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Articles tagged "san francisco"Sound AffectsMusical Genius & Its Discontents (i): American Styleby G E Light[21.Jul.09] :. F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong. Artists as various as Roky Erickson, Brian Wilson and Shuggie Otis prove there are second acts in American popular music.  Film ReviewMilkby Cynthia Fuchs[26.Nov.08] :. Milk urges optimism and action, even as it also recalls the loss of its charismatic subject.  Events ReviewTea Leaf Green + Blue Turtle Seductionby Greg M. Schwartz[11.Mar.08] :. The heirs to San Francisco’s jamrock crown, Tea Leaf Green, honor the past by using their influences as a launch pad to boldly explore new sonic territory. NewsNew from Rhino: Golden rock nuggets from San Franciscoby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][25.Sep.07] :. The frontispiece of Rhino’s gorgeous, book-bound four-CD set “Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970” ($64.98) might be the closest thing rock music has to the...  Music FeatureFlower Power: Stepping Back From the Pastby Justin Cober-Lake[31.Aug.07] :. After years of talking about how great this music is, it's time we started actually listening to it. For example, does a song sound like the year 1968, or does it sound like Deep Purple?  NewsSummer of love redux: ‘67 experience still resonates in San Franciscoby Mary Anne Ostrom [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][29.Aug.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - It’s been 40 years since 100,000 “Flower Children” descended on San Francisco and put Haight-Ashbury on the map. Talk to those who were there, and they get big... Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupinby Rick Nelson [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][16.Jul.07] :. Sly, humane and possessing canny observation skills, Maupin can still blow a pop-culture bubble with the best of them. TRAVELOGUE: A hip tour of hippie-domby Brian J. Cantwell [The Seattle Times (MCT)][29.Jun.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO—The “Summer of Love” turns 40 this year, and parties are planned. So, is this the death knell for Haight-Ashbury’s hipness? If 30 was “over the hill”... |
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