Monthly Archives: February 2015

Sic transit gloria mundi w. this too shall pass

I thought about deleting every photo of high school basketball on my smart phone, and counting down how many. There are 1,858 photos, I’m guessing 200 plus of hoops. (and another 200 or more of Gunn football). I almost posted … Continue reading

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Four non posts

1. something about Paly basketball, and Mu v. Mo* 2. something about “State of the City Palo Alto” and Mountain View Voice news reporting the hard to measure role of the builders and realtors role in that election; how is … Continue reading

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When Fela met Nina

When Fela Kuti met Nina Simone: edit to add: I’m Kidjo here, but jest for yucks I searched “nina” + “fela” to find that Ronald K. Brown /Evidence dance in Brooklyn BRIC did a piece in 2003 Come Ye that … Continue reading

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Cheers for Henry Threadgill

Originally posted on Memory Select: Journeys in Creative Music:
Threadgill at Yerba Buena. Via fullyaltered on Instagram. Henry Threadgill didn’t play a note at his recent Yerba Buena Center for the Arts performance, but the audience didn’t mind. He was…

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Give me Liberty

Wedge Matsumoto wrote a nice piece about Henry Threadgill at YBCA recently but homey that I am, I skimmed the article for mention of Bay Area guitarist Liberty Ellman, who plays or did play for years in Thread’s sextet, Zooid. … Continue reading

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Paly Campanile butt rap correspondent

I haven’t finished my David Carr tribute, but am re-routing to post a quickie about Paly Campanile, the venerable publication still helmed, 63 years later by Esther The Woj Wojcicki, and its butt-rap correspondent, a kid named Bo Filed. Maybe … Continue reading

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Bruce Conner book on Mabuhay Gardens

Terry procured from Smith-Andersen fire sale a copy of a Bruce Conner book from Germany on the punk scene in SF in the 1980s. NRW Forum Kultur Und Wirtschaft. I may just post links to some of the bands documented … Continue reading

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Gunn-Pinewood action by Doug Stringer: ‘Al Palo Alto’ faces Pinewood Murphy

Doug Stringer shot about 80 plays of the Gunn-Pinewood game, probably Gunn’s best win of the season. Here “Al Palo Alto” also known as Alex Gil-Fernandez, looks like his namesake El Palo Alto towering over Pinewood senior Kyle Murphy. I … Continue reading

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Holman channels Carlin in a dress

Partial score 148,209 35,383 = trees I said softly, with a subtle fist pump, such that only PAUSD board elect Ken Dauber could likely hear, “Go, Gunn!” as Karen said that the Titans out bike the Vikes  839 to 805 … Continue reading

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An homage to Greg Brown by Nia Taylor, 2014

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