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Author Richie Unterberger's views on vintage rock music; San Francisco Bay Area biking and hiking; socially responsible living; and baseball.

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  • ► 2024 (10)
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      • The Expanding A's
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      • BBC '60s Rock Reinventions You Might Have Missed
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      • Best of BBC Rock
    • ► July (1)
      • The Fantastic Four Revisited
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      • British Jazz 1960-1975: Author Richard Morton Jack Talks About His Definitive Guide, Labyrinth
    • ► May (1)
      • Another Beach Boys Documentary
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      • The Beach Boys By Their Book
    • ► March (1)
      • LP vs. Single Versions, Early 1970s-Early 1980s
    • ► February (1)
      • 1960s LP Vs. Single Versions, Pt. 2
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      • 1960s LP Vs. Single Versions
  • ► 2023 (14)
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      • Top Twenty (Or So) Rock Reissues of 2023
      • Top Twenty-Five (Or So) Music History Books of 2023
      • Top Twenty (Or So) Music Documentaries of 2023
    • ► November (1)
      • The Blocked Road to the Who's Lifehouse
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      • Alec Palao, Rock Archivist Extraordinaire
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      • Ball Four Outtakes Part 2
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      • A Visit to the Battersea Power Station
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      • Nick Drake: The Life biography: Interview with author Richard Morton Jack
    • ► June (1)
      • Ball Four Outtakes
    • ► May (1)
      • Off the Beaten Track New York Music History Sites
    • ► April (1)
      • Todd Burns Interview
    • ► March (1)
      • Obscure 1960s Rolling Stones Cover Versions
    • ► February (1)
      • The Velvet Underground’s VU and Another View
    • ► January (1)
      • Carmel Valley Hikes
  • ► 2022 (14)
    • ► December (3)
      • Top Fifteen Rock Reissues of 2022
      • Top Thirty (Or So) Music History Books of 2022
      • Top Dozen (Or So) Music History Documentaries of 2022
    • ► November (1)
      • Moonage Daydreaming
    • ► October (1)
      • Byrds Book Bytes
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      • David Bowie Byways
    • ► August (1)
      • San Francisco's New Tunnel Tops/Battery Bluff Parks
    • ► July (1)
      • Pink Floyd's Sort-of Secrets
    • ► June (1)
      • San Francisco Books/Films/Records: The Rest
    • ► May (1)
      • Lands End Exhibit at the Cliff House
    • ► April (1)
      • Ten Great and Good Pre-Beatles British Rock Records
    • ► March (1)
      • Fact-Checking Paul McCartney Lyrics Book
    • ► February (1)
      • Thanksgiving in Porto
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      • The Road from Get Back to Let It Be
  • ► 2021 (14)
    • ► December (3)
      • Top 25 Rock Reissues of 2021
      • Top 25 (Or So) Music History Books of 2021
      • Top Twenty (Or So) Music History Documentaries of 2021
    • ► November (1)
      • Ten Wins, Ten Homers
    • ► October (1)
      • The Roy Orbison Connection
    • ► September (1)
      • Cable Cars: A Free Ride
    • ► August (1)
      • Early Rock Side Trips
    • ► July (1)
      • Hiking The Elkhorn Slough Reserve
    • ► June (1)
      • Biking on Treasure Island
    • ► May (1)
      • Early Quicksilver and Steve Miller on Tape
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      • Multiple Covers of Unreleased Songs by Major Acts on the Same Album, From the Mid-'60s to the Early '70s
    • ► March (1)
      • Free Hours at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
    • ► February (1)
      • Pre-Official Debut Recordings of Major 1960s Rock Artists
    • ► January (1)
      • Socially Responsible Investment in the Biden Years: What to Expect, and What to Demand
  • ► 2020 (14)
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      • Top 20 (And a Bit More) Rock Reissue Albums of 2020
      • Top 25 (Or So) Rock Books of 2020
      • Top Twenty Rock Documentaries of 2020
    • ► November (1)
      • Art in the Albany Bulb
    • ► October (1)
      • Oddball EPs
    • ► September (1)
      • Rock EPs in the 1960s
    • ► August (1)
      • The Songs of Others, Part 2
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      • The Songs of Others, Part 1
    • ► June (1)
      • Ball Four Revisited
    • ► May (1)
      • Peter Fonda, Rock's Easy Rider
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      • Breakup Songs
    • ► March (1)
      • Goin' Back: David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Chris Hillman
    • ► February (1)
      • The Complete Honeycombs
    • ► January (1)
      • Biking the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
  • ► 2019 (14)
    • ► December (3)
      • Top Twenty Rock Reissues of 2019
      • Top Two Dozen Rock Books of 2019
      • Top Twelve Rock Documentaries of 2019
    • ► November (1)
      • Early Rock Vault Releases: A Survey
    • ► October (1)
      • The Electric Banana: The Pretty Things By Any Other Name
    • ► September (1)
      • Sculptures in San Francisco's Cayuga Park
    • ► August (1)
      • Monty Python Rock'n'Roll
    • ► July (1)
      • Lou Reed: Compiling the Interviews
    • ► June (1)
      • Outside the Gates of Eden: An Interview with Author Lewis Shiner
    • ► May (1)
      • Galactic Ramble: An Interview with Editor/Publisher Richard Morton Jack
    • ► April (1)
      • 1960s Rock Rarities Yet to Be Reissued: What’s Left?
    • ► March (2)
      • In Qualified Criticism of Expanded Editions
      • In Qualified Praise of Expanded Editions
    • ► January (1)
      • The Doors Are Open
  • ► 2018 (14)
    • ► December (3)
      • Top 25 Rock Reissues of 2018
      • Top Twenty (Plus) Rock Books of 2018
      • Top Ten Rock Documentaries of 2018
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      • Rock Music at Red Rocks
    • ► October (1)
      • Brother From Another Era
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      • Père Lachaise Cemetery: Jim Morrison and the Graves Beyond
    • ► August (1)
      • The Rolling Stones Dartford Tour
    • ► July (1)
      • Beatles Hamburg Landmarks
    • ► June (1)
      • Favorite Ten Pre-Beatles Rock Albums
    • ► May (1)
      • China Camp Part 2
    • ► April (1)
      • Women Rockers on Film: 15 Great Moments
    • ► March (1)
      • 1970: Baseball's Bumper Crop of Fluke Seasons
    • ► February (2)
      • Days of Future Passed: 10 Surprising Rock Albums of the Late 1960s
      • Shoreline Trail in China Camp State Park
  • ► 2017 (18)
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      • Top 20 (Almost) Rock Reissues of 2017
      • Top 25 (Almost) Rock Books of 2017
      • Top Twelve Rock Documentaries of 2017
    • ► November (2)
      • Pink Floyd Concert on KQED-TV in San Francisco April 1970
      • Pitchers in Postseason
    • ► October (1)
      • Holger Czukay Interview
    • ► September (3)
      • Bob Marley Mysteries, Part 3
      • Bob Marley Mysteries, Part 2
      • Bob Marley Mysteries, Part 1
    • ► August (1)
      • Swimming in Sicily
    • ► July (1)
      • Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Exhibit
    • ► June (2)
      • Sgt. Pepper Deluxe Box: Off the Beaten Tracks
      • Shareholders Unite: The Financial Choice Act’s Threat to Shareholder Activism
    • ► May (1)
      • On the Road to the Summer of Love Exhibit
    • ► April (1)
      • Walter De Maria, Pre-Velvet Underground Renaissance Man
    • ► March (1)
      • Chimney Rock in Point Reyes National Seashore
    • ► February (1)
      • The Record Plant in Sausalito
    • ► January (1)
      • Rolling Stones Memorabilia
  • ► 2016 (19)
    • ► December (3)
      • Top Twenty Rock Reissues of 2016
      • Top Ten Rock History Books of 2016
      • Top Ten Rock Documentaries of 2016
    • ► November (1)
      • How San Francisco Recording Studios Dealt with Early Punk Rock Bands
    • ► October (1)
      • Unreleased Fleetwood Mac 1968 BBC Performances with Peter Green
    • ► September (3)
      • Patti Smith Exhibit at Mills College Art Museum
      • Biking and Hiking in Kauai
      • Peter Green: The Ideal Imaginary Compilation
    • ► August (1)
      • Hiking on the Marin Headlands Coastal Trail
    • ► July (1)
      • Top Ten Rock Music Works of Fiction
    • ► June (1)
      • Some Favorite Non-Rock Books on Rock Music Culture of the 1960s and 1970s
    • ► May (2)
      • Biking and Hiking in Reno
      • Rock at Home: The Non-Generation Gap
    • ► April (3)
      • The Rest of the 5th Beatles
      • The Top Ten Fifth Beatles
      • George Martin, The Fifth Beatle
    • ► March (1)
      • San Bruno Mountain State and County Park
    • ► February (1)
      • Part-Time MVP Contenders, Past and Present
    • ► January (1)
      • Dave Dexter, The Beatles, and Capitol Records
  • ► 2015 (23)
    • ► December (4)
      • Top Fifteen Rock Reissues of 2015
      • Top Twenty Rock History Books of 2015
      • Top Ten Rock Documentaries of 2015
      • Françoise Hardy: Les Versions Originales
    • ► November (1)
      • Black Sands Beach in the Marin Headlands
    • ► October (1)
      • Hiking from Golden Gate Bridge to Rodeo Beach
    • ► September (1)
      • Biking on Bay Farm Island
    • ► August (3)
      • Rare Rock Books I *Have* Owned and Known
      • Rare Rock Books I Have Not Known
      • Biking in Point Pinole and Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline Parks
    • ► July (3)
      • Travis Ishikawa and Other One-Hit Wonders
      • Records I Have Not Known (Or At Least Right Away)
      • San Francisco Financial District Public Open Spaces
    • ► June (1)
      • I'm No Country Fool: The True Origins of the Who's First Single
    • ► May (1)
      • The Rolling Stones: Covering the Covers
    • ► April (3)
      • The Top Ten Unreleased Albums From the Mid-1960s Through the Early 1970s
      • Candlestick Park & the Candlestick Point Recreation Area
      • Star Trek and '60s Rock
    • ► March (3)
      • The Origin of the Beatles' "I Got to Find My Baby"
      • Sweeney Ridge Trail in Pacifica
      • Ai Weiwei Exhibit on Alcatraz Island
    • ► February (2)
      • Eve of Destruction Answer Records
      • China Beach on Super Bowl Sunday
  • ► 2014 (49)
    • ► December (2)
      • Top Ten Reissues of 2014
      • Top Twenty Rock History Books of 2014
    • ► November (2)
      • Goin' to Kansas City: The Origins of The City's Anthem
      • The 1960 World Series: The Game Remains the Same
    • ► September (5)
      • Hiking in the El Cerrito Hills, Part 3
      • Sandy Denny in Swedish Fly Girls
      • The Beatles Vs. The Rolling Stones
      • Memories of Philadelphia Ballparks Past
      • Some Rock History Fanzines You Might Have Missed
    • ► August (4)
      • Glen Park -- A Canyon in the City
      • Ugly Covers from the Golden Age of Vinyl Reissues
      • Candlestick Memories
      • Liner Notes in the Golden Age of Vinyl
    • ► July (6)
      • Coke After Coke: Rock Music Commercials in the Late 1960s
      • On the Road to Paradise Beach Park
      • Cycling the Bay Bridge: A Path Not Far Enough
      • John Fahey Documentary Review
      • Strawberry Fields Memorial -- Please Turn *On* Your Cell Phones
      • Oddities at the Baseball Hall of Fame
    • ► June (2)
      • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: An Alternate Top Ten
      • Greg Bollo: He Bowled 'Em Over With His Fastball
    • ► May (7)
      • Folk-Rock Findings at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives
      • One or Two Things I (And You) Didn't Know About the Yardbirds
      • The Great Lost Christopher Guest-Michael McKean Tape
      • An Indians Game At Progressive Field: Low-Key Baseball for Out-of-Town Fans
      • The Rolling Stone Record Guide: The Worst of the Worst, In My (And Your?) Collection
      • No No: Not a Rockumentary, But a Dockumentary
      • Tomales Point Trail
    • ► April (6)
      • Hiking in the El Cerrito Hills, Part 2
      • British Invasion LP Covers: The UK Vs. the US
      • The Dave Clark Five PBS Special...And Beyond
      • Imported Produce: How Far Is Too Far?
      • Ain’t It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile
      • The End of a Land's End Era
    • ► March (15)
      • The Velvet Underground & Nico: The April Fool's Version
      • A Tale of Two Ballparks
      • Hiking in the El Cerrito Hills
      • Inside Inside Llewyn Davis
      • A False Spring: The Braves in Embryo
      • San Francisco's Pacific Overlook and Batteries to Bluff Trail
      • Rock'n'Roll Trivia, Part One: Name That Guy
      • Arnold Earley: No Wins, One Loss, No Saves
      • Biking on the Alameda Creek Trail
      • Leaving Your Megabank: Breaking Up's Not Hard to Do
      • The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 on iTunes
      • Ball Four and the Beatles
      • Syd Barrett: Unforgotten Hero. Or Is That "Sid Barret"?
      • Fossil Fuel Divestment
      • Biking to Point Bonita Lighthouse from San Francisco

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