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

Breakfast with Delores

This is actually about a doomed tree at the corner of Emerson and Hamilton in Palo Alto in front of what used to be Nathan Oliveira’s downtown studio. But it starts with a Videos from Prince’s self-marketed album called “Chaos…” … Continue reading

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Jack Black SOR ‘Roadrunner’ >> Modern Lovers>>Jonathan Richman>>Bo Diddley>> Tom Morello

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Protomartyr w Martin Sexton

Protomartyr is a band I never heard of until I stumbled into Ben Winant’s Tunnel records at Taraval at 44th just yesterday while getting my saxophone serviced by Lee Kramka at 27th and Taraval. They have a rare single on … Continue reading

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Roswell Rudd w Roswell rug

It says “Roswell rug” but it’s really a portrait of my dog Delphi at pace Gallery Palo Alto during a show last month featuring the minimalist art of Agnes Martin who lived in New Mexico but probably not in Roswell … Continue reading

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Tiny desk, giant hearts

BLUF: “Fair play to those who dare to dream…and never give up!” Glen and Marketa ten years ago but the same muse courses thru Essence and Bernie, stay tuned. Stay strong! Frisco song-strong!!     edit to add, an hour … Continue reading

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Coldplay y yo

  (I have a headline, a screen capture and 34 tags so if I don’t get back to this – circulocuting but not overlapping with the popular and large rock band Coldplay, just read my list — “drawn a line” … Continue reading

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It was 70 years ago today

1948 Les Brown opens new student union, University of Chicago

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Two minutes into Jane’s world, or Spotify

    Jane  from Kansas City who works for Carol Nature Gallery Los Altos   Sent me a playlist of 160 songs but Spotify would only let me view 30 of them and I listened to the 32nd sample Of … Continue reading

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Does Lyric McHenry Rest In Peace?

  see also EJ Johnson reality show see also Jason’s Lyric see also Forrest Whitaker see also KZSU special report White Punks On dope / white dopes on punk

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Early Friday morning busker

 

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