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

Let’s play two balloon (weird Ernie Banks tribute, w. Eiko Okura)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by markweiss86

and1: compare “let’s play two” (Ernie Banksism) with “IKO IKO” Meters/Dead dealio. andand: it would be pretty funny if because of this post someone consufes DJ Coco with Dr. John, who say dis: The song was written and recorded back … Continue reading →

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Audaud.com: Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time – Review

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I interviewed, lunched and even jammed with David “Kracky” Krakauer and Josh “Socalled” Dolgin at KZSU Stanford the day this premiered live at Mem Aud…

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Who kill Sy Abelmon?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

A serious mon. edit to add: I loves ABHO7K the way Sy loves Larry: and1: I think it would be funny for Marlon James, a Jamaican English professor and novelist (“A Brief History of Seven Killings”) at Macalester College in … Continue reading →

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Black, white or gray

Posted on February 25, 2015 by markweiss86

Scott-Heron was one of five black students among a class of a hundred, and in his second year he got in trouble for playing the piano. “They had a beautiful Steinway they used for the choir and the chorus, but … Continue reading →

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Rhino Records w. Earthwise Productions

Posted on February 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Legend has it that the very first $100 that Richard Foos put into the music business, he doubled his money. He founded and sold Rhino Records, to the tune of probably $20 M and he also has built up Shout! … Continue reading →

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Detroit has a skyline too: my photos of or with 3 local developers

Posted on February 22, 2015 by markweiss86

It was no architect designed this view He could not have known about you Mousy homes, catacombs Detroit has a skyline too Detroit has a skyline too Doesn’t really fit here, but this is a music blog first and foremost. … Continue reading →

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CelloJoe in Berkeley

Posted on February 21, 2015 by markweiss86

I caught up to Joey Chang pka CelloJoe in Berkeley, the other day. He was a mainstay of Palo Alto’s Fete De La Musique the first couple years.

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P.T.A. @ 429

Posted on February 20, 2015 by markweiss86
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When Fela met Nina

Posted on February 20, 2015 by markweiss86

When Fela Kuti met Nina Simone: edit to add: I’m Kidjo here, but jest for yucks I searched “nina” + “fela” to find that Ronald K. Brown /Evidence dance in Brooklyn BRIC did a piece in 2003 Come Ye that … Continue reading →

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Give me Liberty

Posted on February 20, 2015 by markweiss86

Wedge Matsumoto wrote a nice piece about Henry Threadgill at YBCA recently but homey that I am, I skimmed the article for mention of Bay Area guitarist Liberty Ellman, who plays or did play for years in Thread’s sextet, Zooid. … Continue reading →

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