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• The Grateful Dead Scrapbook

  November 17, 2009

  • I attended a literary event at a bookstore (Clayton Books) nearby me in Clayton, California the other night - Ben Fong-Torres was in conversation with the noted guitarist Greg Kihn about The Grateful Dead Scrapbook. Ben wrote a 25,000 word history of the band that he first began covering in 1968 when he was a young reporter for Rolling Stone. The new Rolling Stone was headquartered in San ...
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• Lenore Kandel - 'The Love Book' author dies at 77

  October 22, 2009

  • Lenore Kandel died on October 18, 2009 - she was 77.  Lenore was originally from New York, but found herself in San Francisco during the 1960's. She is considered one of the last of the Beat poet's and Jack Kerouac portrayed her as the character Romana Swartz in his 1962 novel, 'Big Sur'.  She wrote and published 'The Love Book' in 1966 and she soon became one of the shining lights of San ...
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• Heroes of Woodstock Tour

  August 6, 2009

  • As the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock draws ever closer you might want to catch the Heroes of Woodstock tour coming to a town near you soon. Hosted by Country Joe it features Big Brother and The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Ten Years After and suprise guest appearances. The schedule for the Heroes Tour is as follows: Aug 1  Soaring Eagle Casino - Mt. Pleasant, Michigan/ Aug ...
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