She flows like a river of bass vibration

October 22, 2001 9:01 AM

She flows like a river of bass vibration at the DNA Lounge. Jamie Zawinski, former programmer for Netscape and former contributor to the Mozilla project, has owned his own nightclub for some time. This pearl of the SF night scene also sports webcasts both audio and visual to go with its ubersexy public internet kiosks that run Linux.
posted by moz (14 comments total)

I recommend reading the archives, too, cause it's fascinating to see the amount of beaurocratic bullshit that jwz had to go through to get the club up & running.
posted by zempf at 9:42 AM on October 22, 2001

> flows like a river of bass vibration

You're talking about that rubber bass that sings "take me to the river, drop me in the water," right?
posted by jfuller at 9:48 AM on October 22, 2001

argh, thanks zempf; i forgot to mention jwz's weblog -- such as it is (rarely updated).
posted by moz at 9:48 AM on October 22, 2001

that club's totally zarjaz! neal stephenson and greg egan may have thought up similar ideas, but jamies followed threw royally!
posted by asok at 9:53 AM on October 22, 2001

This nightclub - is it making money? Or is Zawinski still acting as his own venture capitalist? I recall when Apple co-founder Steve Wozniac put half his net worth into a thing called the "US Festival."
posted by jfuller at 9:55 AM on October 22, 2001

Maybe he should spend two grand to put up a decent looking web site. I normally don't criticize people for bad web design, but come on he programmed for Netscape. He must know one or two people that can make a good looking site...
posted by geoff. at 10:17 AM on October 22, 2001

I love this article about "Netscape Time," and its mentioning of Jamie:

Suddenly, without warning, Zawinski's computer decided to reboot. All his pending fixes and unsent e-mails -- an electronic record of hours of drudgery punctuated by flashes of inspiration -- were vaporized.

Zawinski screamed.

He pounded his fists and knocked over his computer.

His chair, now a four-legged projectile, flew across the room. He put on his coat and left.
posted by Hankins at 10:28 AM on October 22, 2001 [1 favorite]

Ah, tina lives in berlin her voice so seldom on my machine is here tonight and I'm on the market and when I'm on the market words move faster wire and clouds move thin between us like a skin like a salty skin for a seed of fat circles smiling smiling her voice so intentionally smiling
in the clouds between us...

These are my intentions
posted by Hima Otsubusu at 11:18 AM on October 22, 2001 [1 favorite]

I normally don't criticize people for bad web design, but come on he programmed for Netscape.

Talk about missing the point, geoff. -- "I think my standards have lowered enough that now I think `good design' is when the page doesn't irritate the living fuck out of me."
posted by holgate at 11:35 AM on October 22, 2001

pearl of the SF night scene

if you happen to visit san francisco, please do not take that assessment too seriously. with all respect to jwz and his efforts there, DNA has only been (re)open for a short time and has a little ways to go before ascending the throne of SF nitelife.
posted by donkeysuck at 12:43 PM on October 22, 2001

so who's got the throne, donkey?
(please don't say ten15.)
posted by elle at 1:06 PM on October 22, 2001

Geoff...it's actually not "bad" web design at all. It's more like "no" web design. The focus is on useability. It's a great site.

(I'm a web designer btw...)
posted by xochi at 1:47 PM on October 22, 2001

Yeah, 11 point Georgia for me (my default). I’m lovin’ it.
posted by gleemax at 2:38 PM on October 22, 2001

Linux is ubersexy?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:06 AM on October 23, 2001