Plastic Alto with Mark Weiss

Maybe they should give The John Chowning Award to the recording Academy.

I might be misremembering this, but I believe John Chowning Junior and I and two other boys attended a rock concert together at the Winterland, Queen and Thin Lizzy.

That was March 6, 1977 which by my math is two days short of exactly 49 years ago. Professor Chowning , who is a pioneer in computer music and the founder of the CCRMA lab, is the father of a high school math teacher, who was my classmate for six years and the grandfather of an outstanding former high school basketball player named Evan Dray. Of Gunn High, Stanford and East Palo Alto Prep not necessarily in that order.

March 17 – Edu Ribeiro

March 23 – Ralph Alessi

Emma Stone 2007, 2025

Art cannot save us from the cynical dishonesty of our leaders; that is not what it is for. But when we focus on its attractive surfaces rather than its deeper meaning, our critical acumen, our integrity and maybe even our souls are degraded. Art has the power to show us what the truth looks like. It is complex and elusive. The search for it is where true beauty and moral strength lie.

Tuner at work

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IF THIS IS TUESDAY WE ARE IN BRAZIL

I admit that I am confusing myself by producing Venezuelan show Saturday and then a Brazilian show 17 days later. The first band has an Israeli bassist. The second band has an Armenian American bassist. The first band has a Venezuelan piano player, although he also has Middle Eastern heritage. His drummer is Puerto Rican American I believe. The Brazilian band is led by a drummer. This would make a great SAT test question. Or LSAT. Latin aptitude test. The Latin show has an Anglo even Germanic solo upright base opening act. The Brazilian show has a Chinese American Latin piano player.

not to ruin my surprise, but I’m serving arepa at one of these shows. tempted to serve corn beef at the Brazilian show for St. Patrick’s Day. Or maybe snake.

And1

And1 Gilber2 is less confused:

His quest has taken him to breathtaking creative heights with achievements visible both at home, where the Emeryville pianist and composer is the longest serving member of the SFJAZZ Collective, and abroad, via regular tours throughout Europe. No matter where his musical travels have taken him, Simon has kept his homeland in sight.

Earthwise >>2026 

Feb 28 Edward Simon Adam Cruz Or Bareket, Stephan Crump M 8 pm THIS WEEKEND

March 17 Edu Ribeiro Noah Garabedian Vinicius Gomes, Murray Low M 8 pm

March 23 Ralph Alessi Adam Benjamin Richard Giddens Mark Ferber P 8 pm

April 4 Realtime Collective Tammy Hall Sylvia Cuenca Kristen Strom Ruth Davies, Rabiah Kabir Jaycie Grady Jonathan Franaszek Alan Jones Ethan Buck  M 8 pm

April 17 Mads Tolling Sam Reider, Larry Ochs Ben Davis Fred Lonborg-Holm  TBA

May 1 Never Come Down, Hannah Mayree J 6 pm

May 15 Caroline Davis Julian Shore Chris Tordini Tim Angulo M 8 pm

May 22 Lily Finnegan Gaby Fluke-Mogul, Jordan Glenn Flatways f  Sudhu Tewari Matt Robidoux M 8 pm

June 6 Emi Makabe Thomas Morgan Kenny Wolleson Vitor Gonćalves M 8 pm

June 7 Remy LeBouef 2 pm tba

Sept 18 Splash Myra Melford Michael Formanek Ches Smith, Tammy Hall  M 8 pm

October  2, 3 Hannah Marks M 

8 pm

J = Johnson Park (free)

M = Mitchell Park Community 

Center

P = Palo Alto Art Center

$20 

😎 🐍 ⚾️ 

Robert Huy Morgan Mem Chuy hoy

I was in awe of Kent, and I think he respected and admired that I was a good student and involved in other activities like student government and the student newspaper. I was possibly the worst varsity basketball player in history of Gunn high school and scored exactly four points, and was just lucky I was born within 12 months of Kent. I say quite a bit that I get a lot of talking points out of having scored exactly one field goal.