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

Galaxies 12, Giants 2, Twins 1

Posted on June 24, 2011 by markweiss86

I saw the Giants beat the Twins, behind Ryan Vogelsong’s stellar mound outing, 2-1, but also enjoyed snapping some shots of Frank Chu, whose cryptic messages were the inspiration for the naming of the 12 Galaxies nightclub in SF, where … Continue reading →

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Calobo and Decemberists

Posted on June 11, 2011 by markweiss86

why we fight why we use dvr and search injuns Continue reading →

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Shields and yarns: a review of “Reality Hunger”

Posted on June 11, 2011 by markweiss86

I met David Shields author of “Reality Hunger” and am plugging his book based on that. Continue reading →

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Bring dat Dawson trash

Posted on June 8, 2011 by markweiss86

dat truck deh is trash or twin cities’ bring dat shit but not das racist Continue reading →

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Campy and cubby shirts

Posted on May 31, 2011 by markweiss86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZbearvNxRI I cannot resist a quick post about The Baseball Project, featuring Steve Wynn and Peter Buck, performing last night at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. I believe the first line of above song references the day that Campy Campaneris … Continue reading →

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JC Brooks is Passing Strange

Posted on May 18, 2011 by markweiss86

Passing Strange in chicago, back where it all started for this signifying monkey. Continue reading →

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Thurston Moore and Alden Van Buskirk

Posted on May 18, 2011 by markweiss86

blood never lies Continue reading →

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Fret de la musique

Posted on May 10, 2011 by markweiss86

we are the world here means that we are pretending that there is only the English language, spoken by white people, for no pay — the only people who get paid at Palo Alto’s “World Music” Day are the police. Where sour grapes meet dancing raisins, per haps. Continue reading →

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Myself when I am Patch

Posted on May 6, 2011 by markweiss86

It is 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon and I would rather be back on my bike heading across campus and catching some of the pow wow not here at a table in a chair tapping the keys to a computer, even a name-brand one. Continue reading →

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Dao, digressions, dreaming and diaspora

Posted on May 4, 2011 by markweiss86

I am paraphrasing but in Dao’s chapbook she reveals that when she first came to the U.S. and was living in a refugee camp the other children would shout her name “Tieu-Dao” and she would try to disassociate or self-negate in some way by replying “Not Tieu…Not Dao”… Continue reading →

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