It's a rainy Monday and you might have some time on your hands. What's better than being surprised by a big thick issue of a free paper devoted entirely to music?
The
SF Bay Guardian (Dec 1-7, 2004) gives the full around treatment to
"The San Francisco Sound"
Everybody say 'Yeah'
What is the San Francisco sound?
By Kimberly Chun
Strength in differences
But keep your "Kumbaya"s to yourself.
By J.H. Tompkins
Jacob's ladder
Dive into the divine maelstroms of illusive sonic truth.
By Marke B.
Welcome to the Yay
Diversity is the key to Bay Area hip-hop.
By Oliver Wang
Kick ass
You're stuck in "Hotel California," but from where you're sitting,
you can safely say S.F. still rocks.
By Mike McGuirk
New maps
The S.F.–versus–N.Y. story.
By George Chen
Porn again
Deep and sexy versus dank and sleazy.
By Peter Nicholson
Knockout blows
A view of San Francisco music from afar.
By Nate Denver
Easy to resist?
Struggling to be heard above the city's noise.
By Ken Taylor
Dusted
The ambiguous pleasures of San Francisco's ’80s and ’90s concept rock.
By Will York
That San Francisco sound
Days between stations, and the free-form sounds of a city.
By Josh Wilson
Unclean living
The San Francisco sound means dirty house round these parts.
By Tomas A. Palermo