Ethan Kanat

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Photo by Nicolas Zurcher at Fight and Fitness

About Ethan

Ethan Kanat grew up in Oakland, CA, right around the corner from legendary rapper and pimp Sir Too $hort. He went to five different colleges in as many years, majoring in Comparative Literature and Renaissance Art History, with a minor in sensual body massage. He has lived in Oregon, New York, Italy, Morocco and Saint-Tropez.
Ethan now runs an indie record label called Tough Customer and curates an online list of cool punk band names at AwesomeAndDisgusting.blogspot.com. In his spare time he likes to grill meat, drink bourbon and watch movies about the apocalypse.

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Ethan's Backstories

  • Proof Positive
    Ethan Kanat
    learns the art of the bourbon cocktail
  • Packing Heat
    Ethan Kanat
    explores gun culture in the far left city of San Francisco
  • The Late Edition, Part II
    Ethan Kanat
    explores the city after the bars close, Part II
  • The Late Edition, Part I
    Ethan Kanat
    explores the city after the bars close, Part I
  • Every Donut is a Snowflake
    Ethan Kanat
    visits Dynamo to make some dough
  • Street Corner Disaster
    Ethan Kanat
    learns how to busk like a hustler
  • The Unseen City
    Ethan Kanat
    uncovers San Francisco's dark corners.
  • Jukebox Hero
    Ethan Kanat
    hunts down the best music machines
  • Storyville
    Ethan Kanat
    finds a vibrant jazz scene hidden in plain sight.
  • Keeping it Reel
    Ethan Kanat
    discovers the strange screenings of Oddball Film + Video.
  • Castle of Kink
    Ethan Kanat
    finds a world of dungeons and dildos beneath Mission St.
  • A Slice of Life, Chapter 2
    Ethan Kanat
    gives quick cuts on the quirks of SF knife culture.
  • Street Corner Disaster 1
    Ethan Kanat
    sings for his supper.
  • A Slice of Life, Chapter 1
    Ethan Kanat
    gives quick cuts on the quirks of SF knife culture.

Ethan's Shortlist