Brooks Groves

Brooks Groves · Writing

The Memoir Pieces

Personal essays and dispatches from the years before Seattle. The Sierra Nevada, Reno, San Francisco, the early 90s. Written from memory — which means some details are exact and some are approximate and the feeling is true.

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Memoir San Francisco 1990s Groveland Star Wars
Lower Haight · Early 1990s · ~1,200 words

The Midtown

A dark bar in the Lower Haight, a best friend from Groveland, cheap beer, the aspiring Lucasfilm creature designer, and the most unresolvable argument in the galaxy.

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Memoir Concerts 1990s San Francisco Music
Concert Memoir · New Years Eve 1991 · ~12 min read

The Night the Cow Palace Changed Everything

New Years Eve, 1991. Four guys drove over Donner Pass in a snowstorm to see the Chili Peppers. Pearl Jam and Nirvana were opening. Nobody knew it yet, but the world was about to change.

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A note on these pieces

These are personal essays drawn from memory. Some details are exact. Some are approximate. The feeling is true.