Monthly Archives: March 2019

8 Ella songs, and their respective composers

Posted on March 14, 2019 by markweiss86

Edit to add three months later or bottom line up front: BLUF: I put this up after confirming a Jane Monheit show June 21 at Mitchell park el Palo alto room  but was not allowed to announce it until after … Continue reading →

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Our 1-in-50 shot at the White House

Posted on March 13, 2019 by markweiss86

  I met Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, at a luncheon and think she has a 2 percent chance at winning the U.S. presidency. How many of the 45 U.S. Presidents (1776-2016 elections) were previously U.S. Senators? How many … Continue reading →

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John Updike ‘tomahawk’ swing v. Notah Begay III Stanford New Mexico golf great

Posted on March 13, 2019 by markweiss86

 

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After Lou Bega ‘Mambo No. 5’

Posted on March 12, 2019 by markweiss86

A little bit of my Dartmouth classmate the writer and producer Holly Sorensen…. A little bit of J_, a music executive from Memphis, that attended Pollstar… A little bit of the writer Lynn Stegner, who teaches at Stanford Continuing Studies… … Continue reading →

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Three Davidson alumni sports trading cards

Posted on March 11, 2019 by markweiss86

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Sshhh! (Secret Mountain View Jazz heaven with Larry Vukovich w Jackie Ryan)

Posted on March 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Vuckovich Ryan $25 > Allen Woolf Stewart $35 B. 1936:

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Oregon 84, Amendola 19

Posted on March 9, 2019 by markweiss86

I ran into Randall Klein at the screening of never look away and he mentioned that his very first show was in Palo Alto at the varsity theater with the band called Aragon I told him I created my Amendola … Continue reading →

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Tina In It To Win It

Posted on March 8, 2019 by markweiss86
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Bhi Bhiman cd release

Posted on March 8, 2019 by markweiss86

This is one of the best places to read about  Bhi Bhiman,  I mean after Christgau. Although it’s kind of obscure in previous posts I’ve compared him to Bob Dylan and Barack Obama. I think I wanted to suggest he … Continue reading →

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Christopher Wallace vs Paul Frees

Posted on March 7, 2019 by markweiss86

I. II.   (One of these guys is the Notorious B.I.G. While the other is the voice of popping fresh Pillsbury doughboy;  in the movie Spiderman spider verse there is a clip from hypnotize with the lyric Poppa been fresh … Continue reading →

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