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

Mark my words

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

We picked up one excellent word–a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word–‘lagniappe.’ They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish–so they said. We discovered it at the head of a column of odds … Continue reading →

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Something about Hannah May Allison

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Hannah May Allison, the Palo Alto and Nashville singer-songwriter, plays Tuesday in Los Gatos, at the historic The Cats. It is a happy hour show, 6 to 9. If memory serves, there will be victuals. Speaking of memory, I am … Continue reading →

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Kristen Strom Getz tribute at Stanford Jazz series

Posted on June 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Kristen Strom will appear at the Stanford Jazz series, performing a tribute to Stan Getz. It’s a matinee, 2 p.m. July 13 Sunday. Info here. The show is at Dink, with tickets ranging from $15 to $35, which actually seems a … Continue reading →

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Clemens Weiss and Plato’s Retreat

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

The esteemed pathologist and blogger Dr. Brian E. Moore of Springfield, Illinois, who was a drama major with honors, and documentary filmmaker at Dartmouth, gave me grief about having a category of post called “Plato’s Republic” when what I really … Continue reading →

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Really young band video shoot at Lytton Plaza

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

I watched nearly two sets by a very young band Thursday evening at Lytton Plaza. The event started around 6 and probably didn’t load out until 8 or 9. The band was a trio: vocalist, guitarist, hand-drummer. There were at … Continue reading →

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Blues Broads in Berkeley

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

J.Poet in 48 hours (the Chron) has Blues Broads playing Freight and Salvage tonight. I doubt I will make it, mostly because Terry works until 8. I had been meaning to update my long Marcia Ball story about Rick Koster’s … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Teen Sniper

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

There’s no hostages that I can see, only about 475 meters of open courtyard between me and Cherry G. The shot will be a tricky one: the bullet will become wobbly and transient as it moves through different temperature zones … Continue reading →

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The real grateful dead

Posted on June 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to Sarah Cahill for her concert event at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. Terry took one picture I directed, down from the third floor to the second or first floor lobby where an electronica duo, one of whom … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto yard hockey

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Have you heard that joke about “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”? I joked to Palo Alto City Council member, this morning at a yard sale in our Downtown North neighborhood, that we should consider … Continue reading →

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Hannah may Hannah will

Posted on June 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Hannah May Allison was one of the classier and most promising acts to lively up downtown Palo Alto Sunday for the annual street music event. I shot her from a distance, and got close enough to scrutinize her new EP, … Continue reading →

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