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Kenny Rogers, 1976 VS Covid-19

Posted on April 4, 2020 by markweiss86

But in his final words, I found an ace that I could keep Hi, Doug. I want to, first, commend you on the the meticulous and persevering nature of your blog. That enabled me to discover that at minute 36 … Continue reading →

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Timo Andres w Sufjan Stevens VS Jonathan Richman with Bonnie Prince Billy in New York last month

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markweiss86

Timo is on Nonesuch and was born here in Palo Alto in 1985 but grew up in CT and went to Yale, whereas Johnathan Richman played once in Palo Alto in 1999 or so at Cubberley. I found this guy … Continue reading →

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Remember these Titans

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markweiss86

Matt Nelson, tenor sax & Ryan Snow, trombone inducted into the Palo Alto Jazz Pantheon; the Titan Horns, anyone? I’m Gunn-a fly Matt Nelson and Ryan Snow to Palo Alto to reunite as the Titan Horns, maybe to guest for … Continue reading →

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Terubozu song in Japanese folk lore

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

If you read this blog serially or from top down and not just follow a link, you might notice a Japanese theme recently. yes, I was impacted by my work with Akira Tana. But there was also a movie festival … Continue reading →

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Top Hat and The Thin Man

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

I saw two women making music at Lytton Plaza on July 14, 2018 and thought they were great. I call them Top Hat and The Thin Man because I was on my way to watch some Fred Astaire movies at … Continue reading →

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Peter Selz VS Terry Acebo Davis

Posted on March 26, 2020 by markweiss86

Terry texted me a link to some citation on the Internet about her and when I clicked on it, it’s a used book seller selling a file from the archive of the recently deceased and very esteemed critic and curator … Continue reading →

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Remi Wolf 7 year itch

Posted on March 23, 2020 by markweiss86

I bought a ticket for Cautius Clay because Remi Wolf was on the tour, but got too busy to see the show — that plus I’m middleaged.I’ve known Remi since her junior year in high school. I met she and … Continue reading →

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Mal Sharpe has a posse

Posted on March 20, 2020 by markweiss86

  Mr. Sharpe, who was well known in the Bay Area for his wacky interviews and also as a jazz trombonist, died on March 10 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 83. His daughter, Jennifer Sharpe, said his … Continue reading →

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I O

Posted on March 19, 2020 by markweiss86

Dario Fo do not know Bw Sudden vivid flashback to 1981 Jefferson starship at the Greek theater what you gonna do about stairway to Cleveland whatcha gonna do about Cleveland? whatcha gonna do about rock & roll? whatcha gonna do … Continue reading →

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Seven phases of the late Dario Fo

Posted on March 19, 2020 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 7 photos.

Imagine a cross between Bertolt Brecht and Lenny Bruce and you may begin to have an idea of the scope of Fo’s anarchic art,” Mel Gussow wrote in The New York Times in 1983. Basing their art on the tradition … Continue reading →

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