Monthly Archives: March 2022

Keith Knight is ’Woke’

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Long Day’s Journey into Three Dog Night

I was the only person who saw Dan Bern at Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto at 4:30 then Three Dog Night at Menlo Park’s new glossy Guild Theatre at nine. I was pondering the possibility and then my wife –Terry my … Continue reading

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‘Twelve weeks learning how to walk’

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Joc is a Giant

Palo Alto’s Joc Pederson is 30 years old turning 31 next month and has 148 major league home runs. Let’s hope he gets at least 100 more for the home team. Mazel tov!

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Chron lauds ’gorgeous, liberating and heartbreaking’ Berkeley show (with Palo Alto Earthwise roots)

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Judd Hirsch, Phil Lesh, Mike Love, Sly Stone, Ry Cooder, Dee Snider, Bret Michaels, Eva Longoria and will.i.am are 624

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EARTHWISE WELCOMES DAN BERN: FREE CONCERT, SATURDAY, JUST ADDED: March 19, 4 p.m. Lytton Plaza Palo Alto

Edit to add, later that night: If you live near Palo Alto you might notice this week the proliferation of obscure advertisements in propaganda that say DAN BERN HERE SAT 4 PM like 17 characters. It ain’t bragging if it’s … Continue reading

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Champagne Hughes in the pink

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From Ides of March to ‘Whan the Aprille’, earth day, Earthwise, beisbol et al or just giving it a sniff

Shakespeare said or repeated to beware the Ides of March but more significantly it was Chaucer who said “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/ The droghte of March hath perced to the roote” which 100 years later or more … Continue reading

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Still snazzy after all these years: Jon Pareles of The Times on Dan Bern 25 Aprils ago

Dan Bern strums an acoustic guitar, sings through his nose, free-associates with sly inspiration and name-drops historical figures. He is also prepared to deflect the inevitable comparisons to Bob Dylan. In his late set at the Bottom Line on Tuesday … Continue reading

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