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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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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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Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom

Posted on July 13, 2012 by markweiss86

I actually have no idea what this is but something tells me to paste it into “Plastic Alto”. I found this via the new Peter Selz book; I noticed Exene Cervenka in the index, as a note. The author of … Continue reading →

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David Brooks on Springsteen

Posted on June 29, 2012 by markweiss86

It makes you appreciate the tremendous power of particularity. If your identity is formed by hard boundaries, if you come from a specific place, if you embody a distinct musical tradition, if your concerns are expressed through a specific paracosm, … Continue reading →

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Nodding nod to David Foster Wallace

Posted on June 27, 2012 by markweiss86

Yesterday, to prep for my interview for Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, oblique-like, I napped for two hours by the pool intermittently balancing David Foster Wallace “The Pale King” open-faced on my lap, a super-sized LARGE TYPE varietal, that … Continue reading →

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Big ups for Lisa Brown’s ‘vagina’

Posted on June 25, 2012 by markweiss86

This starts down low and ascends higher and higher until it climaxes with word 1964, the year I was pulled kicking and screaming and laughing and herniating from, I forget the rest. 2221 actually, like from the future. Continue reading →

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Ed Ward rockpaper scissorhands

Posted on June 14, 2012 by markweiss86

I met Ed Ward waiting in line at SXSW in 2009, my most recent visit there, although that was three years ago. I just read his essay on Jim Dine, while also scanning Heat-Thunder, NPR Lena Dunham, HBO “Girls” for/by/with/vs … Continue reading →

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Dualing Ian Brennans redux: do you wanna touch vs canyon jam

Posted on June 8, 2012 by markweiss86

 

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Dualing Ian Brennans

Posted on June 8, 2012 by markweiss86

Ian Brennan is awesome. He produced a Fugazi with Sleater-Kinney free show in Mission Dolores; he a couple times took SF musicians to tour New York and Philly. He did a lot of shows in the worlds coolest laundromat, Brain … Continue reading →

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imagined query to publicist of a new band

Posted on June 7, 2012 by markweiss86

Jess Rotter Jess at Kemado Cc: Jess at jess rotter Dear Jess and or friends: Hey, can you set me up an interview with Best Coast? If they cannot respond from Europe, it can wait until July. Aren’t they local … Continue reading →

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