Category Archives: sex

gender, has to do with females of the species, generally but not pruriently except in rare cases; feminism sometimes.

Kristen Strom Getz tribute at Stanford Jazz series

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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Nin Filip photography & philosophy

In Nan Goldin’s work, it is, redemptively, one of its central themes. Goldin’s art is filled with a generous attentiveness towards the lives of its subjects. Although we might not be conscious of it at first, her photograph of a … Continue reading

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Really young band video shoot at Lytton Plaza

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

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

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

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

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

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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Palo Alto hardball

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Downtown North 1 minutes ago Mark Weiss is a registered user. How is it not relevant for the reporter here to mention that the developer here is Roxy Rapp, one of the biggest developers … Continue reading

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Marine car wash Chicago 2009

She told me she had enlisted in the Marines and was shipping out in a few weeks and needed to make some extra cash for some special uniform or accessories or maybe body armor, so was holding a car wash … Continue reading

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