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

Molly, Remi y La Doña –top new voices coming out of the Bay Area

Posted on July 3, 2021 by markweiss86

  My favorite new artists to listen to, track and tell people about are Molly Tuttle, Remi Wolf and La Doña, also known as Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea.Molly and Remi are from Palo Alto, though Molly lives in Nashville and Remi … Continue reading →

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While this guitar gently weeps

Posted on June 23, 2021 by markweiss86

In the R District of Sacramento is an artist loft and retail mall including a record store run by Marty DeAnda the founder of Dig Records. On the wall near the reg is a small guitar signed, it claims by … Continue reading →

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Los Panaderos demo of Cake’s ‘Mexico’ with two-voice-harmony and jawbone

Posted on June 22, 2021 by markweiss86

I met Sharon Benitez and her sister Tanya Benitez Sunday busking on University Avenue, near Oren’s Hummus. They peform in a grupo called Los Panaderos (The Bread-makers) and also teach folkloric dance to children under the name Quetzal.They were here … Continue reading →

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I bought a book and three songs popped out

Posted on June 15, 2021 by markweiss86

I bought Bruce Iglauer’s memoir about Alligator Records from the window of Books, Inc. of Palo Alto, near the Stanford football stadium.I noticed in the index a section about Gaye Adegbalola, a founder of Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women, … Continue reading →

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B.J. Thomas VS Mickey Thomas

Posted on May 30, 2021 by markweiss86

This had me fooled for a second yesterday.B.J. Thomas, raindrops kept falling on his head;Mickey Thomas, fooled around (with Elvin Bishop) fell in love.Elvin Bishop played this hit at Mitchell Park in December, 2019 that is, about 18 months ago, … Continue reading →

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Earthwise history of ska in Palo Alto

Posted on May 10, 2021 by markweiss86

Inspired by Aaron Carnes’ reading and signing at Streetlight Records Saturday, I wrote this short memoir of my experience doing ska shows here, mostly in the late 1990s, mostly at Cubberley Community Center. Aaron’s book is “In Defense of Ska” … Continue reading →

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Oblique strategy for buskers

Posted on March 18, 2021 by markweiss86
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Sweded two minute take on San Jose’s Joy Dawn Hackett doing bubble version of Esperanza Spalding ‘Ebony and Ivy’

Posted on January 23, 2021 by markweiss86

While this was loading I was checking out the original versions: reminds me of early Stew and The Negro Problem which became “Passing Strange” plus Enorchestra Brian Eno “Taking Tiger Mountain” plus Nicole Mitchell / Lisa Harris “Earth Seed” based … Continue reading →

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Lampin’ with Bandcamp

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

My bandcamp collection has 27 items:Jeff ParkerCory McAbeeRachel EfronGeorge LewisThe Sea The Sea (Todd Sickafoose)Jeff Parker Ben GoldbergEddie Gale et al aka 6×6Jonathan Richman (Please note that Jonathan Richman chooses not to participate in online culture and does not have … Continue reading →

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Sudan archived (Brittany Parks pka Sudan Archives at Noise Pop Swedish American Hall San Francisco, February 24, 2020 about 10 months ago or three weeks before Covid-19)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m still digesting her album: Did You Know; Confessions (+); Black Vivaldi Sonata; Down On Me; Ballad of the Unhatched Twins; Green Eyes; Iceland Moss (+); Coming Up; House of Open Tuning II; Glorious; Stuck; Limitless (+); Honey, Pelicans in … Continue reading →

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