It's Called Satire, People Jack Spade Executive to San Francisco: You'll Regret Not Having That Rollneck Sweater By Benjamin Wachs Jack Spade model shows San Francisco what its missing in this Jarrett plaid shirt By Jack Spade VP Faux Melissa Xides The Jack Spade team is really disappointed not to be opening our new store in the hip Mission neighborhood, where we know we'd fit in just like a buffalo check dipped utility bag fits with a Milford window pane suit blazer. You k ...Continue Reading

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING this is what it looks like when we FILL THE STREETS WITH SEAMEN more photos:     http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/sets/72157636537561044/ 48 people in sailor suits forever changed the direction of the Mission district by altering the path of a chain store worth over a billon dollars.   All you ever really need to do anything is a plan. No matter how stupid, insipid or impossible that plan might be. Now, this action wasn't real ...Continue Reading

The Jack Off is ON!!!!! The representative from Jack Spade that was at the hearing on Wedensday night was standing around aftwards chatting. Someone handed her this flyer: And she said:  "Yea. I think we are going to pull out."   With no irony she said "pull out". The comedy here is amazing. Yesterday moring the CEO from parent company that owns Jack Spade wrote a letter saying they surrender. We won the hearing, and thus we were in a power position to annoy the s ...Continue Reading

OK, so we are not really gonna jerk off all over 16th street. It's a clever re-wording. Dress like a sailor or a pirate or a sea monster. WE ARE GOING TO FILL THE STREETS WITH SEAMEN!!!!!!!!! ...Continue Reading

For immediate “release” Chicken John and friends to “JACK OFF” 16th Street! San Francisco, CA – To demonstrate their objection to chain stores like Jack Spade trying to take root in the Mission, San Francisco showman Chicken John Rinaldi and a collection of friends and followers are planning to “JACK OFF” in front of the chain store’s proposed location this Friday night. “We promise to jack off until we fill the streets with semen! ...Continue Reading

5 PM tonight, room 416. It all comes to this. One last appeal. We have Tom Ammiano, the guy who wrote the legislation, who wrote a letter supporting our cause. We have letters from Matt Gonzalez and half a dozen more. We need to show an outpouring of support. Read about it here: http://nojackspade.com/2013/10/09/matt-gonzalez-jack-spade-is-formula-retail-subject-to-public-hearing-process-under-existing-law/ AND KEEP FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN AT 8:00 FOR A JACK SPADE ACTION THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING TO B ...Continue Reading

So, much has happened since the last time we talked about Jack Spade. Many of our elected representatives seem to be guilty of sedition, as our parks close and non-essential government works are on furlough while our republican statesmen lower the bar to what seems to be an all or nothing repeat of the end of segregation in 1960's Alabama. This is a good example of why it's so important to show Jack Spade that it takes more than money and connections to get what you want in a democracy. Did you know that 500 million do ...Continue Reading

SAVE THIS DATE!!! PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR: FRIDAY OCT 11TH, 8:00 PM MEET ON 16TH STREET IN FRONT OF THE OLD ADOBE BOOKS 3166 16TH STREET How do we get JACK OFF 16th street? Jade Spade and his million dollar handbags are pirates. They are pirating their way into our neighborhood. Lets call a spade a spade, shall we? We have an action planned. Details soon. Just plan on being there. Free event, street theatre. Don't miss it. Write. The. Date. On. Your. Calendar. Now. Do it now!!!! Next Friday!!!!!! chicken ...Continue Reading

http://www.seaforager.com/ So a million years ago I lived in NYC and owned a little moving company. We moved people and their stuff from place to place to pay our bills, and we played in a rock and roll band to have some fun. My business got buzy, and we would end up with more jobs then we could do. So we would pass off jobs to other movers. That’s when I met Kirk. He had a shitty van and was doing the same thing we were. I gave him jobs from time to time, we’d talk on the phone. It was years before ...Continue Reading

OK, so if you don’t know what’s happening on 16th street here is a quick update. Adobe Books rent was tripled. They agreed to pay, but got evicted anyway. No law was broken in doing this, although Adobe had been there for 25 years. Adobe Books re-opened on 24th street. 5th and Pacific company secures lease for that space for $12,000 a month. They fill out forms with the city to put in one of their formula retail stores. The one they decide to go with is Jack Spade, which has ten other locations in ...Continue Reading