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I’m a little piece of leather, don’t you know!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by markweiss86

stella brooks was a little piece of leather and a piece of work. just ask: woody guthrie, marlon brando, tennessee williams and moe asch. Continue reading →

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Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em, brothers

Posted on January 3, 2012 by markweiss86

(Michael Pitre, of Port Arthur, Texas and The Boom Boom Room San Francisco, 1967 -December, 2011 — he was the guy who could bridge Stephen Jackson with Fela Kuti and will be sorely missed). David James his bandmate sent along … Continue reading →

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Lisa Fay Beatty (1964-2011)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by markweiss86
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Tommy Jordan sits in with Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads ‘Howl’

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

i saw the best minds of my generation employed by downtown street team Continue reading →

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Take me, “Portlandia”

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

I saw Sleater-Kinney three times. Sold out show Friday in SF. I didn’t realize I even get channel 503 IFC — yeah! I’m only a year or so behind the times! Photo of Carrie Brownstein at NPR showcase, at SXSW … Continue reading →

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Check “YES!” for Alex Carbonel music and hoops

Posted on December 24, 2011 by markweiss86

La di dah dot tot dah I caught via the tube a live performance on a sports show of a point guard from St. Mary’s University of Moraga, California (East Bay, halfway to Winnemucca), named, and they didn’t even have … Continue reading →

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Mr. Gore and Me

Posted on December 13, 2011 by markweiss86

there’s a little bit of maria in every post i do Continue reading →

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Cantor candids

Posted on December 11, 2011 by markweiss86

It is probably not advisable to try to make a regular practice of slyly shooting other people’s kids in museums and public places, but I could not resist catching these two twin girls in front of the Diebenkorn. Here I … Continue reading →

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Stone Fox 3.0

Posted on November 29, 2011 by markweiss86

In a pleasing departure from eavesdropping on would-be and wanna-be billionaires regaling each other about their latest rounds of venture funding, angel pitches and other circle-jerking, I watched a recent UC Santa Cruz honors grad named Chelsea Bell show her bikini samples to … Continue reading →

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Twenty-seven jazz personae mentioned in Wednesday’s New York Times article by Ben Ratliff

Posted on November 24, 2011 by markweiss86

I never worked with or saw live Paul Motian, who died this week. But I know that it meant a lot to Jenny Scheinman, for example, that she got to play with him. Also, Bill Frisell. A huge portion of the jazz music I listen to or follow follows from having met Bill and his managers Lee Townsend and Phyllis Oyama. I could not, for instance, distinguish by sound Motian’s play from that of say Elvin Jones or Jerry Granelli. The only other people on this list I have met are Ethan Iverson and Chris Potter. Continue reading →

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