Good news in the sh*%storm: I have a new poetry collection coming later this year! Beginning to Sense, @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, October 2026. (That's not the cover. I just mocked up a title page for this announcement.)
Alan Chazaro
@pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social
Writing things for COYOTE, NPR, GQ, The Guardian, SLAM, L.A. Times, The Believer, SFGATE, etc
Nán Fiero’s latest album is slated for release on Cinco de Mayo. His music highlights West Oakland’s overlooked Mexican community.
West Oakland’s Mexican American rap secret is out
Nán Fiero’s latest album is slated for release on Cinco de Mayo. His music highlights West Oakland’s overlooked Mexican community.
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Bay Area poet Alan Chazaro @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social couldn't afford to stay. So he wrote a book about it. These Spaceships Weren't Built For Us reimagines displacement, gentrification, and survival through sci-fi & poetry. Out April 14 on Red Hen Press. www.coyotemedia.org/these-spaces...
These Spaceships Weren’t Built For Us
After eight years of grappling with displacement and the loss of community in the Bay Area, I’m publishing a book of poems about it.
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The great @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social talked with Pato O’Ward for the @essesmag.com Newsletter. Read it!
Stoked to once again work with the great @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, who traces the VERY Oakland origin story of one of Mexico City's hottest restaurants. W/ appearances from Cosecha, People's Kitchen Collective, the Black Panthers, Alice Waters, and Charles Phan. www.kqed.org/arts/1398783...
How One of Mexico City’s Most Acclaimed Restaurants Began in Oakland
Masala y Maiz is the loving result of two founding chefs who met, and started reimagining the food industry together, in Old Oakland.
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Look, I'm gonna need my writer friends to slow down because I can't keep up with all your books showing up on my nightstand. (But for real, HEY, NEW @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social!!!)
This week’s calendar is out! Curated by the great @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, it features nefarious tales about Vallejo history, jazzy renditions of A Tribe Called Quest, and queer line dancing for beginners. www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...
COYOTE Calendar: March 5-11
This week we've got nefarious tales about Vallejo's history, jazzy renditions of A Tribe Called Quest, and queer line dancing for beginners.
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They were high school poets, dancers, and rappers. Now they're headlining shows, publishing bestsellers, and performing at the SF Ballet. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social checks in on five of his former OSA students who've gone on to extraordinary things. www.coyotemedia.org/the-oakland-...
The Oakland School That Keeps Producing Stars
Once, they were kids walking the hallways of Oakland School for the Arts. Now they're at the Grammys, publishing bestsellers, and performing at the SF Ballet.
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As usual, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social has two spunky posts, one on a new cookbook out of Orinda of all places: www.coyotemedia.org/orinda-raise...
Orinda-Raised Social Media Star Debuts Her Cookbook
Easy “go-to” recipes are at the center of Maxine Sharf’s cookbook, with a panoply of healthy dishes inspired by her upbringing in the East Bay.
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Along with the music, we've got: - Live sets from Roc Marciano & Jay Som - @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social profiling Frak for @coyotemedia.org - A double dose of Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon from @imgarysuarez.bsky.social and @rapmusicplugpod.bsky.social - Footage from the ELUCID & DJ Haram tour Tap in!
Ronald AKA DJ Regularity@djregular.tech · 6mo agoWhat's Good is live for you and yours. New music from MX LONELY, Thundercat, Chris Crack, @duncecap.bsky.social & @samuraibanana.bsky.social, Larry June w/Curren$y & The Alchemist, yaya bey, Moonchild, and a whole lot more. Come through! blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
From folding wontons with her Chinese-Korean mom and grandma in Orinda to 4M followers online, Maxine Sharf's journey into food wasn't planned — until a layoff changed everything. Her debut cookbook drops March 3. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social reports: www.coyotemedia.org/orinda-raise...
Orinda-Raised Social Media Star Debuts Her Cookbook
Easy “go-to” recipes are at the center of Maxine Sharf’s cookbook, with a panoply of healthy dishes inspired by her upbringing in the East Bay.
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Frak The Person, San Francisco’s lovable, mutli-hyphenate battle rapper-slash-comedian, isn’t actually running for office. But with his ambitious mixtape project and live show extravaganza ‘Foursquare,’ he’s won the hearts and minds of Frisco residents — and @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social’s vote.
Frak The Person Is the Actual Mayor of San Francisco
The versatile battle rapper isn’t running for office, but with his new collaborative mixtape ‘Four Square,’ he’s earned my vote.
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In 2016, the last time the Super Bowl came to the Bay Area, SF residents vandalized statues, threw a nationally-covered protest, and bemoaned the high cost to taxpayers. Why are things so quiet this year? I break it down in @coyotemedia.org.
SF Hated the Super Bowl in 2016. A Decade Later, What’s Changed?
Ten years ago, protesters took to the streets to slam San Francisco’s Super Bowl City and call for an end to homeless sweeps. As the game returns to the Bay this week, why are things so quiet?
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Esses Issue 05 TOC just dropped… www.instagram.com/p/DUOKr6TDaj... Stories by: @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social @pjsauer.bsky.social @foster.bsky.social @charleylocke.bsky.social @alexkirshner.com John Sunyer Louis Cheslaw Katie Lockhart Toni Cowan-Brown and so much more… @essesmag.com
"Minnesotans are doing all they can, but they can’t keep fighting alone," writes @soleilho.com. "It’s time for a nationwide general strike: a coordinated withdrawal of labor across industries and regions until ICE is abolished."
What We Owe Minnesota
We solve this together or not at all.
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i am so proud of @coyotemedia.org for being a place that can run stuff like this without pulling punches and i also feel it should be known that @soleilho.com wrote this powerful piece in like two hours *with the flu*
COYOTE@coyotemedia.org · 7mo ago"Minnesotans are doing all they can, but they can’t keep fighting alone," writes @soleilho.com. "It’s time for a nationwide general strike: a coordinated withdrawal of labor across industries and regions until ICE is abolished."
Fantastic interview/profile of @mohammadearth.bsky.social by @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social for @coyotemedia.org here.
The SF Filmmaker Making Art Out of Grief
Mohammad Gorjestani honors Oscar Grant and other victims of police violence with an interactive exhibit full of birthday messages.
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cleanse your brain, cleanse your spirit: read @rahawahaile.bsky.social and @maggietokudahall.bsky.social in conversation about pigeons www.coyotemedia.org/local-woman-...
Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings
“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”
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Lil B was the godfather of internet rap, a meme-able prophet who foretold our society's doom. We could use his zany positivity now more than ever. ✍️ @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social 📸 @amir.photo
On Lil B and New Beginnings
As we kick off a new year, what else is there to do but reflect on the sage teachings of the BasedGod?
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"There are very few other places in life which unite careful concentration and shower shoes." Read Danny Lavery on bathhouse rules, towel etiquette, and the thrill of plunging into the unknown on COYOTE. www.coyotemedia.org/visting-a-ga...
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
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BREAKING: Bottom of the Hill, the storied rock club that’s hosted countless local bands as well as global superstars like Oasis, the Strokes, and the White Stripes, will shutter at the end of this year, owners say. What’s next for the space isn’t clear. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
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Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here. Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
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a loss to San Francisco and to me personally. we played there for years and years until there was really no way for us to play there. "too big" I guess but I will never be bigger in my mind than what the Bottom of the Hill is in my heart.
soleil ho@soleilho.com · 8mo agobreaking (heart) news for SF music heads www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
"Metroid 4" recently dropped after an 18-year hiatus. Alan Chazaro weighed in on the music of the classic sci-fi adventure series and how its blend of rock-n-roll futurisms & symphonic electronica has carved out its own lineage in video game soundtrack history. www.passionweiss.com/2025/12/18/w...
Warpseed Drums & Arm Cannons: A Critical Look at the Metroid Soundtracks | Passion of the Weiss
A breakdown of the acclaimed Nintendo series' music contributions, from its video game soundtrack origins to its Baby Keem-influencing hype.
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Over at @coyotemedia.org my colleagues and I are trying to build a new, worker-owned outlet in the Bay Area. We've already broken stories and had impact. To continue that work we need more members, plain and simple. And now you can get a discount! 🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.
COYOTE
Independent journalism with a bite!
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There are very few people who can get me emotional about ice cream (a dessert I don't even really like) but @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social is one of them. www.coyotemedia.org/oakland-ice-...
"This is political: Every flavor is a statement that we all belong here." In honor of the fifth year anniversary of De La Creamery, a popular ice cream pop-up in Berkeley, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social spoke to Stephanie De La Cruz about what it's been like to make 'ice cream for the community.
A Celebration of Piñata-Flavored Ice Cream With Oakland’s De La Creamery
On the politics of ice cream and why we need Chicana-made flavors more than ever.
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