Category Archives: music

if you can hear it and it does not grate your ears, ambient or intentitional with a story melody or not, major and minor chords, the community rather than the industry if possible; if not the answer then a pretty good guess, and the people who live it; basie miller satchmo and the king of all sir duke

Palo Alto Rock a a to z w

Posted on June 7, 2019 by markweiss86

W World For Ransom is or was a Palo Alto based rock band featuring Billie Eyeball — her legal name for as long as I’ve known her — and Dave Womack as manager. Ray Poague, a Gunn 1980 graduate, played … Continue reading →

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Jane Monheit and Bob Margolin now on-sale at EventBrite

Posted on June 3, 2019 by markweiss86

I have two shows now on sale via EventBrite, Jane Monheit June 21 and Bob Margolin, July 6, both at the new Mitchell Park Community Center El Palo Alto Room. In my 25 years as a concert promoter, I’ve likely … Continue reading →

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Declassified Don Cherry at Dartmouth

Posted on May 28, 2019 by markweiss86

OR, TWENTY-SIX AOA FLUTES AT DARTMOUTH Don Cherry was artist in residence at Dartmouth in 1970. I wrote something about that, years later, for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. On Don’s Blue Lake recording, he plays a wooden flute. In the … Continue reading →

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I’m not a fan of The National but just bought 4 tickets on AXS for their show at Frost, which is only 2 miles from here;

Posted on May 21, 2019 by markweiss86

After less than a minute of their set on Colbert last Tuesday, I had taped and just watched.   That’s the whole item. The show is September 1, which gives me 100 days to bone up on their first 20 … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s ‘grassy knoll’ of rock and roll

Posted on May 20, 2019 by markweiss86

Bo Crane, 67 — a Paly and Stanford grad — is giving a talk at Palo Alto Historical Association next month — their annual dinner — about rock and roll. He published a book or chapbook on such — maybe … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Dave Montgomery, my former Gunn High of Palo Alto school mate, for winning the MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ for his work on soil

Posted on April 24, 2019 by markweiss86

Soil brother number 1. He’s also a very talented musician, with two bands, Good Bones and Big Dirt. So to summarize: Mark Weiss, Gunn class of 1982, runs Earthwise Productions a concert company that is a spin-off from Earth Day … Continue reading →

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Beth Custer, Jane Monheit and Bob Margolin headline next three Earthwise Productions shows

Posted on April 23, 2019 by markweiss86

ONSALES VIA EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthwise-welcomes-jane-monheit-tickets-62895624506 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthwise-welcomes-bob-margolin-and-jimmy-vivino-2-guitars-200-stories-tickets-62896241351       Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto announces three confirmed shows this spring and summer. Beth Custer premieres a commission for clarinet, voice, strings and percussion, based on the writings of environmentalist Paul Hawken, … Continue reading →

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Blues legend Bob Margolin to roll up on The Mitch in July

Posted on April 19, 2019 by markweiss86

edit to add, or start: I am boning up om my Margolism so as to enhance my appreciation of my upcoming Bob Margolin Jimmy Vivino show July 6 at Mitchell Park El Palo Alto Room — about 3 weeks from … Continue reading →

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Big little man (very big)

Posted on April 19, 2019 by markweiss86
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Cat Power, Wanderer ‘Woman’, on Colbert, October, 2018

Posted on April 4, 2019 by markweiss86

I saw her at the bottom of the hill in 2000 or so. i wonder who is her drummer: Nyt has a newsletter so in the future I need not miss their fine work contextual to ting like Ms Chan. … Continue reading →

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