An Emperor Norton Essay with Legs
You're not likely to encounter a more thoughtful or potent meditation on Emperor Norton and what he means than this.
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Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date
How two of the Emperor's most loyal subjects sought to celebrate him but — despite their best intentions — wound up leading a generation to get one of the most basic facts about him wrong.
Read MoreThe Necropolis (and So Much More) of San Francisco
In 1934, Emperor Norton was (re)buried in Colma, Calif. But the connection of Colma to the life of San Francisco runs much, much deeper than simply providing real estate for burial plots. SF Weekly reporter Joe Eskenazi was up this past week with a really fine historical-observational piece that fleshes out everything that Colma has done for San Francisco, and why this matters.
Read MoreAn Interesting Prospect
Might an elder statesman of San Francisco and California state politics take one more run at Sacramento and use the opportunity to make a bold and elegant gesture?
Hmmmm . . .
Read MoreThe Emperor Norton Moment
According to Google Trends, an identifiable surge in Bay Area interest in Emperor Norton began in late 2011. The surge continues today.
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