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From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>
To: Karla Kane <XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:17 PM
Subject: bells of el INTERVIEW REQUEST

Ms. Karla:

Can we do a short interview? On your song “Bells of El Camino”? If you cannot hit me back now, maybe before your trip to UK?

1) what’s the deal with your song about the bells of El Camino?

2) How many bells do you think are left, in Santa Clara County?

3) do you know, although it is not essential to your song, which I take as a metaphor, how many actual bells there once were? I’ve been doing a sort of informal study, meaning to look into again, I saw in the basement of Santa Clara University Museum, either an actual bell or photos of actual bells and info — I think around 1910 the bells were installed as a tribute, right, to the Missions, whose bells went in, what between 1769 the Spanish War I guess — how many actual missions have you visited? Terry and I were in Carmel for her birthday last month and saw the Carmel Mission; I got as far as the gift shop — I was staying with the dog, Frida, who came with us, whereas Terry, being a Catholic went into the little chapel.

4) Is there a connection between Corner Laughers, as I recall reading in SF Chron by Kim Chun I believe, being a couple young ladies feeling out of place at their Catholic high school and this song? Are there any other covertly Catholic song in you repertoire?

5) And does this fit in with or is it distinct from your “Palo Alto streets” series, by your side-project, Agony Aunts (“Miranda Green”, et al)?

6) Have you seen the fake El Camino Bell installed recently near El Palo Alto by Sons of the Golden West and Pacifica (i think it was) Chamber of Commerce, at El Palo Alto Park –a reproduction made more recently? (PHOTO ENCLOSED) SEE ABOVE

7) Are thieves stealing the real bells to turn them in for scrap metal fees?

8) Did you talk about the bells in your excellent not so long ago story about public art?

Respond here or call any time at 650.XXX-XXXX

Your fan (and one-time potential manager candidate),

Mark Weiss

I have a blog called “Plastic Alto” I have mentioned you before, and another about the upcoming local election, and I also post to Patch (unpaid).

I think the Club Fox KFOG will be swell — what time is your hit? You gals and guys should play in Palo Alto some day.

Mark Weiss of Earthwise Productions and Renee Richardson of KFOG at the Corner Laughers show in Redwood City

Karla and Khoi of the Corner Laughers

 edit to add, a couple months later: serendipitously, I found that Amos Lee on Blue Note has a song about “El Camino”, at least according to The Times. Also, I have a clipping in my “hot file” about the Chron’s mention of the authentic El Camino bell reproductions by California Bell Company, like the one pictured above. Amos Lee real name Ryan Anthony Massaro, on Blue Note, p.m. is Red Light in New York, booked by Joe Brauner of William Morris, who once had an assistant named Nicole Jackson, that as a mnemonic I thought of as “Jackson-Brauner” like the 1970s’-vibe Cali crooner, that Lee channels, although even more oddly, I was confusing Amos Lee with Shuggie Otis.