview: Bing Ji Ling
Bing Ji Ling has a question for you: how many time a day to you visit his website? We're not sure what he'd say to your answer, but if we had to take a guess probably, "not enough". So go check it out and then let us know how often you find yourself returning. You can, after all, listen to his whole album for free on the site (a feature we'd LOVE to see on more musician's sites).
Bing Ji Ling is a San francisco musician with the best pedigree we've come across: His dad was a musician who met and married his mother here in the '60's. ahhhhhh. This may explain Bing Ji Ling's different approach to math (is 3 ice cream sandwiches 5?) but we're not sure. Try to figure it out yourself as you enter Bing Ji Ling's world below.
Name
Bing Ji Ling
Introduce yourself in one sentenceSappy soul-singing Ice Cream Man
Age
2 Fudgesicles, 3 Ice Cream sandwiches, and 1/2 Gallon of Rocky Road.
Occupation
Fiddlin', hustlin', ice cream peddler.
Home Town
Icecreamisbhad
How long have you lived in the Bay Area and WhereMost of my life. Mission, Haight, because it's cool.
Favorite website
Citibank.com. I like to see how rich I am.
Favorite dot com or local business X-21 (20th and Valencia) http://www.x21modern.com
What I'm currently Reading
I mostly like to look at pictures. When I do read, it's usually off a
computer screen. Some day, I'll pick up a book. I'm saving that for when I'm old.
Best Deal in San Francisco Mexican food
Favorite mode of transportation 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V
Best Band or Musician to come out of the Bay Area Sly Stone
Favorite local hangout
Merkley's house
SF has the BEST: Mexican food
You've never lived in SF until: ...tried to compare it to NYC or LA.
Favorite Bay area politician of past or present: Gavin Newsom
Best solicitation from a pan handler: I tune them out.
You can tell someone is a local here IF: ...they are passed out on the
sidewalk with pee on them.
SF would be soooo much better if only: ..there were no people passed out on the sidewalk with pee on them.
Best Burrito: El Farolito (actually a three way tie with Taqueria Can Cun and El Castillito).
Best Restaurant: There are so many. Aside from the three above, which I frequent, I like Pete's BBQ on Mission, Chez Mama, Blue Plate, Rose Pistola, Taj Mahal, Rosamunde, Chez Spencer, on and on and on...
Best movie scene filmed in or about SF: Is "Full House" considered a movie? Why yes it it, especially now that the Olsen Twins are legal
I want all the EssEffists out there to know: ...that "EssEffists" sounds a little bit like a curse word. Also, if you don't check out the Bing Ji Ling website, the virus I've embedded in the interview will delete all the porn off your computer.
Tell us a San Francisco Story: I was born in these parts, but moved away at a very young age. My father was a musician here in the sixties, and my parents were married here. Growing up, I would here tell of this town, and was always intrigued. At the age of 19, the Lord Jesus Christ sent me here on a mission to spread his word. That plan failed. I smartened up, became a heathen, and haven't left since. Some day, we will all fall into the Pacific Ocean due the iniquities we have committed in this modern day Sodom
and Gomorrah.
Question you'd ask if you were doing this interview: How many time a day to you visit http://www.bingjiling.com?