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

This machine surrounds hate

Kudos to Rachel Garlin for writing this song, in honor, I am guessing, of Martin Luther King and Barack Hussein Obama, and the work of editors to create this video, using, I am guessing, Rachel’s students in 2009 at King … Continue reading

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The swingin’ Ms. Seeling

Check back for the post, I just liked the headline. See also: Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Rollie Fingers, the Swingin’ A’s: East Bay thing, dontcha know? Here

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Hip kitty seeks crash pad

Hip kitty seeks crash pad. Mews along to early Derek Bailey. This is real, and not sequel to “Inside Llewyn Davis: further adventures of Roland Turner”. Reach Earthwise Productions via Plastic Alto comment board for more info.

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What I want and what I got

What looks to be a reader of the Palo Alto Weekly and potentially a supporter of fellow Palo Alto City Council candidate Lydia Kuo — he posts anonymously or under the name “another res” — directs a question to me … Continue reading

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Moxy Fruvous, Paul Celan, Lefsetz and Petty

This is pretty scrambled, but: lefsetz mentions something about jian ghomeshi and tom petty jian ghomeshi, as part of moxy fruvous, did an earthwise show, that is to say, I organized the show, although it was a free show at … Continue reading

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Phil Elwood, Steve Lacy and Pete Douglas in heaven

SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST Steve Lacy, with Jean-Jacques Avenel, string bass, and John Betsch, drums – a “free jazz” ensemble – performed exquisite and innovative chamber music for the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in the Pete Douglas Beach House at Miramar … Continue reading

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All the young dudes, at Lytton

I caught, for the third time, the young band that performs and creates video content at Lytton Plaza. A guy I met who moved here from Ivory Coast 20 years ago and has an 11-year-old himself congratulated or gave well-wishes … Continue reading

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I wanna get I Wanna Get Better but not for $1.29

Bleachers released his her or its debut cd on Tuesday, but I just heard about it yesterday or today due to a Kimmel re-run (I was actually taping to capta St. Paul and the Broken Bones or something — I … Continue reading

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Here’s to ya, Pete Douglas

Pete Douglas the founder of the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay took his last bow Sunday, at 85. That’s a tough act to follow.

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GD concert film Thursday in Mountain View

Click here to get your miracle ticket for a Grateful Dead meet-up at Mountain View Century theaters, 7:30 show, a 1972 Germany concert film. This is probably more fun that the typical Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission meeting, which … Continue reading

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