Category: Muni Diaries Live

At Muni Diaries Live last month, expert Muni rider and comedian Cara Tramontano told the story of coming home from the Punchline Comedy Club, wherein she discovered the joys of Muni driver Edison. Watch the video to find out the surprising events that prompted Edison to start driving the bus.

If you run into Edison, please give him a high five for us. We love random Muni driver kindness, like this driver who stopped for a baby bird. Or this driver who helped out a blind man.

Featured image by @coastallocal

Elbo Room sound dude Gabriel took the Muni Diaries Live stage last month with a story about cutting his SF teeth on Muni, of all places. Riding public transit can really change your perspective of what you should and shouldn’t be afraid of in life, Gabe says. And how did he learn this? By hauling the remainder of his B2B float on Muni while under the influence of Jell-O shots, of course.

There’s nothing like Bay to Breakers to create some sympathy for your fellow Muni riders. From a suburban beginning through Everclear-laden Jell-O shots aboard a pirate ship B2B float, Gabe tells us about how one Muni ride can change how you see San Francisco.

1. Gabe Armstrong. He’s the audio engineering at the Elbo Room and has seen all the shenanigans backstage. Tonight he’ll step out of the sound booth to tell his own story.
2. Cara Tramontano. She’s our Twitter BFF with some of the most creative Muni tweets ever. Imagine what she can do with more words.
3. Kristee Ono. Ok. This woman ate 100 burritos in 100 days. If she’s not your San Francisco hero, I don’t even know.
4. Satellite High. An entire hip hop album about Muni? Dreams do come true.
5. Jerry Lee Abrams. He’s produced shows for Peaches Christ and designed lighting for a very famous wedding. We can only imagine what he’s seen.
6. Driver Doug. Seventeen years of watching Muni riders act the fool, or sometimes acting right. He’s back with more behind the scenes stories for us tonight.
7. Reigning Muni Haiku champ Ronn Vigh and his challenger, writer and comedian Baruch Porras-Hernandez. The battle is on: who makes better 5-7-5 magic?

Need we say more? Okay, here’s more: Get your advanced tickets to Muni Diaries Live because we have only a limited number of tickets to sell at the door.

Muni Diaries Live
Sat., Oct 10, doors: 6pm, show: 7 p.m. Tickets
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St. stations

Photo by Right Angle Images