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

Sam and Bill displaces Jenny

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Sam Amidon is a young artist on Nonesuch and, according to Mark Christman of Philly’s Ars Nova series, is touring with Bill Frisell as a sideman. Sam Amidon is also married to British folkie Beth Orton. Ok. Sam Amidon is … Continue reading →

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Michael McFaul lecture for World Affairs Council in Atherton, Calif., September, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry and I caught an excellent lecture by Michael McFaul, of Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, for the World Affairs Council, at a private residence in Atherton, California, in September, 2014. McFaul is a Rhodes … Continue reading →

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David Shields Nine Twenty-four

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

David Shields is in San Jose Wednesday evening and Thursday nooner. The Palo Alto Weekly ran an add Friday. From Reality Hunger, 9: One author pilfers the best of another and calls it reality hunger From Reality Hunger, 24: In … Continue reading →

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Allison Miller in Santa Fe fantasy league

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

ALI BOOM TIC BOMAYE October 9 Allison Miller Boom Tic Boom in Santa Fe, and also ALBQ (she likes the LBQ part) and then on to Denver, where I like a big blue stud with glowing red eyes. Harummph! I … Continue reading →

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Plastic Peters

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote earlier today about Steve Coleman, jazz musician and MacArthur Genius laureate. Earlier today, however, apropos of nothing, and he of infinite jest, I made a post-modern pseudo-writing job by cutting and pasting bits of nine previous works in … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Coleman, MacFoundDaddy

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

Steve Coleman won a MacArthur Genius grant. He joins Steve Lacy, Corey Harris and many others. M-Base, his thing. Not sure how it works. It says in his bio he was part of the Stanford Jazz Workshop, mid-1990s. Went to … Continue reading →

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Street music at Lytton Plaza

Posted on September 16, 2014 by markweiss86

a man calling himself Neil Young Jeezy lit up the night Tuesday and made Jake. Not fade away, if you vine it: Terry came by and shot us:

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Gunn Titans football the best 956th ranked team in the nation, no doubt: Just say ‘Nozo’

Posted on September 16, 2014 by markweiss86

NOTE: CHECK BACK SOME DAY FOR THE UNCENSORED VERSION OF THS Gunn travels to Branham of San Jose Friday in search of their first “W” although so far, despite the 0-and-2 they are closer to the “L” hand-signal in Ed … Continue reading →

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Chop Keenan as Lester Maddox: he may be a hick, but he’s our hick

Posted on September 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I am saying we should be making money, public sector, on the phenomenon of tech miracle; we don’t have problem attracting tech. We have the opposite. On Conway: Web Link and the connection back to the topic is that the … Continue reading →

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Oral communications about Taylor Ho Bynum free show Saturday Sept 20 at Lytton Plaza

Posted on September 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I am sitting, 8:15 on a Monday and already 45 minutes, we the people, our council, maybe my dinner, behind schedule. At 8 p.m. moved closer to 8:30, I will, in 3 minutes, try to say this: (about my free … Continue reading →

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