San Francisco Archive

  • Studs Lonigan: Looking Back Into My Future

    Studs Lonigan: Looking Back Into My Future

    In the course of a search for Patrick Hamilton’s The Gorse Trilogy, I wandered into bookshops new and old across...

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  • Remembering And Forgetting

    Remembering And Forgetting

    This past Monday was the seventh anniversary of my father’s death.  Were he still alive, he would have been 98...

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  • Snow What?

    Snow What?

    Granted, when it comes to snow we’re in a better position than Vancouver to host the Winter Olympics, but nonetheless,...

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  • Bambi-land

    Bambi-land

    “Two Hikers Fend Off Pair Of Mountain Lions,” read the SF Chronicle headline, which turned out to be a misrepresentation;...

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  • Pushups Is Pop

    Pushups Is Pop

    It is an article of faith among musicians, especially those who fail to achieve the degree of success they and...

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  • San Francisco 1994

    San Francisco 1994

    Back in the days of Lookout magazine, nearly every issue carried a column known as San Francisco Beat, which gave...

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  • California Was A Golden Dream

    California Was A Golden Dream

    I started writing this song about 30 years ago. Maybe longer. I honestly don’t even remember when the idea first...

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  • That Damned Exclamation Point

    That Damned Exclamation Point

    Got my advance copy of Gimme Something Better by Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor. It’s a magnificent compendium of information and...

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