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Improv trio to crash The Mitch

A trio of improvisational instrumentalists comprising Scott Amendola, drums; Trevor Dunn, upright bass and Phillip Greenlief clarinet convene Friday, October 11 at The Mitch, as part of the ongoing Earthwise Productions assault on the normal comfy tranquility of South Palo … Continue reading

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Elvin Bishop, Friday December 20, at The Mitch

Strutting our stuff, ya’ll: Earthwise welcomes Elvin at the Mitch Tickets now at Eventbrite.   As a teen I knew “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” and “Struttin’ My Stuff” but didn’t know who they were by, or that both … Continue reading

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Tutte Lemkow VS Jack Tuttle

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Come join The Robert Hunter Hoot, Palo Alto, Calif.

Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto at the Mitchell Park Community Center is hosting a special music memorial to the life of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who died Monday in San Rafael at age 78. MORE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED. … Continue reading

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‘Hands of Orlac’ at Mitchell Park Center Friday, October 25 with live score

I made a rather macabre stage announcement at the Earthwise John Santos show in that John works with his hands and the movie I am showing, with six musicians performing simultaneously a live original score, is about a concert pianist … Continue reading

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AFI, ‘Girl’s Not Grey’ circa 2000 VS Natalie Wood, ‘Sun is Gray’

  I happen to TCM movie called Penelope because it had Natalie wood and it turns out she may or may not have sung a song called the sun is gray in the movies someone somewhere said it was cut … Continue reading

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First of the Mohegans

I just think that we offer an escape. That people are tired of watching the news. They are so disgusted with the negativity, the daily 24/7 media bombardment of what is wrong; that they can’t wait to have fun, and … Continue reading

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Earthwise announces Tim and Greg of The Mother Hips on-sales; fair warning on last 40 seats to local product Molly Tuttle’s show

Earthwise Productions, my concert company, has seven shows on-sale at EventBrite. The most recent announcement is for a set of two shows with Tim and Greg of The Mother Hips (playing as a duo, unplugged). Those shows are Friday, March … Continue reading

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Tom Waits Man Man Dave Douglas Sex Mob

Or, An Incomplete Communion: I spent about 20 minutes listening to four or five cds, from my collection, between 1999 and 2006 or so — and this is 2019, almost 2020. With 20-20 hindsight and more discipline I would know … Continue reading

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I kind of like the new Tool, especially for the hand-drums

maybe John Santos — not John Stamos — Anna Conrad was confused –can quickly learn this for our show Friday, September 13, 2019 at Mitchell Park Community Center, unless I am confusing tablas with congas. I could ask him…

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