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

Brava for Beth Custer

Posted on October 27, 2011 by markweiss86

there it was happened so damn fast talked me out of my chair. liplocked stopped the hydrogen jukeob Continue reading →

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Lardner and Hermosilla Free Show Wednesday at Lytton Plaza

Posted on October 25, 2011 by markweiss86

My Dartmouth classmates are holding a mini-reunion Wednesday Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. at Lytton Plaza, 200 University Avenue, at Emerson, across from Stanford Theatre, featuring Sam Lardner and Pedro Hermosilla concert, for Daniel Webster and The World Serio Continue reading →

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film studies teacher

Posted on October 23, 2011 by markweiss86

Do you know any good racist and specist and dated songs like “Why Does the Monkey Dunk His Nuts in My Margarita, Sharona?” Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Needs Music

Posted on October 19, 2011 by markweiss86

This is a detail of a drawing offered by the lovely Annie Pletz of Berkeley  regarding TLPW456, the initiative to revive the historic and beloved Varsity Theatre in Palo Alto. The drawing actually shows a bass player performing under a … Continue reading →

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Singing seems to ease me

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

I’ve been rocking an old cassette (probably documented and dubbed for me by David Schwartz of Fast Atmosphere) of Mother Hips live at Cubberley Center, January 19, 2001. The document is one of about 40 hours of tapes and cds … Continue reading →

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varsity update

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

more updates on the Varsity project Continue reading →

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Stanley Jordan appearing this week at The Varsity I mean Yoshi’s SF

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

i am tempted to get to SF to check in with Stanley Jordan to see if he will come to Palo Alto and do a benefit show for the people who are trying to get the lease on The Varsity. Stanley played Cubberley in 2001, and if memory serves did a benefit at Gunn High, his alma mater in about 1987 or so. Continue reading →

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Mark Weiss blog posts re The Varsity Theatre

Posted on October 6, 2011 by markweiss86

I’ve indexed here the nine or so posts regarding The Varsity here. There are also numerous posts to Palo Alto Weekly site, and a couple related contributions to Patch Palo Alto Continue reading →

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we interrupt this special broadcast of “ruby and the rockits” for

Posted on October 1, 2011 by markweiss86

i tried to re-form my high school newspaper staff to talk about the kingdom and the power and all i got was a trip to the moon. Continue reading →

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Jody Naranjo announces The Pueblo Girls label and band

Posted on September 23, 2011 by markweiss86

At Indian Market I met Jody Naranjo, a renowned potter from Santa Clara Pueblo living in Albuquerque. She and I decided to take the fictitious rock band The Pueblo Girls, seen on this red ribbon winning vase, and turn the … Continue reading →

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