Zack Ruskin July 14, 2021Updated: July 14, 2021, 7:07 pm Longtime San Francisco musician John Vanderslice relocated to Los Angeles during the pandemic. Photo: Andrea DeSouto It’s hard to imagine San Francisco without John Vanderslice. A stalwart of the local indie music scene for decades, Vanderslice surprised many by deciding to move to Los Angeles at the start of the pandemic. By extension, his geographic transition also brought the hard call to close the long-running Mission location of Tiny Telephone Studios. Though a loss for San Francisco, Vanderslice told The Chronicle that he isn’t taking the closure (the Oakland location remains in operation) too hard.