Monthly Archives: June 2022

Credits to their genders

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Hey, Jay, nice to see you. That guy David is the one who turned me on or out as a Dead head, we recalled that I bought his NYE tix in 1989. Question: what is that random but lovely photo of drummer Ali Miller, you file and tag as ‘corporate’ – is she the poster child for the Jazz School or something? Is it okay i.e. fair use that I randomly run it on my blog next to the color version of Bob Dylan by Tony Frank: I tag the photo ali jay bob which sounds like a Kevin Smith character

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No balls and two strikes

I spoke with our mayor Pat Burt today and he told me that although he initially thought he could raise $40m (towards our roughly $200m budget) via a business tax, he has lowered his expectations to $10m. At a recent … Continue reading

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It’s not unusual to picture Tom Jones and Louise Erdrich in a love powwow

Happy birthdays, gemini

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June swoon >>> just added

I’m cutting and pasting this from last week’s post plus a few other just added: TAMMY HALL, solo piano at Johnson Park, downtown north Palo Alto, 2 p.m. Saturday, September 10, 2022 – (note: Stanford plays USC later that afternoon, … Continue reading

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The gentle parry of Wallace Stegner, imagined

when I say “parry” above —-and I will check back to make sure I’ve spelled it correctly —I can also picture an old man who still moves gracefully despite being a fairly large man on a tennis court approaching the … Continue reading

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Brothers Gibb tribute by downtown Palo Alto troubadour

 

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It was 55 years ago today

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Tammy Hall at Mem Chu by Clay Carson

I have never met Tammy Hall but got to see her play Sunday at First Congo in Palo Alto, with Akira Tana and Palo Alto Jazz Alliance. Clay Carson, the expert on SNCC and MLK who loves to play hoops … Continue reading

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We are the world

Gertrude Stein said I write for myself and strangers. As I sit the world around me is increasing, approaching 9 billion souls and bodies. I am actually South County today, so we are more like 2 million not the 60,000 … Continue reading

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