The bright sun shines on the blue sea of San Francisco Bay, and looking at the sparkling sea always gives the illusion that the next second there will be a mirage, or a dolphin jumping, or a whale squirting water.

Nestled under the blue sky, the University of California, Berkeley (LY. of。 California, Berkeley) is always filled with a sense of peaceful excitement, as if the wind is blowing the wheat 'waves', quiet, wonderful and vibrant.

Berkeley, a city with a population of less than 100,000, is known and prosperous because of this university, and the most famous telegraph in the city. Avenue is www.biquge.info by the South Gate of the University of California, Berkeley campus, which extends for miles to the south.

Almost every historic city has its own cultural landmark, with Greenwich Village in New York, Soho in London, Haightashbury in San Francisco, and Telegraph Street in Berkeley.

Telegraph Street is www.biquge.info by the bronze Suser 'Gate' on the south side of the university, so the culture of this street is almost always associated with the legendary university of the University of California, Berkeley, from the famous student movement for free speech on campus in the early sixties to the later anti-Vietnam War movement. The history of political changes.

Berkeley's campus is cramped and cramped for what it may name it like, with buildings that bear the historical character of the building's age, with the library modeled after the European Renaissance classical architecture and the Susserta building modeled after St. Mark's Square (plazza). Saarco), and some of the buildings are modern, functional, and have no extra decoration on the walls except for the rectangular windows, like matchboxes. These different styles of buildings are very harmonious in this small campus.

In fact, the university is like a person, gradually growing with the passage of time, and the buildings built on the campus in different eras are like the different colors of sedimentary rock or the annual rings of trees of different thicknesses, marking that different period of history, until centuries later, people can still remember the vivid years of that long history.

Walking south from the 'Gate' of Susser, it is hard to believe that this is the famous Telegraph Street, even if it is the small alley at the entrance of the 'Gate' of your own house, no one will object, this huge contrast is surprising.

In the middle of the narrow streets, cars are suddenly bathing in the morning light; On the sidewalk were groups of students, greeting each other as they made their way toward the campus, ready to start the day's lessons; The sound of music wafting from the roadside shops drifts in the breeze to all corners of the street from time to time, casting different 'colors' in the sunlight; the roadside begging 'wanderers', the street performers who can perform with a guitar, the narrow 'door' fronts, and the low houses make people feel like returning to the streets of a small county town in China in the 10s.

Streets are crowded with crewnecks and pullovers emblazoned with Berkeley or Berkeley's self-bears, coffee shops waft through the aroma of coffee to start another morning, and the occasional young man smiling on a motorbike can be spotted as he walks by, and students in their coats, toast in their mouths, and books in their hands......

There is no bustling city like New York and Los Angeles, there are no high-rise buildings, the streets are not wide, and the buildings are all low-rise bungalows, but the dense lawns and large 'flowers' are reflected in the sun and blue sky, and dance with the breeze blowing over the bay, peaceful, comfortable, simple, but also happy.

This is Telegraph Street, a simple and ordinary street, there are hundreds of such streets in the world and even in any city, but it is so special, only because of the young faces on this street, and the kind of 'spirit' that pursues ideals and fights for ideals contained in them, so that every brick of the street has left history.

The 'spirit' of a university is not left in the dusty archives of the university's history and on the yellowed pages of books, nor is it engraved on the magnificent nameplates and stone tablets, nor is it the 'spirit' of a certain great man, it is sometimes embodied in such an unobtrusive street, in the countless young people who are surging on this street. If a university has a huge campus and splendid buildings, but no such street, then what is the difference between this university and a middle school and elementary school?

It's a street with a history and culture that makes a university so special. Perhaps, this is the charm of Telegraph Street.

There is a huge warehouse on Telegraph Street, not far from the 'door' of Susser, the walls are simply painted with self-colored paint and are filled with rough historical traces left over from the sixties, the dilapidated street lamps whose light is obscured by dust make people wonder if they can function properly, the plane trees planted next to the street divide the sunlight from the sky into countless fragments, and sprinkle in front of the 'door' of the warehouse, reflecting the stucco oil painting on the wall above the warehouse that covers the entire wall, and the colorful paints outline the guitars, drum kits, The music castle built with bass, keyboards and staves is no longer bright and bright after being mottled by the wind and rain, but it is still full of hippie flavor.

The warehouse, which occupies nearly half a street, is not used to store goods, but to ask the storefront facing the street, the wide transparent glass is hung with flashing neon signs with the name of the storefront, "amoeba." music)”。 The blue and red neon lights complement the dilapidated storefront, making people subconsciously think that this is a large supermarket selling second-hand or cheap goods, which is obviously incompatible with the humanistic atmosphere of Telegraph Street.

But that's not the case, amoeba music is one of the most popular stores on Telegraph Street, and what doesn't match its shabby appearance is the capacity of this store, which has a collection of more than 100,000 records in nearly 20,000 square miles, from vinyl to CDs, from out-of-print collections to the latest works, from second-hand records to brand new albums, it is simply a paradise for music lovers.

If you put it in ten years, people will know that amoeba music is the largest independent record store in the United States, it has never joined the ranks of large chain record stores, and there are only three branches in the whole United States, namely Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles, but only these three branches have also made amoeba's hundreds of thousands of album collections a feast of music carnival.

Ameba Records has always adhered to a style, that is, without any decoration, the entire store is surrounded by records, posters, and album covers, and every qiē is music, which is like a sea of music, which can easily surround every consumer, even if they stay here for ten days and half a month, they are reluctant to leave. Well, it's like listening to all the 100,000 collections of one of the branches, what a big, grandiose, and heartwarming proposal it is.

In 1993, Ameba Music had only one branch in Berkeley, located on Telegraph Street, but the warehouse storefront, which had been established for less than three years, had become one of the most famous record stores on the West Coast. Since the record store is not a large chain, many music lovers come to Berklee just to spend a few days and nights in amoeba music.

As an independent record store, amoeba music hardly holds any commercial events, and of course no record company wants its singers to hold commercial events here, but amoeba music, like the Al bar in Los Angeles, invites some underground bands to perform here from time to time, in fact, it is not so much a performance, but a musical 'exchange', more like a grand event for music lovers. It's not a music festival, but it's just as fascinating.

But just today, December 2nd, an ordinary Thursday, amoeba music invited another band to perform, and this performance attracted a lot of attention.

Glory to Death, which has been the talk of the town because of road tours, is about to release a new album today, but unlike most new singers who hold press conferences or go directly to the radio to promote it, Glory to Death chose to hold a small performance and song 'fan' meeting at amoeba music to announce the release of their new album in this way

This is bad news for the news media, because it means that it is more difficult for them to issue press releases, because they know that amoeba music will not allow them to go into the infield to cover the album in order to prevent the album from being damaged, and the band does not have a special 'door' to hold a press conference, which also means that it is more difficult for them to get the material, but it is good news for many loyal fans, because it means that there is no official form of official debut, and the band still does it through guò music. They've got another show to watch.

But no matter whether it was good news or bad news, reporters and fans still took steps towards Telegraph Street, arriving at the scene before 10 a.m., hoping to be able to watch the band perform as soon as possible.

At half past nine, there were about 300 song 'fans' gathered at the scene, which is actually not very large, most of them are songs from Berkeley, San Francisco, and Oakland. As for the reporters, most of them were reporters stationed in California, and compared to Los Angeles, there were actually a lot of media gathered in San Francisco, and it was only 20 minutes away from San Francisco to Berkeley, so there were about 30 reporters here today, which is not to be underestimated for a rookie band and a song 'fan' meeting without a 'door' interview session.

Just as he chose San Francisco for the first stop of his tour, this time, Glory to Death chose the www.biquge.info stop of Biqu Pavilion in Berkeley, not far from San Francisco, to start his musical journey. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Ha (chua) to read it, and vote for the work to recommend the monthly ticket. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue creating!)