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  • Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel

    by Paul WilliamsJuly 30, 2008Comments (0)

    He was the Prometheus who crossed the finish line, even if he just picked up his fire down the street in Big Mama Thornton or even Carl Perkins’ neighborhoods (and—let’s be fair—Elvis did add considerable fire of his own to all his best recordings). And his breakthrough record, a performance that still resonates today with all the spine-tingling power and dignity and mystery of a classic rock ‘n’ roll single (weird dead-Elvis cargo cult notwithstanding), was “Heartbreak Hotel.” (read more)

  • Good Riddance to the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love

    by Andrew LauSeptember 12, 2007Comments (6)

    There’s always a clamor on Haight Street, even now at night: neon lights, blinking lights, colored lights, and people standing outside yakety-yaking their current affairs on cell phones. Music spills out of doorways and thumps through walls, with shouts and laughs added in to concoct the sound of good times. (read more)

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