tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post3819798491829209032..comments2024-03-28T04:27:27.713-05:00Comments on May Day Books Blog: Musicians of the CanyonCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629684440934461513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post-4192834067614542012007-11-07T21:34:00.000-06:002007-11-07T21:34:00.000-06:00Ah, sterile. That was actually the fear of most o...Ah, sterile. That was actually the fear of most of the San Francisco bands around Monterey. They were worried about their commercialism, same thing. And you have to admit the Monkess, and Mamas and Papas were pretty commercial. Or the production qualities of the Doors music to the Dead. One clean, one 'dirty'. But you are right, there was more to it. I did not realize all those soft rock bands and folkies came out of LA too. Belive it or not. <BR/>Now, of course, things have changed even more. Latino culture has made Los Angeles a partly Mexican city. Aztalan north.Red Froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757809604839647508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post-36638618144013797662007-11-05T21:48:00.000-06:002007-11-05T21:48:00.000-06:00It's a mistake to think of LA, as culturally steri...It's a mistake to think of LA, as culturally sterile. You can now add the Latino influence, next to the Afro-American cultural awareness after Watts exploded.<BR/><BR/>However reactionary still there was Walt Disney.<BR/><BR/>LA needs a New Yorker Magazine to get its name.<BR/><BR/>Regards.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com