Talk:Valencia Tool & Die

Valencia Tool & Die was mentioned in Herb Caen's column of the San Francisco Chronicle shortly after Alan Ginsberg appeared there. Still looking for the date of the article. Because Tool & Die was an underground club, and often hosted afterhours parties, the operators did not try to attract attention since they often operated the club after the 2 a.m. curfew in San Francisco, but there are references to it in articles in the San Francisco Bay Guardian (S.F. weekly paper), and in both the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle.

(Belsipe (talk) 03:50, 8 February 2009 (UTC))

i, jim, was partner in valencia tool and die with peter. i'm interested in contributing to this tiny corner of history, if that makes a difference. jim@well.com (entering data from noisebridge ip) 75.101.62.88 (talk) 23:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

I was the "owner" of Valencia Tool & Die, though mostly an absentee owner, for the last year or so of it's existence. Must have been after Jim's time, but, as with Jim, above, I can be contacted to contribute what little I can if anyone so desires. (I have never posted anything before on Wikipedia & not sure I know what I'm doing, so sorry if I don't do it right.) phil@oaec.org  Phltymon (talk) 05:48, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Bill McCracken aka Bill Halen aka "me" managed the Tool and Die from the end of '82-'83. I did all the booking with the exception of shows that I let Timmy Yohannan put on for Maximum Rock and Roll. The silent owners were from NYC and was under the name, if I recall, Grassroots Video (is this you Jim/ Pete?). Anyone interested in some history let me know- billhalen@gmail.com.Billhalen (talk) 00:11, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Bill-- That was me, Philip Tymon, who was the "silent" owner--- I moved back to New York shortly after buying the club. I was involved with a group called Grassroots Video, though that had no connection to the club. I'm trying to remember if you were the guy who was the manager while I was the owner--- the guy who was my manager had done a lot of sailing, ending up marrying a cute blond girl who was his bank teller (I think) and they opened up a marina in the delta area. Is that you? phil@oaec.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.96.204 (talk) 08:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Bill McCracken link incorrect.
The link that supposedly goes to Bill McCracken is incorrect. It goes to a completely different Bill McCracken who is an Irish footballer.

If, for any reason, anyone wants to know more about the history I can now be reached at a new email: PhilipTymon (at) gmail.com

Although I was the silent owner and Bill McCracken (the correct one) actually did pretty much everything in 1982-83. So he knows way, way more than I do.

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