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

Third Eye Blind July 25 at San Francisco Masonic

Posted on March 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Kudos for Steve Jenkins, my Gunn and Terman schoolmate, for keeping his rock and roll fantasy alive to middle age. I remember Dorothy Bradshaw, my 8th grade drama teacher looking out the window at Steve and a kid named J.T. … Continue reading →

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Cold case: Elijah Wald, “Narcocorrido” (2001) and companion cd

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I bought the Elijah Wald corrido book at Down Home on recommendation of a clerk (whose name I know but I am a little shy about mentioning). Can’t say I read it cover to cover, but I think I got … Continue reading →

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Amazing mural man seeks IPO billions in synesthesia b2b play, in Palo Alto

Posted on March 10, 2015 by markweiss86

Sam Whiting of the Chron had a story about a mural in the lobby of a start-up and said that they don’t mind walk-ups, at 555 College, near Cali Ave (or across from the hole in the ground we call … Continue reading →

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Rachel Garlin ‘Wink at July’

Posted on March 8, 2015 by markweiss86

I texted Rachel Garlin to tell her that Paul Freeman in the Merc and affiliates reviews favorably her new release “Wink at July” and says it’s “warm and wonderful..” which for a text message is an adequate review of a … Continue reading →

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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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