As SFist has learned in the last few months, San Francisco is town where everybody knows SOMEone, if not, everyone else. We're confident that while it might well take six degrees to connect the Hollywood crew to Kevin Bacon, in San Francisco, with a little effort, we could get that down to 4 degrees. Hard to say who the lynch pin for the whole gig might be, but Bryon Brown wouldn't be a bad man to put your money on.
Byron is a Graphic/Fashion Designer and "GrassRoots" marketing specialist who works in San Francisco under the moniker of VIRGIN69. VIRGIN69 is a boutique and clothing company and SO much more. We're still trying to unravel everything connected to Byron, but we'll just say that his client list reads like a who's who of the San Francisco art and DJ scene. Hey, maybe the fact that we got to interview him means that SFist has FINALLY arrived?
Name:Byron Brown
Founder,Virgin69. I can be reached at virgin69@sirius-mail.com
Introduce yourself in one sentence:
Hello, my name is Byron Brown and I am a Graphic/Fashion Designer & "Grass Roots" marketing specialist working as an independent contractor here in San Francisco for the past 9 years under the moniker of VIRGIN69
Age and Occupation:
32, Designer/ Event Specialist
Home Town:
PDX (Portland, Or. / Washington DC / Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan / Conceived in Korea)
How long have you lived in the Bay Area and Where:
10 Years SOMA / Dog Patch
Favorite website:
http://www.evilpupil.com
Favorite dot com or local business:
Virgin69 Boutique - currently looking for a new location
What I'm currently reading:
Kiss and Makeup
by Gene Simmons
and
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Best Deal in San Francisco:
SF's 7 mile radius... you can walk anywhere in a reasonable amount of time if you get stranded or are getting chased by wild boar.
Favorite mode of transportation:
My Harley Davidson
Best Band or Musician to come out of the Bay Area:
Love Equals Death, NOFX, E40, Too Short, Operation Ivy, Mac Mall, Rancid, Answer The Call, The Swinging Utters, The Grouch etc...
Favorite local hangout:
111 Minna Gallery, The Hemlock, Dalva, Delirium, The House of Shields! Wherever my friends are playing or working...
SF has the BEST:
Hidden glass ceiling
You've never lived in SF until:
You make first call @The Hearthw/DJ Toph One!
Favorite Bay area politician of past or present:
hmm...
You can tell someone is a local here IF:
They remember "The Drunk Tank" bar or Night Break
SF would be soooo much better if only:
It wasn't so expensive
Best Burrito:
Papa Lote
Best Restaurant:
Powell's Soul Food - R.I.P.
Best movie scene filmed in or about SF:
Any scene from "Streets of San Francisco"
Favorite artist to come out of the bay area:
Reminisce
Favorite author to come out of the bay area:
Not sure... Can we suggest that maybe that means the SFist collective?
Place you always tell visitors to check out:
The Mission
Favorite Bridge in the area:
The Bay Bridge or the Mariposa St. overpass
You have two hours and $15 bucks to kill in SF, what are you going to do?
Anything and everything
I have found/sold/bought the following on craigslist:
Roommates, Computers, A super 8 camera and projector
I want all the SFists out there to know:
Let's take SF back from these fascist yuppies, brick by brick!
Tell us a San Francisco Story:
To many to list...this is a crazy city!
Question you'd ask if you were doing this interview:
Would'nt you agree that something's gotta' give?
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Byron is the man.
Yo, I don't think you have enough space on your server to list the heads B. Brown knows. B. Brown is one of the most talented people I've met. Though he's not trying to see me on the domino table or on an 8 by 8 piece of linoleum, be can do it all.
Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal...
One,
B-Love