San Francisco Taiko Dojo being Evicted!

[YoshidaYui]

[AllaN01Bear]

1. text version for ppl like me who dont do utube .

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/acclaimed-san-francisco-taiko-dojo-facing-eviction-from-practice-studio/

[keopeli]

2. This is a travesty. Isn't capitalism wonderful? A musical legend deliberately kicked out when avarice 'trumps' humanity.

[RandySF]

3. I saw them perform in 2006.

[TeamProg]

4. Yikes, hopefully they'll find a place. I first knew of Taiko Dojo in 1990 when founder

Sensei Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka recorded with S.F. Industrial Rock group Sharkbait for their 1991 CD ‘Blowtorch Face-lift”.

Anyone remember them from shows at the I-Beam, Kennel Club, DNA? Or Lollapalooza? Mid 90’s Burning Man Festivals?

Crush!

[ChazInAz]

5. Ah...Odaiko memories.

Tucson has Odaiko Sonora. Early on, in the Nineties, they didn't have a fixed rehearsal space. That was when I literally first heard of them. They rotated through member's residences to drum. One of those was right across the street from me. It's hard not to notice rehearsals like theirs. I was fascinated, and wound up making drums and didgeridoos with them. They later provided sound for a production of MacBeth that I acted in. Loved those folks!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. oh sad. too bad they weren't able to buy that building year ago. maybe GoFundMe to help them?