Monthly Archives: December 2020

Rachel Garlin VS J Church

Rachel Garlin is a modern folk singer who lives in Noe Valley and J Church goes past her house.Lance Hahn founded the influential and surely missed punk pop band called J Church. I’d love to hear Rachel Garlin cover “My … Continue reading

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When Harpo played his harp it was a mystery

I got a post card from Jonathan Richman and it stopped me dead in my tracks, to take out my handheld computer and order #4 on his bandcamp bundle. I had to pulldown my mask to make this happen. When … Continue reading

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Steve Lacy twice

I’m not going to fault Veronica DeJesus for embellishing Steve Lacy’s resume: “played w/Muddy Waters”. I don’t think Steve played with Muddy — the person who might know is Bob Margolin, or Eric Hanson. More people think of Steve as … Continue reading

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Candye Kane, truly gifted

Live your life, play your part. Let the feelings flow from your heart. You can’t change the tide, you can’t change the sea you just gotta be who you were born to be. I wouldn’t be alive now if it … Continue reading

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Calder Spanier gone too soon twenty three years this week

Scott Amendola reminded me that December 4 was the twenty third anniversary of the sudden and tragic passing of his friend and bandmate Calder Spanier. I only met Calder once or twice. He played in the Charlie Hunter Quintet I … Continue reading

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Lisa Fay Beatty

I’m watching the documentary “Hype” about the Seattle grunge music scene, a very 1990s experience, but when the screen flashed to 7 Year Bitch, I thought of my friend Lisa Fay Beatty. Lisa was the guitarist for the Mudwimin, who … Continue reading

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The rush dies when Colts lineman rookie Danny Pinter becomes versed

I’m following the development of Colts lineman Danny Pinter, number 63 above, a rookie from Ball State and South Bend, Indiana. His position coach is Chris Strausser who was the quarterback for Gunn of Palo Alto Titans in 1981. I … Continue reading

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The Looters, 2020; or, using Terman to sort racists, proposed

  I woke today (Wednesday, named for Odin a Norse God) reaching first mentally then physically for my Bevington, the Complete Works of Shakespeare, specifically honing in on “The Merchant of Venice” and that line. What is it:If you prick … Continue reading

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