Rain Jokinen

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• Commented on SF Students Get A Little Less Pool-Ready, As Swimming Requirement Evaporates
  I was wondering if that requirement still existed. It was certainly in effect when I was in high school here. You had to pass a swimming test or show proof of passing one somewhere else. I knew how to swim...
• Posted SFIFF: Get Low and Robert Duvall Tribute to Culture/Entertainment
  The line for the Robert Duvall tribute and screening of Get Low at the Castro on Friday night started about 90 minutes before showtime,...
• Posted SFIFF: Cairo Time to Culture/Entertainment
  Middle-aged women love Patricia Clarkson, if the conversation between friends in the Balcony Bar at the Kabuki just prior to the screening of Cairo...
• Posted SFIFF: Gainsbourg (Je t'aime...moi non plus) to Culture/Entertainment
  Things were a little tense before the screening of Gainsbourg (Je t'aime...moi non plus). Since I got to the Kabuki early, and was starving,...
• Posted SFIFF: Walter Murch's State Of The Cinema Address to Culture/Entertainment
  Sunday was a stunningly beautiful day in San Francisco, which of course meant I headed straight for the Film Festival so I could sit in...
• Commented on Jukeboxin': A Dwindling Supply?
  Have you gone to The Summer Place yet? I love their jukebox. Nothing daring, but I enjoy being able to play Bauhaus, Morrissey AND Donna Summer......
• Commented on See Spot: Vid SF Weekend What's Up, In The Comments Of Which You MUST Wish Beth A Happy Birthday (It's Today!)
  Happy Birthday, Beth! Aquarians FTW!!!!!...
• Posted The Future Of Late Night: It's Not Leno to Culture/Entertainment
  Let me start by saying, I watch Letterman. I always have, and as long as he has a show, I always will. I started...
• Commented on Updated, With Onboard Video From All Angles: See The 19 Polk Accident Happen
  So, all those passengers were sent to to hospital? I was expecting something much worse than what the footage shows. Looks like they were lucky... Is it mandatory that everyone go to the ER in a case like this? I'm...
• Commented on Pilot For Yet Another Lawyer Show Set To Shoot In SF Next Year
  I just wish it was a show about a woman who quits being a lawyer to become a doctor who solves crimes....
• Commented on Who Wants To Get Up By 4 AM To Simulate Homo Sex In Union Square?
  The most shocking thing about his performance was how awful--AWFUL--the song was. SO BAD. Isn't the official Union Square tree lighting this Friday? Are they going to turn the lights off and pretend for GMA on the 3rd or something?...
• Commented on Weekend Watch: Scary, Serious, Thrilling, Pubic Hair
  "House of the Devil" is awesome. I watched it via Amazon On Demand on Halloween....I think it's available on Comcast on Demand, too... And "The Changeling" is on Saturday at 9:30pm on IFC. Make it a double feature!...
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Smoked Out
  What are the San Francisco rules about smoking and common areas of apartment buildings? I've had to deal with the stench of cigarettes since I first moved into my place years ago, but I didn't think I could complain about...
• Commented on Did You Vote Today?
  I just got back. There were two other people voting when I got there, but the machine said only about 73 ballots had been cast today. I think the polling place serves both Nob Hill and the Tendernob areas...all I...
• Posted Appealing TV: V to Culture/Entertainment
  It's probably not fair to judge a series based on the first nine minutes of its pilot episode, but since that's all I've seen of...
• Posted Appealing TV: Ugly Betty Fall Premiere to Culture/Entertainment
  You thought all the fall TV premieres were finally over, didn't you? HA! Wrong! You obviously forgot about "Ugly Betty." Which is not surprising, as...
• Posted Appealing TV: 30 Rock Fall Premiere to Culture/Entertainment
  Yes, the fall TV premieres are still trickling in. But don't roll your eyes. This one actually matters. "30 Rock" is finally back on the...
• Posted Appealing TV: Three Rivers Fall Premiere to Culture/Entertainment
  "Three Rivers" isn't like a lot of shows on CBS, because it isn't about solving crimes. But it is like a lot of shows on...
• Posted (Un)Appealing TV: 'Till Death Fall Premiere to Culture/Entertainment
  Tonight's lonely premiere is "'Till Death" at 8:30 P.M. on Fox. I don't even know why Fox is bothering with sitcoms at all these days....
• Posted Appealing TV: Private Practice Fall Premiere to Culture/Entertainment
  Tonight's lone fall premiere is "Private Practice" on ABC at 10 P.M. Last season ended with a humdinger of a cliffhanger. Violet, Amy Brenneman's character,...
• Posted Appealing TV: Hank, The Middle Fall Premieres to Culture/Entertainment
  The fall premiere whirlwind has ended, but there are still a few trickles here and there. Like tonight's two ABC premieres. Last season, Kelsey Grammer...
• Commented on Starring San Francisco: A Retrospective and a Look Ahead
  "Petulia" is probably my all time fave San Francisco movie......
• Posted Appealing TV: Lie To Me, Trauma Fall Premieres to Culture/Entertainment
  Fox: "Lie to Me" at 9 P.M. The gimmick in this crime procedural starring Tim Roth is that he can tell when people are lying....
• Posted Appealing TV: Sunday Night's Fall Premieres to Culture/Entertainment
  Tonight is the last night of packed season premieres, so let's get right to them. Showtime: "Dexter" at 9 P.M. At the end of last...
• Commented on Save $15: How To Get Into KCBS's Health, Etc Symposium For Free
  Duh, meant "I hope SANJAY's not contagious anymore," of course....
• Commented on Save $15: How To Get Into KCBS's Health, Etc Symposium For Free
  I hope not contagious anymore!...
• Posted Appealing TV: Friday Night's Alright (For Fall Premieres) to Culture/Entertainment
  Friday night, which was once the night TV shows went to die, seems to be having a resurgence, or so hope the networks, as they...
• Posted Appealing TV: CSI, Mentalist, FlashForward, Grey's Fall Premieres to Culture/Entertainment
  I am seeing the light at the end of the TV screen's tunnel; one more week, and the premieres will turn from a flood to...
• Posted Appealing TV: Even More Fall Premieres Tonight, Some Good, Some Bad to Culture/Entertainment
  More, more, more TV premieres tonight! Will it ever end? (Yes. It will end. And I'll be thankful when the cancellations begin.) CBS: "The New...
• Posted Appealing TV: NCISs, The Good Wife, The Forgotten Fall Premieres to Culture/Entertainment
  At about 8:30 last night, I suddenly realized I had totally forgotten "Heroes" was also premiering its new season. Which kind of says all that...