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

Betty Soo new sounds and buzz out of Austin

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

My friend and colleague Laura Thomas of ComboPlate booking in Austin, Texas sends glad tidings about Betty Soo new cd. Stay tuned. edit to add, two months later, although I still have not had the chance to hear this, or … Continue reading →

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Schapling and Wurster stole their act from me

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

A whiles ago I sent a fake fan letter to Superchunk: Dear Mac- Enclosed is my toe nail. Can you use it as a guitar pick on “Hyper Enough? Thanks. Your biggest fan. Elton X. Schmerk Fairloaf, California I wrote … Continue reading →

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Nick Zaharias guest spot: mark you are a dick

Posted on November 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Nick Zaharias, who might have been Paly High Athlete of the Year in 1982 if not for a guy initials J.H., is an avid reader of Plastic Alto, and a frequent commenter, albeit under various fake names and email return … Continue reading →

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Tiny conductors

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

I just got noted that in Philly coming up, thanks to Mark Christman’s excellent Ars Nova series, two great jazz or out music events. The first is called Ballrog which is a Tolkein reference — the ballrog was a monster … Continue reading →

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What’s up, doc, with yo ‘Uptown Funk’ ok?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by markweiss86

I was working on a parody of Mark Ronson “Uptown Funk” the song that was on SNL; I was going to call it “Upzone Funk” about Palo Alto’s recent land-use debates and their impact on our recent elections. Meanwhile I … Continue reading →

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The Hero With A Thousand / 500 Faces

Posted on November 22, 2014 by markweiss86

If you are with me so far you will notice a simple math problem in the headline: “A thousand” divided by 500 equals two. I could have written of the hero with two faces, but that might throw you. I … Continue reading →

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Wor(l)ds of wander with friend and former client Dao Strom

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Writing this at 12:03 past midnight although it is lifted from something called 3AM Magazine dot com. Not really writing just cut-pasting: In the mountain town of Tam Dao, a man in the market points to the Chinese character tattoos … Continue reading →

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Beth Custer, my grandmother, Dina, Jess & David take New York

Posted on November 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Beth and I had breakfast Just For You yesterday and I bid her bon voyage as “My Grandmother” plays New York Saturday, part of a Georgian film festival with parts at Berkeley PFA and New York Museum of Modern Art. … Continue reading →

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Curtis McMurtry & Rachel Garlin to headline ‘earthwise@20’ Friday, Nov. 21 at Cafe Zoe Menlo Park

Posted on November 17, 2014 by markweiss86

Austin-based Curtis McMurtry and San Francisco’s by way of Berkeley singer-songwriter/activist Rachel Garlin headline a bill at Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park Friday. The event, open to all ages, is also known as the Earthwise Productions Twentieth Anniversary concert or … Continue reading →

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Gratuitos and random Cody Sanderson shout

Posted on November 17, 2014 by markweiss86

I been workin’ today from Palo Alto’s Mitchell Center Library, near Mitchell Park, the new building, the one with the Bruce Beasley granite arch marking the automobile entrance. I hereby declare that we raise a few extra bucks and replaced … Continue reading →

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