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San Francisco to Sacramento: The road less travelled
...bar in smalltown Rio Vista, halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. While most hit Interstate 80... ...end to a pleasant and different drive from San Francisco. Of course you can also do the trip in...
Tagged with: america, driving across the country | beyond whistler | mendocino | mt shasta, california | postcards from elsewhere | san francisco | seattle | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/265/san-francisco-to-sacramento-the-road-less-travelled/
America, driving across the country (April-May 2004)
...song by Springsteen and the brainchild of the San Francisco art collective Ant Farm.It is 10 classic... ...AMERICA ON REFLECTION Sunday afternoon in San Francisco and we are at Neptune’s Palace...
Tagged with: breaux bridge, louisiana | encounters in elsewhere | kenyata | postcards from elsewhere | san francisco | the alamo | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/273/america-driving-across-the-country-april-may-2004/

Ry Cooder: Live in San Francisco (Warners)
After his excellent but demanding concept album trilogy (Chavez Ravine, My Name is Buddy, I Flathead) then two political albums (Pull Up Some Dust, Election Special), Cooder's mainstream audience migh
Music at Elsewhere: music/5886/ry-cooder-live-in-san-francisco-warners/

San Francisco and Seattle: are you talkin' to me?
...although a peculiar thing happened in San Francisco one night. After dinner we ambled into Union...
Tagged with: postcards from elsewhere | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/2023/san-francisco-and-seattle-are-you-talkin-to-me/
San Francisco, California: Feeding the inner man
...a bar in the rundown Tenderloin district of San Francisco with a handwritten sign which read "No...
Tagged with: california | postcards from elsewhere | travels in elsewhere |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/521/san-francisco-california-feeding-the-inner-man/

LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING; SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965-1970: Flowers and freak outs
...the tracks-- is a remarkable document of the San Francisco scene in what became known as the hippie era....
Tagged with: a day in my mind's mind | blue cheer | janis joplin | jefferson airplane | jimi hendrix | lawrence ferlinghetti | like, omigod! the 80's pop box | loud, fast and out of control | marijuana | moby grape | pet rocks and punk rock | pink floyd | santana | sky cries mary | the beatles | the doors | the flaming lips |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2805/love-is-the-song-we-sing-san-francisco-nuggets-1965-1970-flowers-and-freak-outs/

BOB DYLAN SPEAKS, SAN FRANCISCO 1965 (Eagle DVD)
...an hour-long, televised press conference in San Francisco. Dylan would never do another like this, and...
Tagged with: bob dylan | chelsea hotel | dont look back | martin scorsese | the band | the beatles |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2866/bob-dylan-speaks-san-francisco-1965-eagle-dvd/

Charlie Rich: Too Many Teardrops; The Complete Groove and RCA Recordings (Ace/Border)
...a famous interview in San Francisco in December '65, Bob Dylan was earnestly asked...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8470/charlie-rich-too-many-teardrops-the-complete-groove-and-rca-recordings-ace-border/

THE BEAU BRUMMELS' COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1964-1970: Beat-pop out of LA, destination Nashville
...from Chicago, the Beau Brummels out of San Francisco formed in the wake of the British Invasion and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10178/the-beau-brummels-complete-recordings-1964-1970-beat-pop-out-of-la-destination-nashville/

Moby Grape, Moby Grape (1967)
...short and dramatic story of San Francisco psychedelic folk-rockers Moby Grape is one of... ...from diverse musical and social backgrounds in San Francisco in late '66. Guitarist-songwriter Peter Lewis...
Tagged with: jefferson airplane | moby grape |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/800/moby-grape-moby-grape-1967/

JANIS JOPLIN CONSIDERED (2011): Singing out the painful sparks within
...and out of the state” -- to wide-open San Francisco. It was the world of kindred souls like...
Tagged with: aretha franklin | bessie smith | etta james | from the vaults | janis joplin | jefferson airplane | joan osborne | love is the song we sing | ronnie spector |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2167/janis-joplin-considered-2011-singing-out-the-painful-sparks-within/

ROTTEN: NO IRISH, NO BLACKS, NO DOGS by JOHN LYDON: Reviewed 1994
...therefore typical -- show at the Winterland in San Francisco. They are words he can use with or without...
Tagged with: from the vaults | gang of four | julien temple | loud, fast and out of control | only anarchists are pretty | sex pistols | the clash |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/3116/rotten-no-irish-no-blacks-no-dogs-by-john-lydon-reviewed-1994/

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED: Doug "Cosmo" Clifford interviewed (2011)
...We were were fortunate. We came out of the San Francisco Bay Area during that psychedelic phase and our...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4592/creedence-clearwater-revisited-doug-cosmo-clifford-interviewed-2011/

DOUGLAS LILBURN . . . AND BEYOND (2022): The path to electronics . . . and beyond
...composer at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, and in 2004 he was honoured by a Composer...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6027/douglas-lilburn-and-beyond-2022-the-path-to-electronics-and-beyond/

THE LANEWAY 2017 LINE-UP: Who and what you need to know
...is all about. Mr. Carmack Born and raised in San Francisco, Mr. Carmack is one of the most exciting new... ...songwriter and producer. Hailing from San Francisco, California, His music is a combination of...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/7663/the-laneway-2017-line-up-who-and-what-you-need-to-know/

SOUTHBOUND'S RECORD STORE DAY 2019: See you round, like a record . . .
...exclusive) RSD-Grateful Dead - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80 [2LP] (limited to 6500, indie...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/8872/southbounds-record-store-day-2019-see-you-round-like-a-record/

Cat Power: Jukebox (Matador)
...the '67 psychedelic pop-rock debut by that San Francisco band which is also an Essential Elsewhere...
Tagged with: bob dylan | cat power | dann penn | james brown | joni mitchell | moby grape | nick cave | patti smith | spooner oldham |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1455/cat-power-jukebox-matador/

JUST FIVE YEARS AGO: AMERICA IN CRISIS (2004): Land of the Free and Home of the Afraid
...to Georgia, and time in New York and San Francisco, I couldn't help observe Americans being...
Tagged with: antony beevor | craig unger | hillary and bill clinton | mark kurlansky | vietnam war |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/243/just-five-years-ago-america-in-crisis-2004-land-of-the-free-and-home-of-the-afraid/

POKEY LaFARGE INTERVIEWED (2015): The past is alive and well and living in the present
...Look at SoHo in New York and The Mission in San Francisco. “I think there are great things ahead,... ...of things going for it on the surface like LA, San Francisco, New York and so on. It's raw and rough around... ...California so when that goes they say LA and San Francisco will separate from California. Another...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6882/pokey-lafarge-interviewed-2015-the-past-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-the-present/

PAUL McCARTNEY SOLO CAREER PART 3, 1990-2000: Classical, pop and what else ya got?
...they rock up towards the end Elvis-style, San Francisco Bay Blues, Bill Withers' Ain't No Sunshine and...
Tagged with: brian epstein | george harrison | george martin | john lennon | paul mccartney | paul mccartney's solo career | ringo starr | the beatles | wings |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2546/paul-mccartney-solo-career-part-3-1990-2000-classical-pop-and-what-else-ya-got/

JOHN LEE HOOKER REMEMBERED: Face to face with the blues
...bluesman. He had a large property in San Francisco and was smarter than most in securing royalty...
Tagged with: bb king | blues in elsewhere | buddy guy | chicago blues | elmore james | eric clapton | from the vaults | jeff healey | john lee hooker | john mayall | muddy waters | robert johnson | the allman brothers band |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3825/john-lee-hooker-remembered-face-to-face-with-the-blues/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Damien Dempsey
...DEMPSEY TOUR DATES Saturday 22 March: The San Francisco Bath House , Wellington Thursday 27 March: Dux...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6202/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-damien-dempsey/

AUTUMN OF LOVE by DAVE ALLEN
...to the messages coming across the globe from San Francisco and at these points he references obscure but...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/8144/autumn-of-love-by-dave-allen/

GAVIN BRYARS: THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC/JESUS' BLOOD NEVER FAILED ME YET, CONSIDERED (1971): Music of ghosts gone by
...and added tapes of the New Music Ensemble of San Francisco Conservatory of Music to create a piece which...
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9327/gavin-bryars-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-jesus-blood-never-failed-me-yet-considered-1971-music-of-ghosts-gone-by/

JOHN FOGERTY INTERVIEWED (2005): The Long Road Home
...The middle son of a working-class family from San Francisco's Bay Area, Fogerty soaked up 50s rock'n'roll...
Tagged with: bayou country | creedence clearwater revival | john fogerty | robert johnson | vietnam war |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/395/john-fogerty-interviewed-2005-the-long-road-home/

Arthur Russell: Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika/digital outlets)
...music at the Ali Akbar Khan School in San Francisco; performed with poets Allen Ginsberg and Ann...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10784/arthur-russell-picture-of-bunny-rabbit-audika-digital-outlets/

2012, THE YEAR IN REISSUES: Look out behind you!
...up just about the whole of his career from San Francisco in the late Sixties . . . the REM reissue...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5407/2012-the-year-in-reissues-look-out-behind-you/

BETH HART INTERVIEWED (2000): Stories to sell and tell
...has modest ambitions ("An apartment in San Francisco") and is suspicious of success....
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6466/beth-hart-interviewed-2000-stories-to-sell-and-tell/

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Coincidence and Likely Stories (1992)
...and Quicksilver Messenger Service in the San Francisco hippie era; one of her marriages was to...
Tagged with: buffy sainte-marie | from the vaults | jim pepper | john trudell |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2812/buffy-sainte-marie-coincidence-and-likely-stories-1992/
Samoa, USA: What's in a name
...Inevitably Samoa, some two hours north of San Francisco, beckoned. Because my father-in-law was born...
Tagged with: california | samoa | travels in elsewhere | united states |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/samoa-usa/

CALEXICO INTERVIEWED (2003): Beneath the high wide sky
...see in places like Denver, Phoenix, Tucson and San Francisco there is a more Hispanic audience coming to...
Tagged with: nick cave |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2157/calexico-interviewed-2003-beneath-the-high-wide-sky/

Steve Reich: It's Gonna Rain (1965)
...purely by chance. In '64 while at Berkeley in San Francisco, Reich was experimenting with tape recording...
Tagged with: film | john zorn | kronos quartet | la monte young | philip glass | steve reich |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3117/steve-reich-its-gonna-rain-1965/

JIMI HENDRIX IN 2011: Return to Winterland 1968
...stand (two shows a night) at the Winterland in San Francisco in October 1968, some of which also turned up...
Tagged with: buddy guy | eric clapton | from the vaults | i want to take you higher | jefferson airplane | jimi hendrix | love is the song we sing | moby grape | muddy waters | psychedelia | robert johnson |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4506/jimi-hendrix-in-2011-return-to-winterland-1968/

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood (Rough Guide/Southbound)
...films (Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana) and by San Francisco rock guitars. If nothing else it is always...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5806/various-artists-the-rough-guide-to-psychedelic-bollywood-rough-guide-southbound/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: DeWayne Pate
...bassist DeWayne Pate from San Francisco has played with some of the most famous...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7650/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-dewayne-pate/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE PIPKINS: From the people who brought you . . .
...hippie-era cash-in Flower Pot Men (Let's Go to San Francisco) then Edison Lighthouse, White Plains and...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/8772/we-need-to-talk-about-the-pipkins-from-the-people-who-brought-you/

Kiki Rockwell: Rituals on the Bank of a Familiar River (digital outlets)
...which comes with a remarkable video). Born in San Francisco, childhood in Germany, formerly in the Leers,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10762/kiki-rockwell-rituals-on-the-bank-of-a-familiar-river-digital-outlets/

Janis Joplin: Trouble in Mind (1965)
...and Hot Tuna, had a tape recorder in his San Francisco apartment and one afternoon he and Joplin --...
Tagged with: bessie smith | blue cheer | blues magoos | etta james | from the vaults | grace slick | i want to take you higher | janis joplin | jefferson airplane | love is the song we sing | moby grape | psychedelia | the mamas and the papas | timothy leary |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4070/janis-joplin-trouble-in-mind-1965/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Melody Pool
...be my response haha) MELODY POOL TOUR DATES San Francisco Bath House, Wellington. Friday July 11 (with...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6411/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-melody-pool/

Mink De Ville: Return to Magenta (1978)
...by the mid Seventies, after time in London and San Francisco looking unsuccessfully for like-minded...
Tagged with: david byrne | mark knopfler | mink de ville | phil spector | ronnie spector | the ramones | willie de ville |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2515/mink-de-ville-return-to-magenta-1978/

Arthur Russell: Another Thought (1985)
...to study at the Ali Akbar Khan School in San Francisco where he met poet Allen Ginsberg (and...
Tagged with: arthur russell | arvo part | brian eno | ecm records | electronica | fripp and eno | henryk gorecki | john tavener | john zorn | jon hassell | kraftwerk | kronos quartet | la monte young | michael nyman | philip glass | robert wilson | steve reich |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3783/arthur-russell-another-thought-1985/

Sonny Bono: Pammie's on a Bummer (1967)
...of all those who had made that journey to San Francisco and the promised land of the West Coast. On...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4869/sonny-bono-pammies-on-a-bummer-1967/

10 UNUSUAL 10 INCH RECORDS I'M SURPRISED I OWN: What's smaller than an album but bigger than an EP?
.... . although if he'd lived in New York and not San Francisco he might have made a greater impact in popular...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8134/10-unusual-10-inch-records-im-surprised-i-own-whats-smaller-than-an-album-but-bigger-than-an-ep/

LAURIE ANDERSON INTERVIEWED (2019): The artist as curator and creator
...came to take his daughter's body back to San Francisco and was struck by the kindness here. Since...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9302/laurie-anderson-interviewed-2019-the-artist-as-curator-and-creator/

Eddie Quinteros: School Blues (1958?)
...Mexican-American from Daly City near southern San Francisco was exactly the right age to be singing about...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/11270/eddie-quinteros-school-blues-1958/

STEVIE NICKS OF FLEETWOOD MAC INTERVIEWED (2006): Actually, not such a gypsy queen
...Angeles for the 10th and 11th - and then to San Francisco for my senior year and that was glorious... ...Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, all those amazing San Francisco bands, and Bill Graham's Winterland and the...
Tagged with: david crosby | fleetwood mac | stevie nicks |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/385/stevie-nicks-of-fleetwood-mac-interviewed-2006-actually-not-such-a-gypsy-queen/

John Vanderslice: Emerald City (Longtime Listener)
...hoaxes too?) Since then this highly acclaimed San Francisco-based singer-songwriter has released a string...
Tagged with: beck | brett dennen | john vanderslice | josh ritter | ned collette | nirvana | paul simon | silver jews |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1446/john-vanderslice-emerald-city-longtime-listener/

DAVID SANBORN, JAZZ AND ELSEWHERE SAXOPHONIST INTERVIEWED (1992): Where it's at, wherever "at" is at.
...on a career which began in earnest one day in San Francisco in 1967. Growing up in St Louis he had played... ...with the Butterfield band] on a street in San Francisco. He said, “Why not come down to Fillmore...
Tagged with: bruce springsteen | david sanborn | ecm records | miles davis | ornette coleman | pat metheny |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1906/david-sanborn-jazz-and-elsewhere-saxophonist-interviewed-1992-where-its-at-wherever-at-is-at/

AL DI MEOLA INTERVIEWED (2009): Guitarist from the loud to the listener
...to the multi-million selling Friday Night in San Francisco album of 80 -- lead to the formation of World...
Tagged with: al di meola | chick corea | dr tree | herbie hancock | jaco pastorius | john mclaughlin | keith jarrett | miles davis | wayne shorter |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2813/al-di-meola-interviewed-2009-guitarist-from-the-loud-to-the-listener/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE RESIDENTS' COMMERCIAL ALBUM: Well, if you're so smart . . .
...them as one-minute ad spots on KRFC radio in San Francisco. Given pop music exists at the interface of... ...-- originally out of Louisiana but based near San Francisco at the time -- started coming to attention for...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/5427/we-need-to-talk-about-the-residents-commercial-album-well-if-youre-so-smart/

RECOMMENDED RECORD; Aldous Harding: Warm Chris (Flying Nun)
...Wiltern Theatre in LA and the Fillmore in San Francisco) with Bristol’s O2 Academy, the Brighton...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10271/recommended-record-aldous-harding-warm-chris-flying-nun/

THE RAMONES END OF THE CENTURY. METALLICA SOME KIND OF MONSTER DVDS REVIEWED (2007)
...Bob Rock sits in as the band start sessions in San Francisco.Immediately the old simmering issues of...
Tagged with: dont look back | metallica | music on film | oasis | old grey whistle test | the ramones | wilco |
Film at Elsewhere: film/829/the-ramones-end-of-the-century-metallica-some-kind-of-monster-dvds-reviewed-2007/

The Flamin' Groovies: This Band is Red Hot 1969-79 (Raven)
...collection covers) and they began life in San Francisco in the late Sixties as a kind of shabby...
Music at Elsewhere: music/2233/the-flamin-groovies-this-band-is-red-hot-1969-79-raven/

Moby Grape: Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot (1968)
...the increasingly drug-addled Skip Spence of San Francisco psychedelic rockers Moby Grape came up with...
Tagged with: from the vaults | hooked | i want to take you higher | jefferson airplane | jimi hendrix | love is the song we sing | moby grape | psychedelia | timothy leary |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3277/moby-grape-just-like-gene-autry-a-foxtrot-1968/

STEPHEN STILLS INTERVIEWED (2012): He's a real everywhere man
...Rolling Stones' free concert at Altamont in San Francisco in December '69 which was the farewell to...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4625/stephen-stills-interviewed-2012-hes-a-real-everywhere-man/

Hollywoodfun Downstairs: "The Mancunian Swing" (Muzai)
...enough on a white-noise ear-blast about . . . San Francisco?) and there is certainly no shortage of... ...Christchurch Sat, 07 September 13 The San Francisco Bath House, Wellington Fri, 27 September 13...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/5878/hollywoodfun-downstairs-the-mancunian-swing-muzai/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . HARRY KALAPANA: Aloha from Yugoslavia?
...music of Hawaiian songs was being published in San Francisco (the Royal Hawaiian Band played in the city in... ...International Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco which ran for seven months. “What...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/7671/we-need-to-talk-about-harry-kalapana-aloha-from-yugoslavia/

MARK DE CLIVE LOWE PROFILED, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2019): Jazz in the present and future tense
...South Africa, Budapest, New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco and all points around Europe. He lives in Los...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8909/mark-de-clive-lowe-profiled-at-audioculture-2019-jazz-in-the-present-and-future-tense/

THE LAUFEY PERPLEX (2023): To jazz or not to jazz
...their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966 before a crowd of 55,000?...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10873/the-laufey-perplex-2023-to-jazz-or-not-to-jazz/

Techung: Tibet; Lam La Che/On The Road (ARC Music)
...but who has travelled widely and has lived in San Francisco since the Eighties, where he performs, teaches...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6962/techung-tibet-lam-la-che-on-the-road-arc-music/

Rupa and the April Fishes: eXtraOrdinary rendition (Cumbancha/Elite)
...art music thrown in. All from a band based in San Francisco. It just sounded a bit too all-inclusive and...
Tagged with: asa | jacques brel | lila downs | mamaku project | rupa and the april fishes | soha | womad | yael naim |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1583/rupa-and-the-april-fishes-extraordinary-rendition-cumbancha-elite/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Reuben Bonner of An Emerald City
...3: New Plymouth (with the Checks) March 4: San Francisco Bath House (with Beastwars and The Pyramid...
Tagged with: an emerald city | explosions in the sky | ishta | monkey records | world music in elsewhere |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3909/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-reuben-bonner-of-an-emerald-city/

Donovan: Season of the Witch (1966)
...would be a year before George Harrison went to San Francisco and instead of finding groovy hippies...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5046/donovan-season-of-the-witch-1966/

LOU ADLER PROFILED (2022): What a wonderful world his would be
...as producing Scott McKenzie's hippie anthem San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair written by...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6359/lou-adler-profiled-2022-what-a-wonderful-world-his-would-be/

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB INTERVIEWED (2003): All together now . . .
...and longtime school buddy and bassist from San Francisco Robert Turner teamed up with British-born...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8252/black-rebel-motorcycle-club-interviewed-2003-all-together-now/

Koizilla: I Don't Surf I Boogie (Trace/Untrace/bandcamp)
...beamed in from one of the better left-field San Francisco bands of 1966. Yes, there's a lot of...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/9381/koizilla-i-dont-surf-i-boogie-trace-untrace-bandcamp/

BOB DYLAN, ON FILM: Acting on the margins
...at the University of Applied Narcotics in San Francisco has probably written a thesis about Bob...
Tagged with: bob dylan | film | martin scorsese | patti smith | wilco |
Film at Elsewhere: film/439/bob-dylan-on-film-acting-on-the-margins/

The Mamaku Project: Mal de Terre (Mamaku)
...the album by Rupa and the April Fishers from San Francisco which I sort of liked but had some...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1990/the-mamaku-project-mal-de-terre-mamaku/

JIM DeROGATIS INTERVIEWED (2011): Nothing if not critical
...that some of their posters were very hippie/San Francisco in design. I'd never knew that sort of art... ...was being made – and I don't just mean San Francisco, I mean stuff like 13th Floor Elevators, the...
Tagged with: beatles in new zealand | from the vaults | keith richards | mick jagger | neil innes | the beatles | the beatles anthology in print | the beatles remastered | the rolling stones | the velvet underground |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4177/jim-derogatis-interviewed-2011-nothing-if-not-critical/

THE STEVE MILLER BAND (2013): From blues to smooth, and back
...and experimental artists to emerge from the San Francisco hippie scene in the late 60s. Steve Miller's... ...bluesman Paul Butterfield, relocated to San Francisco where he formed the Steve Miller Band...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5462/the-steve-miller-band-2013-from-blues-to-smooth-and-back/

The Dodos: Time to Die (Shock)
...encouraging to hear singer Meric Long of this San Francisco duo announce repeatedly on Fables here,...
Tagged with: fleet foxes | paul mccartney | the dodos |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2605/the-dodos-time-to-die-shock/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: David Kilgour
...launch their new Left By Soft album at the San Francisco Bath House, Wellington on April 28, the Kings...
Tagged with: arch hill | chris knox | david kilgour | flying nun | graeme downes | pavement | surf friends | the chills | the clean | the verlaines |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4104/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-david-kilgour/

The Mystery Trend: Johnny Was a Good Boy (1967)
...haven't so . . ." The Mystery Trend from San Francisco once languished in that netherworld between...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5448/the-mystery-trend-johnny-was-a-good-boy-1967/

Brian Jonestown Massacre: Who Killed Sgt Pepper? (Southbound)
...one-time San Francisco outfit which is most often considered a...
Tagged with: blue cheer | brian jonestown massacre | jefferson airplane | sky cries mary | the flaming lips |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2862/brian-jonestown-massacre-who-killed-sgt-pepper-southbound/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . Z'EV: He bangs the drum, and then some
...– which was founded by V. Vale in San Francisco after his influential punk rock mag Search and... ...for his improvised percussion pieces around San Francisco on a variety of found objects and kinetic...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/6935/we-need-to-talk-about-zev-he-bangs-the-drum-and-then-some/

Wee Willie Walker: There Goes My Used to Be (1967)
...with the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra out of San Francisco was nominated for five Blues Music Awards in...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8485/wee-willie-walker-there-goes-my-used-to-be-1967/

HOUSE OF DOWNTOWN, INTERVIEWED (2001): DJ electronica from the State House
...and buy the same amount from France, the UK, San Francisco and New York, and that's what we're trying to...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10254/house-of-downtown-interviewed-2001-dj-electronica-from-the-state-house/

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (1969)
...fashion: Creedence Clearwater Revival out of San Francisco who specialised in short sharp...
Tagged with: creedence clearwater revival | john fogerty | nuggets | tony joe white |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1762/creedence-clearwater-revival-bayou-country-1969/

JOSE GONZALEZ INTERVIEWED (2004): Quiet is the new loud
...balls bounced down the steep streets of San Francisco. And he does think music in ads tends to be...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2221/jose-gonzalez-interviewed-2004-quiet-is-the-new-loud/

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2010): The fearless angel comes treading
...sophisticated cities like Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. “The Americans, you know them,”...
Tagged with: berlin | david bowie | jacques brel | nick cave | scott walker | serge gainsbourg | ute lemper |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3160/ute-lemper-interviewed-2010-the-fearless-angel-comes-treading/

THE ROLLING STONES; SOME GIRLS, LIVE IN TEXAS '78 a concert film by LYNN LENAU CALMES
...Stones' disastrous free concert at Altamont in San Francisco in late '69 is considered the final nail in...
Film at Elsewhere: film/4594/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-live-in-texas-78-a-concert-film-by-lynn-lenau-calmes/
Highway 101; West Coast USA: My way or the highway
...Oregon on Highway 101, to return the rental in San Francisco. Aside from the promise of natural beauty,... ...high above the blue-green Pacific. Distant San Francisco glitters in the afternoon sun. We skip through...
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/5864/highway-101-west-coast-usa-my-way-or-the-highway/

GRANT & I: INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE GO-BETWEENS by ROBERT FORSTER
...House, $40 ROBERT FORSTER (THE GO-BETWEENS) SAN FRANCISCO BATH HOUSE, WELLINTON, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/7665/grant-and-i-inside-and-outside-the-go-betweens-by-robert-forster/

Sonny and the Sunsets: Hit After Hit (Unspk)
...but rather superficial pop outfit from San Francisco have in their collections albums of one-off...
Tagged with: atlas sounds | brian wilson | british sea power | from the vaults | kelley stoltz | robert scott | sonny and the sunsets | the young veins |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4130/sonny-and-the-sunsets-hit-after-hit-unspk/

DIZZEE RASCAL INTERVIEWED (2004) Out of da corner to centre of da ring
...actually. Miami and Texas, done LA twice, San Francisco, New York three times, Boston, Philly and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8905/dizzee-rascal-interviewed-2004-out-of-da-corner-to-centre-of-da-ring/

Kelley Stoltz: Circular Sounds (SubPop/Rhythmethod)
...As with those others mentioned Stoltz from San Francisco (who multi--tracks just about every instrument...
Tagged with: brian wilson | findlay brown | harry nilsson | hobotalk | kelley stoltz | maps | richard hawley | richard swift |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1469/kelley-stoltz-circular-sounds-subpop-rhythmethod/

TWISTING THROTTLE AMERICA By MIKE HYDE: Hello, I must be going.
...avoids big cities (no New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or New Orleans, in fact Mississippi and...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2554/twisting-throttle-america-by-mike-hyde-hello-i-must-be-going/

The Savage Rose: A Girl I Knew (1968)
...little to the prevailing winds blowing out of San Francisco or London and instead drew on European folk,...
Tagged with: bob dylan | essential elsewhere | from the vaults | i want to take you higher | love is the song we sing | psychedelia | the bargain buy |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3887/the-savage-rose-a-girl-i-knew-1968/

MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE INTERVIEWED (2014): Following his own beat'n'path
...been to is the Church of St John Coltrane in San Francisco. I walked in and the first thing I saw was the...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6380/mark-de-clive-lowe-interviewed-2014-following-his-own-beatnpath/

Golden Curtain: Dream City (cosmicolitanrecords)
...by the Toronto Star and some reviewer in San Francisco. Not bad for a New Zealand trio with a very...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6324/golden-curtain-dream-city-cosmicolitanrecords/

Fever Tree: I Can Beat Your Drum (1967)
...field . . . despite their zeitgeist-capturing San Francisco Girls minor hit in '68. This track comes from...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8239/fever-tree-i-can-beat-your-drum-1967/

COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH: ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY, CONSIDERED (1967): Psychedelic politico-pop
...blew in from rock music and specifically San Francisco, the label signed up Country Joe and the Fish,... ...the primary concern of the pop music business: San Francisco rock”. Their debut for Vanguard,... ...Messenger Service. In truth the “San Francisco Sound” was as useless a definition as...
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9352/country-joe-and-the-fish-electric-music-for-the-mind-and-body-considered-1967-psychedelic-politico-pop/
INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM; TOM WAITS THE COLLECTED INTERVIEWS (2006) edited by Mac Montandon
...they have three children, and live north of San Francisco. We also learn Waits was the son of school...
Tagged with: elvis costello | tom waits | watermelon slim |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/1852/innocent-when-you-dream-tom-waits-the-collected-interviews-2006-edited-by-mac-montandon/

Jolie Holland: the living and the dead (Anti)
...to speculate which of these songs from this San Francisco-based singer-songwriter were penned while on a...
Tagged with: bonnie prince billy | jenny lewis | jolie holland | m ward | micah p hinson | po' girl | watson twins |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1923/jolie-holland-the-living-and-the-dead-anti/

THE UNKINDEST CUT: The author, the interview, the sub-editor and me
...a brilliantly satirical piece about yuppies in San Francisco written in sonnet form. When his name was...
Personal Elsewhere: personal/10840/the-unkindest-cut-the-author-the-interview-the-sub-editor-and-me/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Nock
...& Tony many times at the Vanguard and San Francisco's Both And. Any interesting, valuable or just...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7177/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-mike-nock/