Category Archives: ethniceities

when i say ethniceities i mean “jewish”

Jazz time travels or jazzscribe contrafacts: from full faith and credit to fregulia and back

Posted on September 27, 2013 by markweiss86

The Geography of Hep, Palo Alto’s influence on Jazz, via music education, guest concerts(Monk, Steve Lacy) and our all too rare gifts to jazz world in terms of artists like Stanley Jordan and executives like Danny Scher, Jason Olaine, plus Herb Wong, James Benham, Ted Gioia, plus Akira Tana, venues like The Bandbox and The Varsity, and all that jazz Continue reading →

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The New York Times has been charging me $15 per month since April yet I actually have not been on their site for about six months. I thought of calling the 800 number on my credit card bill to ask … Continue reading →

Posted on September 4, 2013 by markweiss86 | 1 Comment

To Be Young and Well-Strung (Jim Campilongo, Stella Brooks, Beth Lisick riff)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by markweiss86

I’ve done about 500 posts now and have about 20,000 hits, which works out to roughly about 50 people per post. I got to thinking most of them stop by on their way to something else. At first I numbered … Continue reading →

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Getting word in edgewise

Posted on May 2, 2013 by markweiss86

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Alden Van Buskirk news flash

Posted on April 30, 2013 by markweiss86

BEYOND THE NEWS In-depth coverage and analysis of recent significant items in the news, produced by our news department. 8:00 THE POEMS OF RATTRAY AND VAN BUSKIRK Poet David Rattray reads from his own work, and that of Alden van … Continue reading →

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Gallery of posters and flyers, Earthwise Productions, 1994-2009

Posted on April 22, 2013 by markweiss86

art direction credits at bottom of scroll; photos by Terry Acebo Davis (this one was based on artwork accompanying an article in the Rolling Stone about the fact that Texas, especially during the tenure of Governor Bush, had executed so … Continue reading →

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Gunn alum and dad leads softball surge

Posted on April 19, 2013 by markweiss86

I bumped into my Gunn classmate Matt Maltz and his son Andrew at Piazza’s market Sunday and was very impressed to learn that he is coaching the girls softball team at our Alma Mater. I checked out two games as … Continue reading →

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Sid Mobell all around jeweler

Posted on March 27, 2013 by markweiss86

Tony Fenwick once introduced me to a fraternity brother calling me “an all-around jeweler” and at first I was taken aback; I thought it was some kind of coded ethnic slur. But I decided it was a variation on the … Continue reading →

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Arnell Soprano

Posted on March 26, 2013 by markweiss86

Terry and I ondemanded a well-above average film about the music biz called “Don’t Stop Believing” about Journey finding singer Arnell Pineda in a Manilla-based coverband called Zoo on youtube and going on to gross $500,000 in multiple dates here … Continue reading →

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Are you having a pussy riot?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by markweiss86

“Are you having a pussy riot?” I actually asked this, out loud, directed to my dog, a cocker spaniel, spayed, 14-years old, blind, deaf, who keeled over at the kennel when Terry and I were in Kona, but then made … Continue reading →

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