Monthly Archives: February 2026

Floruit Don Cherry ngoni

Posted on February 6, 2026 by markweiss86

PHOTO BY JAY BLAKESBERG bw backed with >>> rolling into RALPJ Memorial thoughts from Charlie Haden’s extended family of musicians, including Ralph Alessi, Geri Allen, Reid Anderson, Joey Baron, Django Bates, Tim Berne, Matt Brewer, Alan Broadbent, Chris Cheek, Greg … Continue reading →

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17 Acts 2 Perform

Posted on February 5, 2026 by markweiss86

Feb 22 Jim Campilongo Adam Levy Duo P  7:30  Feb 28 Edward Simon Trio f Adam Cruz Or Bareket, Stephan Crump M 8 pm March 17 Edu Ribeiro Noah Garabedian Vinicius Gomes trio, Murray Low M March 23 Ralph Alessi Quartet … Continue reading →

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Kitch is the mensch

Posted on February 4, 2026 by markweiss86

First Gunn grad since Tony Bower to play for Stanford.

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Why does Cali Ave look like a war zone?

Posted on February 4, 2026 by markweiss86
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Congrats to Marta Sanchez for her new solo record ‘For The Space You Left’ on Out Of Your Head

Posted on February 3, 2026 by markweiss86

Marta Sanchez played a week of solo prepared piano at Earthwise at The Mitch in April, 2024 directly before going into the studio in Oakland.

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Possibly the first time I have set an alarm for a concert pre-sale

Posted on February 3, 2026 by markweiss86

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Pee at Bottom of the Hill reunion show next month

Posted on February 2, 2026 by markweiss86

I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing the loud fast band Pee or PEE at Bottom of the Hill or BOTH on March 1. They played in the Palo Alto Soundcheck series at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto, June of … Continue reading →

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I may be a cynic but it seems to me that women, like Olivia Dean, the best new artist Grammy, have less agency than did Hattie McDaniel, 1936, ‘Showboat’

Posted on February 2, 2026 by markweiss86

OTOH Kudos to Danielle Wertz the vocalist and arranger, for winning a share of the Grammy for the best instrumental performance, in the project led by Remy LeBoef. Remy plays reeds, Pascal plays piano: they are the first twins to … Continue reading →

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Craig Baldwin, SF filmmaker who traveled to the fictional future with spectres of the spectrum

Posted on February 1, 2026 by markweiss86

AO Scott in NYT: ‘Spectres of the Spectrum” is a sci-fi thriller about a renegade scientist named Yogi and his daughter, Boo Boo, a psychic media terrorist, who set out one day in the year 2007 to disrupt a magnetic … Continue reading →

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Ribbit Capital takes downtown retail space for NFT play, crypto takeover

Posted on February 1, 2026 by markweiss86

I got two cookies and a carry bag out of the deal. Cookies I can eat not cookies I can accept or reject.. I don’t know NFTs other than it seems like it’s a pyramid scheme involving crypto. Ribbit is … Continue reading →

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