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There was a pretty interesting article in the Chronicle on Sunday about a Marin punk from back in the day who's moved onto bigger, if not necessarilly better, things. I don't feel OK about "outing" her under her old name, but she's probably somebody known to at least a few people here. Anyway, here's the article link:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 3:36 AMThank you PGW, whoever you are. What a crazy coincidence. I recently got in touch with an old friend from the scene & it got me thinking about other scholars who come from the old scene. That led me to ask another tribe member about Montgomery, who, shall we say, I knew & went to school with under another name. Well, he & another friend couldn't remember her last name. But here she is. And what's even wierder is that she teaches at the same university that my other friend is a Ph.D. student at. 6 degrees of separation. A very small world indeed. So thanks for making the post. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 9:03 AMSo was "Montgomery" always her name and she just wasn't using it when she was young?
"Thank you PGW, whoever you are."
This is Peter Werner – I knew you and John back in the 1980s. I used to live in Mill Valley, and was housemates with Jonathan Forman for a while. I'm now also a scholar, working on my Master's thesis in Biology at SFSU, "Psilocybe and allies of California". -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 2:34 PMPeter!
It's me, Cheryl (also pseudonymed here.) You're not just Jonathan's housemate, you're PETER.
Wow. I was just emailing with Jiri, and your name came up. We were musing about a photo I have of you with Jiri, Frank, and Jonathan in Jiri's basement bedroom one night.
I'll email you off the board so we can catch up.
PS: I'm racking my brain because I know that "lady" Montgomery's face, but I can't remember who she was back then exactly. I've got a hunch though. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 6:32 PMThanks for refreshing my memory, Peter.
Of course, now I totally recognize her. She and I had some tension between us back then, but now I couldn't even tell you what happened. Just the haunting feeling that we came close to having a good dust up--feisty teenagers that we were! -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 7:47 PMThere were a few people who she had some tensions with, though I remained on good terms with her.
We went to Tam High together – she was the first "real punk" I ever met. Even when she was 14, she already seemed like an "insider" to the SF punk scene. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 4, 2007 - 8:53 PMYay, Peter's back!
Yeah, I had some issues with her back in the day. Personality clash. Still, I always respected how smart she was. We just didn't like each other much.
Hey, I tried contacting you a couple of months ago to no avail. Mycology & ethnobiology/botany? Not at all surprising. I remember you digging up samples of decaying mushroom samples beneath John's parents' house after class one day because you thought they were interesting!
Welcome!
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 11:31 AMsoooooooo..... "Wild"
now when are we having that North Bay Old Fart Punk Rock Reunion???
Juneko when are you gonna be on the left coast next??? -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 12:28 PMI'm up for a party this summer. But for me, it's not just a punk reunion as much as an 80's friends gathering. All our post-punk friends have resurfaces this year too. Christian is ALL OVER having a party.
Where do we host it? We can have it at my weekender, of course. But I'm not sure if that's convenient for everyone. Could be fun though. We can go play in the river during the day, and have a barbeque and party at night, or do the gay bar thing downtown.
I'm taking vacation at the end of August, with tenative plans to go to Seattle for a friends birthday. But I'd cancel those plans if it meant seeing everyone. Sept 21-22 are good, too.
Let that be the last time you call it the "old fart" party. That sounds like something for aging hippies, and darlin' that just ain't a label I can hang with. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 1:41 PMwe have straight bars here too.....
and we are close enough for everyone....
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 1:43 PMoh....
and Juneko was the one that started the old fart thingy....
ok.... so are we just middle aged farts?????
for some reason I'd rather be old than middle aged. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 1:44 PMoh yeah...... hey Peter!
JoEllen here (from Petaluma?) -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 6:50 PMHi JoEllen!
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 3:15 PMYou wrote:
'ok.... so are we just middle aged farts?????
for some reason I'd rather be old than middle aged. "
Well doll, no one is saying you are middle-aged, and you can consider yourself "old" if you prefer that.
But I don't wanna'.
I still think of myself as young! I don't think old. Don't look old. And don't intented to identifiy with old.
Besides, you know the old axiom:
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 7:49 PMYet another early 80's North Bay punk chiming in.
I remember Montgomery for sure. It took me a while to figure it out though. Interesting the paths some people choose.
That was a long article... definitely mixed feelings but I'm happy that she's OK. It always makes me happy that another one of us survived!
It would really be cool to see everyone again. Now I'm *really* curious about the other people we knew. And I gotta find some of those old pictures. I even took a couple of super 8 movies...
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 5, 2007 - 7:59 PMall I can say is, "it's about freakin time you all showed up"
I was one of the first of us on here....
I got "wild soul" then Jody, she got Juneko etc etc.....
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 9:50 AMI'm happy to host a party at my place in Santa Rosa. Maybe we can make a weekend of it in Sonoma County with different peeps crashing at different pads??? -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 4:41 PMJody wrote: "I'm happy to host a party at my place in Santa Rosa. Maybe we can make a weekend of it in Sonoma County with different peeps crashing at different pads???"
Yeah baby. This is starting to look manageable. Also, there are uber-cute and affordable cottages for rent on my street, for couples that might want their own space. Starting at $100/nite. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 6:16 PM*smiling, post script*
I'm talking non-sense about that "couples" wanting their own space thing. This has been a year of breakups on a massive scale, and most of our generation have remained single/no-kids.
Thinking... actually, not counting work-colleagues, I think Gitte might be the only person I know in a couple. Everyone else I know is undone, or coming undone. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 8:40 PMi'm not undone.......
more like totally done! -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Sat, May 12, 2007 - 12:20 PMPoke me, I'm done...
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 9:47 AMHoly shit Peter, what a trip! -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Fri, May 11, 2007 - 12:13 PMHey Jody –
Haven't seen you since, I think, The Pukes show in San Anselmo. Close to 25 years ago, I think.
Good to hear from you! -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Mon, May 14, 2007 - 8:46 AMYou too Peter. You will have to come hang at our reunion party when we get our *#@*% together! -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Mon, May 14, 2007 - 8:51 AMI still think we should make a weekend of it and get everyone up here.
between my & Cheryls' house we have plenty of room for people...
and well........... up here at the river is just a good party atmosphere.
I just don't know what taking so long to plan it.
I'm going to be too busy in the later part of summer...
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North Bay Old Punk & Stuff Party
Mon, May 14, 2007 - 8:54 AMXtian & Lemke are coming up...
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Re: North Bay Old Punk & Stuff Party
Fri, May 18, 2007 - 1:03 AMSorry, been outta commission for the last 10 days or so.
I'd love to, but can't make any promises since I'm not even sure if I'll be coming back to Calif this summer (sob).
I've got a project I'm working on that will take all summer & requires that I be on campus. Keep me posted though & we'll see if we can work something out! I may be able to squeeze a little vacation time in back at home.
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Tue, May 15, 2007 - 10:08 AMHi - Late Summer is also difficult for me, getting ready for Burningman is quite a job I must say. Maybe something in July? Anyone in for a resounding "yes let's just get this muther on the calendar!"????? -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Tue, May 15, 2007 - 11:11 AMMy work is insane until after August. July's out. -
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Tue, May 15, 2007 - 11:15 AMWe need to get this off the public board and into email. We're hogging up space, and not everyone is in this group. I'll start a group email later.
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Mon, May 14, 2007 - 10:04 PMThat would be cool – I'd love to catch up.
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Wed, July 30, 2008 - 11:22 AMoh yeah...that girl....i know who the sf gate is talking about...actually her new career is right up her alley
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Re: Montgomery McFate article in SF Chronicle
Wed, August 13, 2008 - 3:52 AMmontgomery seems to have a problem with her own memory, it wasnt a pregnant woman hitting a cop with an oar, the cops went to grab the oar and the dude let go of it sending them all flying in the mud etc.. Im not suprised she wants anthropology to be an integral part of our little so called existential war front, as its a common theme in the whole "cretins who dont have a use for civilization" variety they are always ramming down our throats with.. concider Tommy Franks statement about the danger of a possible move to change the anthropology of our society etc.. the problem is what if montgomery is on the wrong side of the oppressed- oppressor configuration.. I can imagine her in charge of some psychological experiment in a stalin styled gulag, talking highly about frustration theory applied to political malcontents...
