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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San Francisco
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?
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
“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
It is an article of faith among musicians, especially those who fail to achieve the degree of success they and
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Back in the days of Lookout magazine, nearly every issue carried a column known as San Francisco Beat, which gave
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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
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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