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SiliGone Valley
by Christopher J Garcia
The stories of the lost locations, people, and traditions of Silicon Valley, told by a guy who spent a lifetime soaking in its history.
Episodes
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S2:E15 – Clyde Arbuckle
Episode Notes History San Jose Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E14 – TAP Plastics
Show Notes You can support our Patreon Find out more at https://three-minute-modernist.pinecast.co Auto-Generated Transcript SiliGoneValley-TapPlastics Tue, 8/16 10:34AM • 3:46 SUMMARY KEYWORDS plastics, cray, tap, display, clientele, measurements, replaced, computer history museum, stores,...
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S2:E13 – Holder's Country Inn
Episode Notes Our Patreon Auto-Generated Transcript SiliGoneValley-HoldersOnDeAnza Wed, 8/3 2:03PM • 5:45 SUMMARY KEYWORDS holders, places, saratoga, boulevard, breakfast, country, pancakes, wonderful, couple, family, original, santana row, denny, country inn, many great memories, pancake,...
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S2:E12 – The Mini Gourmet
Episode Note For more on the History of San Jose - Go to History San Jose Auto-Generated Transcript SUMMARY KEYWORDS places, gourmet, restaurant, fact, type, denny, mini, closing, town, growing, redefinition, local restaurant, sad, eat, diner, street, idea, visualized, exponentially, grahame...
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S2:E11 – La Paloma
Episode Notes http://siligonevalley.weebly.com/ Auto-Generated Transcript SiliGoneValley-LaPaloma SUMMARY KEYWORDS la paloma, santa clara, mexican food, pedro, restaurant, version, special occasions, drink, mexican, love, personal favorites, rehana, milpitas, authentic, great, islamophobe…
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S2:E10 – Gilroy Garlic Festival - 1978 to 2022-ish
Episode Notes Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E9 – Rooh's Cafe Salsa
Episode Notes If you've got anythign Rooh's Cafe Salsa related, drop me a line! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E8 – Cafe Stritch
Episode Notes Eulipia - 1977 to 2012 Cafe Stritch - 2013 to 2022 Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E7 – Wrestling in San Jose
Episode Notes A wonderful collection at History San Jose Auto-Generated Transcript SiliGoneValley-WrestlingInSanJose SUMMARY KEYWORDS san jose, major, cow palace, wrestling, professional wrestling, territory, localized, call, ray stevens, location, cogan, draw, stars, legend, locally, matches…
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S2:E6 – Berryessa Flea Market... maybe?
Episode Notes THe San Jose Flea Market, also known as the Berryessa Flea Market, is closing after a 60 year run. Hear Chris wax nostalgic about it, and somehow focus on the slides. LATE BREAKING NEWS!!! The San Jose Flea Market released a statement saying they are not closing! Episode will stay…
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S2:E4 – Clarke's Burgers in Mountain View
Episode Notes Another casualty of the COVID-19 Restaurant Mass Extinction Event! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E3 – Camera 1
Episode Notes The flagship of the Camera Cinemas, and one of the most loved and lost theatres in San Jose. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S2:E2 – Velvet Turtle
Episode Notes Founded in Menlo Park, with a direct connection to one of the greatest Art Collectors in US history, The Velvet Turtle taught me a lot about what Dinner could be! Auto-Generated Transcript SiliGoneValley-VelvetTurtle Tue, 7/5 12:34PM • 5:54 SUMMARY KEYWORDS velvet, turtle, remember,...
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S2:E1 – Interview - Josh Keene
Episode Notes Josh Keene and Chris Garcia used to go to High School together. They also used to go to shows. Here, they talk about stuff from the 90s! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E25 – Laser Quest
Episode Notes Laser Tag was big, and Laser Quest was the competitive, social version that allowed you to shoot at your friends without the mess of Paint Ball or the copyright issues of Q-Zar... Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E24 – Harry's Hofbrau
Episode Notes Harry's was a small local chain that was delightful. Roast Beef, Roast Turkey, mashed potatoes, and carrot cake. That might be a regular order for me, and one of the reasons I'm a big boy to this day... SUMMARY KEYWORDS harry, order, family, #sanjose, roast beef, #cafeteria-style,...
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S1:E23 – Winchester Drive-in
Episode Notes The Winchester Drive-In was a place of absolute joy for a young kid and his family! You could watch on the big screen, eat the terrible food, ride on the horse swings, and overall, have a great time! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E22 – Roberta Jones and Santa Clara Junior
Episode Notes Roberta Jones found Santa Clara Junior Theater in 1961, and she was still at it when I was a kid acting, and later stage-handing, from 1983 through 1991. She was a force and some incredibly talented kids came through and had a lot of fun! Find out more at...
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S1:E21 – Great America's Pictorium
Episode Notes IMAX, and the largest screen in Northern California at the time, the Pictorium was a wonderful piece of the Great America experience in the 70s through to the 90s. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E20 – Tidal Wave at Great America
Episode Notes The Tidal Wave was an out-and-back single loop coaster that was a lot of fun and a lot of folks first loop! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E19 – Marine World Africa USA
Episode Notes Marine World Africa USA was a hugely popular theme park where you could get upclose with animals, later included a waterpark, and would move to a little city called Vallejo before changing names... a lot. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E18 – Great America's Stealth
Episode Notes A true flying coaster, where you could pretend you were Superman. It didn't last long, but man, was it freakin' scary!!! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E17 – SteamPowered
Episode Notes Many important aspects of Steampunk culture happened here. The debut of Gail Carriger, the introduction of Steampunk Scholar to the world, and you can make an argument that it was the first dedicated Steampunk con in the world. Well, it'll be an argument. Find out more at...
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S1:E16 – Moffett Field Building 126 and the Computer Museum History Center
Episode Notes The place had a leaky roof, was a terrible place to keep artifacts, and more than once did I have to sleep there, but it was also a place of multi-sensory magic! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E15 – The Computer Museum History Center
Episode Notes The Computer Museum History Center was the Silicon Valley spin-off of The Computer Museum in Boston. It was a magical, strange, wonderful place, that eventually became some other museum that is now dead to me. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E14 – Douglas Adams at the Computer Museum History Center
Episode Notes One of Douglas Adams' final appearances was at the Museum, featured him telling stories, and gifting a wonderful artifact of his career that you can still see on display at some museum. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E13 – The Day Steve Jobs Died
Episode Notes The connection Steve Jobs had with Silicon Valley was deep and wide. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E12 – Blue Rock Shoot
Episode Notes The Wooden seating area in the back was where it was at, but it was one of those places you'd go for a good cup Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E11 – Illiac-IV
Episode Notes A machine that was one of the fastest computers in the world, of an architecture that had never really been tried, named after a state that it never was used in, the Illiac-IV was one of the most interesting computers in the world, and now it's in some museum. Find out more at...
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S1:E10 – Santa Clara Library
Episode Notes Mid-Century Modernism took a beating in the 2000s, and the loss of the Santa Clara library was one of the ones that hurt me the most. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E9 – Little Chef Counter
Episode Notes Little Chef COunter was one of the inaugural stands at San Pedro Square Market. The Poutine really opened up my eyes! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E8 – Ruth Court at Christmas
Episode Notes IN the 80s and 90s, Ruth Court was the place to go and see all the Christmas (and one set of Hanukah) lights in December! And I was there!!! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E7 – Clubber Lang
Episode Notes Yes, some of their lyrics are problematic these days, and honestly were then too, but Clubber Lang was an absolute force, one of the best Funk bands of the early 90s who had a rhythm section that was tighter than anything, and horns that blew away an audience! Find out more at...
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S1:E6 – Sinister Sam
Episode Notes I will not wax quixotic on Sinister Sam, rather I shall let the lyrics of their magnum opus, Work stand for rthem - Work, it really sucks, I don't wanna go, but I've got to. I've got bills, that I've gotta pay, and I don't wanna go to work today. Find out more at...
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S1:E5 – The San Jose Mercury News Building
Episode Notes Another Mid-Century Masterpiece that really deserves more love than it ever received. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E4 – Skankin' Pickle
Episode Notes A legendary member of the early 90s Third Wave Ska scene, Los Gatos' own Skankin' Pickle was too many awsums! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E3 – Magic Edge
Episode Notes Powered by SGI, a fun bit of entertainment! a RE-STORED EPISODE FROM 2018 Machine-generated show notes SiliGoneValley-MagicEdge Tue, 7/5 12:28PM • 15:31 SUMMARY KEYWORDS edge, magic, theming, entertainment, silicon valley, idea, important, onyx, technology, system, flight simulator,...
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S1:E2 – Bullwinkle's
Episode Notes We're re-posting first series episodes before we start to record new episodes and interviews! This one, about the wonderful Family Arcade/Restaurant in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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S1:E1 – Episode 1 - Weird Stuff
Episode Notes The Re-Boilding of SiliGone Valley starts here, with one of the few surviving episodes, this one on Weird Stuff, the wonderful tech re-seller in Sunnyvale that closed in 2018! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co
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The stories of the lost locations, people, and traditions of Silicon Valley, told by a guy who spent a lifetime soaking in its history.
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SiliGone Valley is created and hosted by Christopher J Garcia.
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