rAy's b-day today!

Happy birthday to our lead man Ray! May the coming year be filled with much love, many laughs, great picks...and less trash!!

Up NEXT, Episode Hayes Valley and beyond

On Saturday the 3rd Ray and Dave were joined by April and Moe on a genuinely sunny day in Hayes Valley, the home of the Hayes Valley Farm which, did you know it, is just there for a few more months before its vegetables find other homes....

Purty photo from www.hayesvalleyfarm.com

The day was bright, and the pickers noted a Swirl Index of 6.3 (genuine), which is to say pretty blustery, leaving all kinds of crap (tho Ray prefers the cuter word "poo"--find out why on the podcast) scattered everywhere, but that didn't stop a genuinely fantastic time from being had.

So without further pomp and ado, here's our next episode in the series of genuine conversations about trash, litter and what not...CLICK HERE to HEAR the show, and a special sunburnt appearance by India, sounds of the Cars of Sutter Street, revelations of April's "Pick of the Day", incisive analysis of Andres Torres' hitting woes for the Giants, unique encounters with the people of Hayes Valley, and a special tune by Ray and Joth to ease your listening experience.

OK, so that wasn't all the pomp and ado. But, hey, at least it's all genuine.

chicken & waffles ain't no trash

But there was plenty of both to be had at Sunday Streets!

New Podcast- 2011 EPISODE 2 with NOGINYO !

2011 Volume 2, EPISODE 2 Coming to you live from YakiniQ cafe in San Francisco...

Hello ladies and gentleman on the Talkin' Trash w/Ray & Dave blogosphere! Thank you for your patience...we have an apology to lay on you for the delay in producing regular blogs.

We are out of the clouds, and now focused on the mission at hand- clean city sidewalks for you and me, an attitude of litter-free awareness (not aware-mess), and most of all, realization that we can only have clean cities to live in, when we do it together! ONE TRASH, ONE LOVE !

PIK IT UP for LOVE of your city!

ePIsoDe 9 rAining dowN on YA

Without further ado (y'all were on the edges of your seats, right?)...it's Episode 9! From Cafe Flore in the Castro, in what has to be the wettest episode yet! Featuring special musical performance & "gun" show by Patty Gallagher, and mayoral messages and tales of pancakes that are "bigger than yer face" from Kawori Minamisawa! Thank you! And Thank YOU.

Is it SEXY to be a FAN of TalkinTRASH w/Ray&Dave?

Episode 8 is a FOXY LADY for you, everyBODY! I hate to say this, but we did one of our best shows at the Yakini Q cafe on Post Street in the city of the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants! We're coming off as real prose at this...

ENjoy the trash talk...and send us your comments right away! Click on that Episode 8 thing in orange that you just passed up...that's right...and ready steady go!

ePIsodE 7: fast trash, unexpected encounters, and a blast from the past

Well, we started out this week's picks in eager anticipation of the Giants' opening game against the Phillies, and it's no exaggeration to say that the pickin' started getting faster as game time approached...to the point that civic service in the form of removing cans, paper and cardboard miiiiight even have taken the backseat to hootin' and cheerin' for the local team. 

This started off at what Ray & Dave expected might be a welcoming haven for true black & orange fans at Tommy's Joynt (after all, ray WAS wearing a full-on Giants uniform with eye black and all, while dave was wearing a blinding reflective orange jersey).

But 'twas not to be. And all for the better, as what's best done walking then turned into a pick-and-run, bagging trash all the way to Acme Burgerhaus up on Divisadero, where the crowd was much more welcoming and the team did not disappoint. There we had an unforgettable during- and post-game analysis conversation with Melissa, were later joined by good friend Jennie, and things were never the same. The broadcast took a few unexpected turns and suffice it to say that the on-the-air censors had to work overtime while good times were had.

In the end, we leave you with naught but a short reflective piece, which may just turn out to be the most concise, direct, to-the-point, hit-home take on what it is that this show's about in the first place.

Or, not. But either way, do give a listen to the talk and the tunes, Episode 7 right here, a special blast from the past performed by the Campbell Crew titled Public Space, and let us know what you think, join in for the next pick, join in the Community Clean Team if you're not in our neck of the woods, or, if you're further away, well, just don't throw that cigarette butt down in the street.

Keep it clean, folks, and... GOOOooooOOOOO GIANTS!!!!