Monthly Archives: January 2024

Jumpin’ with symphony Cid

Well, you’ve never heard of me, bob, even though I’ve written you 50 times.  (“What about Bob?”) 1) I did produce one Cindy Bullens show at the Stanford student union for Earthwise Productions. I Remember the radio promoter or the … Continue reading

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OPEN LETTER ADAM JOHNSON

Perhaps illuminating backstory, or fact: my first concert in this series, October ‘94 was an honor of Mia Levin, whose father taught in the education department at Stanford Henry Levin; she was my classmate junior high school, and high school … Continue reading

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THIRTY-SIX KEYBOARDS EMPLOYED BY VANGELIS

Both grand pianos, the Roland SH-3A and the Rhodes 88 were retained for Vangelis’ active late 1970s and early 1980s setup, which also featured newer synthesizers by Yamaha (CS-40M and GS-1), ARP Instruments (Pro Soloist, 2500, Odyssey), Oberheim Electronics(TVS-1A, four and eight-voice Polyphonic Synthesizers), Sequential Circuits (Prophet-5 and … Continue reading

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OPEN LETTER TO EI

OPEN LETTER TO ETHAN IVERSON ONE OF MY FAVS ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES DIRVE HIM NUTS, RIGHT? DIRVE OR DRIVEL EITHER OR ETHER ORE I am a former journalist turned concert promoter and record producer so it is always a thrill … Continue reading

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The Lost Weekend

I knew Donald Burnham of dartmouth. By phone and buy letter. One verse players or teammates in cross country told me they thought it was funny when the movie came out about the drunker who had a homophone name to Don … Continue reading

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Al Young redux

Al Young redux I wrote earlier about renaming Foothill Park for Al Young. Today, I met Gordon Young, who is Paly class of ’74. I mistook him for a Pinoy golf caddie I met at a sports bar a few … Continue reading

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I’m at the ‘combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell’

Victor “Kool A.D.” Vazquez: As a kid, I lived by a KFC in Hunters Point [San Francisco] that turned into a combination Taco Bell–KFC, I think, first, and then a combination Pizza Hut–Taco Bell–KFC after that, and I had always kind … Continue reading

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Still life with word picker

I am enjoying a late breakfast at Ada’s Café at the Mitchell Park community center; I am not blogging about what actually had me up at 7:30. But it’s a hint if you know that Mike Mulcahy was once player … Continue reading

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Fabiola Mendez, 27 Roberto Clemente 21

Fabiola Mendez, edad de 27, a Berkelee grad from Puerto Rico, plays March 1 at Club Passim; Clemente a giant of baseball wore #21 and collected exactly 3,000 hits.

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Walmart vs Mitla

photo by our little Oaxacan Terry Acebo Davis

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