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

They belong together

Posted on August 29, 2012 by markweiss86

I grabbed a fistful of music, three consecutive titles somewhat randomly from the bins at Palo Alto’s College Terrace library, on my way to the computers, to check my email: “Rockin’ All Night: The Very Best of Ritchie Valens” (1993, … Continue reading →

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John Schaefer soccer songs

Posted on August 21, 2012 by markweiss86

John Schaefer of WNYC has a great little post about the songs that British soccer fans sing during games. I would like to see him in a roundtable on this topic with Alan Black and Tony Williams of Meridian Gallery. And … Continue reading →

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Karla Kane’s golden west

Posted on August 16, 2012 by markweiss86

I’ve always had a soft spot for Karla Kane of the Corner Laughers ever since I first read about her or them in an article by Kimberley Chun in the Chronicle a couple years ago. I’ve only seen her or … Continue reading →

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Rob Reich stands tall with squeezebox

Posted on August 10, 2012 by markweiss86

Rob Reich is a Bay Area-based musician and composer who will play Sunday nearby in Mountain View at Rengstorff House which is an historic sight and community center near Shoreline Park and Amphitheatre (which simultaneously is hosting comebacks from the … Continue reading →

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Ornette LOL tribute

Posted on July 16, 2012 by markweiss86

Ornette Coleman’s website includes a cool feature. I would describe it as an electronic xylophone, or a MIDI idiophone that lets you sound from a selection of samples by clicking on about 60 little buttons, multicolored keys. The sounds are … Continue reading →

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A picture is worth 109 KB

Posted on July 14, 2012 by markweiss86

I met the brothers Cory and Eric Fraser jamming at a private function in Los Altos Hills and enjoyed their duo versions of Hendrix and Sinatra; they told me that in a former life they were signed to a major … Continue reading →

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Boekbinder spell binder

Posted on July 13, 2012 by markweiss86

I think I had a relative named Bookbinder so on that basis I search-injuned something listed in Metro called Zoe Boekbinder. Ten seconds of research says “link to this”. Ok, well I am screening this on “mute” since my girlfriend … Continue reading →

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Tallest tale

Posted on July 13, 2012 by markweiss86

I thought I bought this cd merely because I liked the cover art but must have somehow known it or he was booked by Billions, was playing Lolapalooza in Chicago — where I was born — and is coming to … Continue reading →

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Ava Mendoza Trio at Smith-Andersen Gallery Saturday Sept. 8

Posted on July 12, 2012 by markweiss86

Ava Mendoza Trio will perform at the opening party for “Gender Specific Take It Or Leave It” a group show at Smith-Andersen Gallery in Palo Alto, Saturday, September 8, 2012, at approximately 4 p.m. The event overall is listed as … Continue reading →

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Just a NoLa walk with Anthropologie

Posted on July 3, 2012 by markweiss86

Anthropologie the upscale women’s store has issued a smart catalogue featuring Preservation Hall and some of it’s jazz band members, including the clarinetist Charlie Gabriel on the cover. I am more of a Tipitina’s and Maple Leaf -Jacques Imo’s kind … Continue reading →

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