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Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, San Francisco, 1968.
Photo : Jim Marshall.
#rock photography#Janis Joplin#Big Brother and the Holding Company#Jim Marshall#San Francisco Sound#1968#1960s
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Summer - Frederick Carl Frieseke // San Francisco - 5 Seconds of Summer
#san francisco#san francisco lyrics#san francisco 5 seconds of summer#san francisco 5sos#5 seconds of summer#5sos#5sos lyrics#luke hemmings#ashton irwin#calum hood#michael clifford#luke 5sos#ashton 5sos#calum 5sos#michael 5sos#fine art#frederick carl frieseke#5sos edit#my edit#sounds good feels good
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@00blackbird ♥
«Birds of a feather flock together.»
#phoebe tonkin#tom hardy#Zane E. Carter#Elaine Marshall#crackship gifs#crackship edit#the sound of san francisco#zelaine#zelaine inspo#Tom Hardy x Phoebe Tonkin
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DISASTROID Reveal Striking 4th Full-Length, ‘Garden Creatures’
~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~
By Billy Goate
Get ready for full-on galactic riffing, energetic rhythms, with moments of interstellar insanity. This is DISASTROID and their latest record, 'Garden Creatures' (2024) -- a swirling blend of colors drawn from a dynamic palette of psychedelic, grunge, desert, noise, and math rock influences.
This fourth full-length outing from the SFO band begins with the title track and is presented with rumbling force and jagged rhythms juxtaposed with clean, earnest singing and smooth melodic lines from frontman/guitarist Enver Koneya. At times the vocals soar like the pleas of some jerky cosmonaut thrust into the unknown vastness of outer space. Braden McGraw's drums thunder and churn like the roaring ocean. Travis Williams' bass is warm and pulsating.
Enver's guitar and Travis' bass trade barbs on "Stucco Nowhere," an ode to being stuck in a life of sameness and misery ("burning out within your head"). The singing builds to a crescendo, perhaps summoning sheer force of will to shake off the spell of mediocrity. There are some dreamy vocal harmonies that haunt overslept dreams, and finally a cry of frustration and despair to be set free from the shackles of it all.
"Mama says I need some help," laments Enver in "Figurative Object." The guitars chug with rocketing force, but often enter the realm of disorienting dissonance. This tendency towards the strange and uncanny continues in "Backwards Sleeping" and feels like a night of tossing and turning ("losing sleep for all that we have done"), complete with trippy guitar effects, rhythmic jolts, and ghostly droning.
"24" is fuzzy as all get-out, with screeching guitar hooks, unconventional rhythmic structure, and a misty hue of sadness in the vocals. Then "Hold Me Wrong" is like a fever dream, with a persistent bass groove, strumming and picking on the guitar, and exhausted pleas to "hold me tight, hold me right."
The penultimate song, "Light 'Em Up" is like a hallucination straight out of Blade Runner, with sounds and samples flying about us like fugitive visions. This is another where the bass is so integral to giving us a feeling of movement and cohesiveness in this shapeshifting world. The drumming here, as throughout the record, is stalwart and determined, whilst the riffmaking ranges from raucous to delirious. The record ends on a short banger, a riotous number "Jack Londonin'" with punk, noise, and math overtones.
Disastroid's Garden Creatures was recorded and produced by Billy Anderson and is releasing on Heavy Psych Sounds this weekend, February 23rd, on a spectacular variety of vinyl variants (get it here). Stick it on a playlist with The Melvins, Red Fang, Fatso Jetson, Kook, and Soundgarden.
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SOME BUZZ
San Francisco veterans Disastroid have been serving up sludgy, grunge-infused stoner rock for the better part of a decade now, refining a sound that weaves heavy riffs together with angular guitar lines, odd time signatures, and hazy walls of fuzz. As influenced by 90's noise rock as they are by modern psych, doom, and post-metal, Disastroid delivers thick, satisfying stoner rock stomp while also embracing layers of noise, tripped-out feedback, and unpredictable song structures.
The current lineup of singer/guitarist Enver Koneya, bassist Travis Williams, and drummer Braden McGraw coalesced in 2011. They’re united by a desire to make heavy music that's loose instead of mechanical, a motivation to explore methods that make them sound bigger and more varied than a traditional rock trio, and a shared affection for the Amphetamine Reptile back-catalog. Thematically, their songs steer clear of genre cliches, touching instead on scattered aspects of modern life: technology fatigue, immigration, nuclear deterrence, the monotony of work, the existential dread of aging. Despite the subject matter, Disastroid never take themselves too seriously, injecting their live shows with an infectious sense of humor and their songwriting with math-rock quirks.
Disastroid’s latest outing, Garden Creatures, is a record about the darkness in the hidden corners of suburban landscapes — sinister overgrown gardens, secret collections kept in basements, the crime just beneath the surface, the pervasive loneliness under a veneer of normalcy. Accordingly, it’s a dark and atmospheric record, trading the stripped-down approach of 2020’s Mortal Fools for a thicker, heavier, and more layered sound. Legendary producer Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, Neurosis) builds mixes that range from dark and dreamy to a thick, sludgy crunch, slowly pulling the listener through a range of sounds and textures, making sure things stay interesting. Singer/guitarist Enver Koneya's vocals are soulful and sometimes haunting, drifting above Disastroid’s characteristically off-kilter, grunge-influenced riffs.
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Joan Baez covering Harry Belafonte’s “Man Smart, Woman Smarter” 1958—How Sweet The Sound, October 13, 2009.
#Joan Baez#Man Smart (Woman Smarter)#Harry Belafonte#Cover#1958#1950s#Youtube#Joan Baez in San Francisco#How Sweet The Sound#2009#Influence & Interests
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Two-part Documentary to Examine San Francisco, Counterculture
- “San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time” airs Aug. 20 and 27 on MGM+
“In the early ’60s, San Francisco just seemed like a magical place.”
“There was just this nice little nexus of music and strange people.”
So begins the trailer for “San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time,” a new documentary airing Aug. 20 and 27 on MGM+ and spotlighting the city and the musicians who emerged from it, including Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & the Family Stone and Jefferson Airplane among others.
“I would like to go (see the Airplane at the Fillmore) if I could,” a young and smiling Bob Dylan says in an archival clip.
The film, based on contemporaneous footage and new interviews, is directed by Alison Ellwood and Anoosh Tertzakian, who previously worked on “Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time.”
Young Jerry Garcia sums up the ethos as the trailer ends.
“What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet,” he says. “We’re not thinking about any kind of power, or revolution or war.”
8/7/23
#Youtube#san francisco sounds: a place in time#mgm+#alison ellwood#nnoosh tertzakian#janis joplin#grateful dead#creedence clearwater revival#jefferson airplane#sly & the family stone#bob dylan
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«Vuestras bocas encajaban como dos piezas de un puzle. ¿Podía ser más cruel el destino? Deseabas que besara mal, que te golpeara con los dientes al ser demasiado torpe, o que mordiera cuando no debía. Pero sus labios suaves y esponjosos correspondían a los tuyos y tú te dejaste atrapar por ese rastro de sabor a chocolate que cargaba su aliento. Era dulce, pero notabas el amargor bajándote por la garganta.
Sus dedos se deslizaban por tu cabello suelto y lacio, jugando a peinarlo con esa suavidad que te hizo temblar. Tus manos fueron a imitarle entonces, enterrando los dedos entre ese pelo anaranjado que, junto con el resto de señales de la noche, te dio la respuesta inequívoca. Una descripción era todo lo que necesitabas, no había demasiados pelirrojos que pudieran calzar con ese detalle. Te resultó incómodo encajar estas piezas, preferías mil veces juntar las de vuestros labios.
Sonreíste al escucharle antes de ponerte de pie, pasando la pierna por encima de las suyas. Sentada sobre sus muslos, rodeaste su cuello antes de volver a caer sobre su boca. Pegaste tu pecho contra él, sintiendo la imperiosa necesidad de enterrarlo dentro de ti. Entre lentas caricias de tu lengua, esperaste al momento oportuno. Calculaste cuándo debía quedar más adormilado por ese cosquilleo que os fulminaba a ambos, y cuando adivinaste ese instante la hoja fría del cuchillo se posó sobre su cuello.
No te separaste de él, clavando tu mirada sobre la suya mientras notabas tu pecho acelerado, subiendo y bajando con fuerza. Dejaste escapar un jadeo tras otro, con miedo, con súplica también. La lágrima cayó por el rabillo del ojo, cruzando tu mejilla.
«Podría degollarte ahora mismo. Debería hacerlo», pensaste al presionar un poco más el filo contra su piel. Un hilo de sangre se desprendió, fino pero de un carmesí intenso. Querías fingir que no te temblaba el pulso, que no deseabas eliminar ese rastro con tu lengua como si pudieras revertir el daño.
Que no anhelabas más de sus besos con sabor a chocolate.»
Hazel Vandenberg en @thesoundofsanfranciscorpg.
#Blackbird's Domains#The Sound of San Francisco#SF Personajes#Hazel Vandenberg#«Él no estaba allí»#Estoy muriendo con este tema pls#El rol y sus inesperadas maravillas
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Oh my god what is the worst setlist scenario you could think of?😅
the one where he doesn’t sing the good songs from hbw but we’ll have to hear fuck ass pallom and black and white for the 500th time 😔 OH and also covers little things as the 1d song
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Back in early March the main SF library hosted its "Night of Ideas" event -- 7pm to 1am. Had a joyous time, the music was great and the talks interesting. I stayed till closing because the chance to just sit in the stacks and read past midnight-- while listening to a live band playing was.... 🙏 magical 🙏
Came away from it with sketches, a "bracelet" from a knot demo/talk, a pin!, and the chance to have visited the children's section (normally off limits to a childless Grown Up like me)
#that atrium is perfect for music -- good sight lines and sound on every floor#the DJ/dance room by the magazines/newpapers looked fun but too high energy for me#was there mostly by myself- which was fine- but am happy that A got to swing by briefly before heading off to catch a concert#psyched to attend next year's take on it!#the knot talk was particularly interesting re: going from tech to 'artist'#library#san francisco
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Grace Slick & Spencer Dryden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1967.
Photo : Jim Marshall.
#rock photography#Jim Marshall#Grace Slick#Spencer Dryden#jefferson airplane#hippies#san francisco sound#1967#1960s#summer of love
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Women from Albano - August Riedel // San Francisco - 5 Seconds of Summer
#san francisco#san francisco lyrics#san francisco 5 seconds of summer#san francisco 5sos#5 seconds of summer#5sos#5sos lyrics#luke hemmings#ashton irwin#calum hood#michael clifford#luke 5sos#ashton 5sos#calum 5sos#michael 5sos#fine art#august riedel#5sos edit#my edit#sounds good feels good
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#my videos#San Francisco#Glen Canyon Park#welcome back to Static Shots With Bird Sounds#warblers in there
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curious as a bay area resident what books you read??
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases, Paul Holes
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI, Kate Winkler Dawson
The first two were memoirs (that weirdly actually overlap in time period, kinda late 90's early 2000's), the third is a biography (it also jumps around a bit more, there was one case in Oregon, but the vast majority of cases discussed took place in San Francisco, Berkley, or Contra Costa County so I'm counting it).
I guess I knew all three books would touch on death/murder but I didn't anticipate them all taking place in the same general area?
#number 1 was mostly San Francisco and Marin County#number 2 his jurisdiction was Contra Costa County#yes I did anxiously google 'is contra costa county the bay area' and wikipedia said it is#HOLY SHIT YOU CAN EDIT TAGS NOW WITHOUT DELETING AND RETYPING THE WHOLE THING#anyways if any of those sound interesting and you want more info I am happy to talk about them#I just know that if I hear a book is set vaguely in my vicinity I primarily want to know where exactly
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I’m so jealous, the band didn’t stick around to meet fans on the first date in Baltimore but it seems like they’ve gone out at every single other show 😭 I’m so sad I didn’t get to meet him, there was only a couple of us waiting there but they went right to their hotel apparently!
omg, don't feel too bad - i'll give you the quick (edit: lol) rundown of my experience:
NYC: I didn't know where the backstage entrance/exit was until after the show, and I was too anxious about it all/too excited to talk to some folks I met at Zorn@70 to scope out trying to meet them coming in...after the concert, Scott and Trey came over to say hi, Dave, Mike and Trevor went straight to the car.
Montclair: it fuckn rained most of the afternoon...I get the feeling they went in for soundcheck early and then never went out again before the show. I had a long, chill, lunch/dinner. I think bc the venue was smallish, and maybe security wasn't like....super serious with their briefing, AND the boys had the day off the next day, AND there was a jazz festival the same day so they had to like, walk of shame/fame over to the parking lot where the vehicles were...Mike felt comfortable enough to say hi to folks on the walk...at the place I was waiting there was literally just me and one other guy (the obvious fan) with his gf. There were also maybe a couple of people waiting on the parking lot end? But I bet not a crowd at all. (That night I was just like....laser focused on getting the belt to Mike....I think everybody in the band did some fan-greets)
Boston: I kid you not, it was just pure dumb-fuck luck that we ran into them coming into soundcheck. All I was actually doing was showing off where the tour bus was parked (that I saw on the way to the venue) and taking a walk around the block....and there they were! Security stopped us, but again, I dunno, maybe because they had the day off before, maybe because Mike was loopy as apparently he hadn't eaten all day, maybe he knew he was getting his Pig and Hip friends in a sec so he was in a good mood, but he said yes when I asked if we could come say 'hi', and security let us through. After the show, I definitely did not want to bother them again, but I was super curious what the band would do, so I hung out after the show, but back a ways - everybody except Trevor got into the car and booked it pretty soon after the show (they had to drive to Montreal). Trevor for some reason came out much later and straight up chatted with whoever was left, and no one seemed to take any selfies, so I kind of wonder if they knew him or were connected to him in some way??
So like, out of three shows, only at one of them did the band as a whole (and mike at all) come out and say hi to fans. And to be honest, if circumstances had been slightly different, it could have been 0/3. It feels a little shitty of me to have this perspective, since I did get to talk to him twice (also to be super honest, he definitely did not recognize me the second time, why would he?), but I dunno...if things were different, and I didn't get to meet him at all, I would like to think that would be ok...these old fucks have to live that tour life (asshole-tight schedules, sleeping on coffin-sized bunk beds on the bus), they really don't have to come over after the show. I will say, I was NOT lucky enough to get a whiff of that bastard, so like, can't have everything!!!
#sorry this turned out really long???#i hope i don't sound too extra or preachy#but like - im kinda just digesting this whole trip right now#san francisco included#i think i had to do a lot of reckoning with my own feelings after mike didn't show up at cobra#so this whole ass diatribe is a part of that....#sorry it had to come on your ask!!
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