Michael Flanagan
@michaelflanagansf.bsky.social
Freelance LGBT history and entertainment writer for the Bay Area Reporter, retired librarian, former bookstore and record store clerk and longtime Bay Area resident and orchid grower. Due to abuse I don’t accept DMs. He/him
Amazing show by Cabaret Voltaire in Birmingham last night
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Amazing show by Cabaret Voltaire in Birmingham last night
Floating Points @ the Fox in Oakland.
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Floating Points @ the Fox in Oakland.
Here's an event that I will be hosting on April 23rd at Great American Music Hall:
March 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here's an event that I will be hosting on April 23rd at Great American Music Hall:
New orchid bloom from Epicattleya Don Herman:
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New orchid bloom from Epicattleya Don Herman:
Immigration rights protest today in San Francisco.
February 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Immigration rights protest today in San Francisco.
At the Conservatory of Flowers
February 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
At the Conservatory of Flowers
Happy birthday Bob. This is from when I was working in a record store in Michigan. WB had a "meet the artist" event in November 1979 in Detroit.
February 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy birthday Bob. This is from when I was working in a record store in Michigan. WB had a "meet the artist" event in November 1979 in Detroit.
Roses from the Luther Burbank garden today.
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Roses from the Luther Burbank garden today.
Today as an act of self care I took the SMART train from Larkspur to Santa Rosa and while I was there went to the Luther Burbank garden.
January 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today as an act of self care I took the SMART train from Larkspur to Santa Rosa and while I was there went to the Luther Burbank garden.
In honor of today’s event I submit this photo of San Quentin prison taken from the Larkspur ferry. Many other felons live here.
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In honor of today’s event I submit this photo of San Quentin prison taken from the Larkspur ferry. Many other felons live here.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 20.
December 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 20.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 19.
December 25, 2024 at 8:05 PM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 19.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 18.
December 24, 2024 at 8:03 PM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 18.
Stand with Greenland.
December 23, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Stand with Greenland.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 17.
December 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 17.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 16.
December 21, 2024 at 6:38 AM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 16.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 15.
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 15.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 14.
December 18, 2024 at 6:23 AM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 14.
Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite
December 18, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite
Paph. Star Blazer x hirsutissimum v esquirolei
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Paph. Star Blazer x hirsutissimum v esquirolei
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 13.
December 16, 2024 at 9:21 PM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 13.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 12.
December 15, 2024 at 7:18 AM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 12.
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 11.
December 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (if you want to discuss them I will). Day 11.