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Little big band

Posted on October 20, 2014 by markweiss86

I met David Larson of Royal Concept, his brother and his father, who were bird-watching, literally, winged friends, not cute girls at least in this instant, somewhere undisclosed on the Central Coast, halfway between LA-LA and Frisco. He told me … Continue reading →

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!TAYLOR HO! Jazz and Bike event, free at Lytton Plaza Saturday, September 20

Posted on August 27, 2014 by markweiss86

!TAYLOR HO! is my working title for an on-the-fly event I am adding to my and Earthwise’s busy fall schedule. Taylor Ho Bynum is a jazz musician based in the East Coast who plays cornet –a small trumpet — and … Continue reading →

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Tygress, Tygress (Mia Levin, Sunday, August 17, 2014)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Mia Levin and I met in 1977 when we were both Terman Tigers and I presume virgins. Now she is Mama Mia to Lalique, 28, and Leon, 9. Wow! She also has “put out” 10 cd’s, albums and tapes as: … Continue reading →

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There’s a little piece of Maria in every song he sings

Posted on August 18, 2014 by markweiss86

When I worked, as a freelancer or go-fer, at Goodby Berlin and Silverstein, 921 Front Street in San Francisco in the late 1980s there was an interesting looking lady there about my age named Maria. I seem to recall that … Continue reading →

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Joe 90 v. Joe 90

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I never heard of Joe 90 until my cousin Craig told me that his band had changed it’s name to it, to wit:

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A Casebook on the BEAT by Thomas Parkinson casebook

Posted on January 21, 2014 by markweiss86

If I rifle is seen hanging over a fireplace in the first act, then it should be fired by the third.* 1. A couple weeks ago I was at Temporary Main Library (former council chambers, former Palo Alto Cultural Center … Continue reading →

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Go see Cal, in heaven

Posted on September 10, 2013 by markweiss86

Cal Worthington was an American legend, a car dealer, country music promoter and friend of critters large and small. He bought Key Chevrolet in Cupertino, in 1988, then sold it to Jerry Davidson in the early nineties. It was his … Continue reading →

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LevitaTVed Mass

Posted on July 2, 2013 by markweiss86

It took me 342 days to transport Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” from LACMA to my living room, with help from corporate sponsors Samsung(stupid cell phone), Samsung(flat screen tv, actually belongs to Terry), Apple(laptop computer, actually belongs to Terry), Yahoo(email service, … Continue reading →

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Miles Kurosky Signs with Majordomo!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by markweiss86

Ok, so I’m a little late with this, in that Miles signed with Majordomo in fall, 2009 and here we are closing out 2012. But I want to take this opportunity to SHOUT! out as it were to MK and … Continue reading →

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Thomas lifts giant boulder at LACMA

Posted on September 11, 2012 by markweiss86

A two-hundred-foot-tall anthropomorphic being descended on LACMA recently and examined the nut part of Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” with his two fingers. He said his name was Thomas and had studied art in other galaxies.

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