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  • The Golden Road: A Report on San Francisco

    by Paul WilliamsFebruary 27, 2008Comments (5)

    But San Francisco—the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Trips Festivals, the Diggers, Owsley’s acid, Haight Street and Ashbury and Masonic and Golden Gate Park, the Straight Theater, Herb Caen, the Barb, the communication company—these have been and are and will be the environment (read more)

  • Radiohead: They Do It to Themselves

    by Greg GastonNovember 14, 2007Comments (12)

    Every great band reaches a critical point in their career and must decide whether to remain the same or to evolve into something else. Without growth comes stasis—often the death knell for artists in their prime. It’s hard to fault bands like U2, who left their classic, platinum sound behind with the daring transformation of Achtung Baby. (read more)

  • Alexander “Skip” Spence: Oar

    by Anthony FirestineOctober 17, 2007Comments (10)

    Alexander Lee “Skip” Spence found himself in the Bay Area after spending the first part of his life in Ontario, Canada. After a brief stint as a folk singer, he joined San Francisco psych pioneers Quicksilver Messenger Service as a guitarist. QMS started playing gigs (read more)

  • Pegi Young: Lady In a Canvas Shell

    by Denise SullivanSeptember 19, 2007Comments (17)

    I had always wanted to interview Pegi Young. Not just because she’s married to the singer-songwriter whom I happen to have collected the most discs by (41, including live recordings), but because she’s always seemed like the kind of person whose story could inspire others. (read more)

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