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Studs Lonigan: Looking Back Into My Future

January 20, 2012 Larry Livermore 3 Comments 16th Street, City Lights, Forest Books, James T. Farrell, La Cumbre, Patrick Hamilton, San Francisco, Studs Lonigan, The Gorse Trilogy

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

January 28, 2011 Larry Livermore 1 Comment Cliff House, Dad, Fort Baker, Golden Gate, Land's End, Louis' Restaurant, Marin Headlands, Mom, Muni, Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco

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?

February 11, 2010 Larry Livermore 4 Comments American Airlines, California, New York, San Francisco, Snow, Vancouver, Winter Olympics

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

February 5, 2010 Larry Livermore 4 Comments Anthropophobia, California, Mountain Lions, Oakland, San Francisco

“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

January 11, 2010June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore 46 Comments 415 Records, Agent Orange, Al Leis, Blue Cheer, Congolian Maulers, Dead Kennedys, Dickie Peterson, Ed Dorn, Ginger Coyote, Go-Gos, Howie Klein, Jello Biafra, New Wave, Pushups, Ricky Swan, San Francisco, The Ravers, Tony Rainier

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

October 16, 2009 Larry Livermore 1 Comment Chinatown, East Bay, Herb Caen, North Beach, San Francisco, Tenderloin

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

October 14, 2009 Larry Livermore 4 Comments BART, Berkeley, California, East Bay, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Marianne Faithfull, Muni, San Francisco

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

September 14, 2009 Larry Livermore 3 Comments East Bay, Gilman Street, Jack Boulware, Lookout Records, Punk rock, San Francisco, Silke Tudor

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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I Am The Disappearing Boy: 30 Years Of Kerplunk
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I Am The Disappearing Boy: 30 Years Of Kerplunk

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Billie Joe texted to ask if I was going to write anything about the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s Kerplunk.

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Birthdays, Thanks, Apologies

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Rethinking Biden

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The Mass Psychology Of Trumpism: Mad, Bad, Dangerous, Or All Of The Above?

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