It’s hard to believe that I was only in San Francisco for little more than two years. The days seemed more packed back then, even though, compared to now, there was a lot more idle time. It’s the perception of time, though. They days seem bigger and denser the younger you are the fewer you’ve counted. My creative activities in San Francisco were a bit of writing, but mostly music and publication.
Musically, the primary thing was Everything Must Go.
Publishing came out of nowhere. This was at the dawn of the Internet age, so zines were still a big thing in most cities. There were zines focused on everything you could think of
Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go was a music project spanning 9 months in San Francisco, California. The band members were Pepe Mómo, on Guitar and Vocals, myself, on Bass and Vocals, under the pseudonym Umlaüt Javier, Friedrich Homefries on Drums and Vocals, Velvet Schuss on Accordion and Vocals. Mostly the band was just Pepe and Umlaüt.
Everything Must Go / Everything Must Go
Eponymous first album. Initially all songs were titled Layla, even though there was not a cover among them.
Everything Must Go / Georgy Porgy
The second album was something of a concept album. It is, arguably, the best of the three albums.
Everything Must Go / Semaphore Jinx
With Pepe Mómo’s return to Miami, Semaphore Jinx was the third, and final album of the Everything Must Go project.
La Sirena / 1996
The first, and only issue of La Sirena was released in
