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Eddie Gale ‘Black Rhythm Happening’ w Brother Thelonious Belgian style abbey ale

Brother Thelonius is from North Coast Brewing in Fort Bragg and I’m pretty certain they sponsored a tour by Helen Sung Whose cousin married a dear friend of mine and who’s reed player is my former client. Whereas Eddie Gale … Continue reading

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Inoki v Koehler

Forty two years ago to the day, Muhammad Ali fought or grappled or mugged (with) wrestler slash martial artist slash he man Antonio Inoki, whereas today as of five minutesSteve Kohler KOEHL ER Taylor pronounce Kayler like the green healthy … Continue reading

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Timber

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Alcheck your head

I like Alchek. He and I applied for the same seat for this board. when I tried to introduce myself to him months later, he said, “Oh, youre the guy who did a rap during his interview” which is not … Continue reading

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A butterfly affect

I’m a gonna speak to City Council in about 30 minutes, after 14 or so speakers, about butterflies literally and metaphorically. Eleanor Laney, Palo Alto Garden Club, was tabling at California Avenue farmers’ market Sunday about monarch butterflies and planting … Continue reading

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Draft of a letter to editor of Palo Alto Post about how stupid they are in their reporting on public art

Dear Editor: I’m beginning to wonder why you mention Bo Crane so many times in your paper —especially second to last page, or cover three, or Page 11 — when you didn’t for example mention Manuel Neri (b. 1930) a … Continue reading

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Letter to Jon Jang, pianist composer historian, possibly Palo Altan (diasporic)

not by konitz I mean but i left “knit” because it was once a venue in ny. Jon, excuse me if I have this wrong but i mentioned you on my blog Plastic Alto in a long list of Palo … Continue reading

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I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Billy Taylor wrote “I Wish I Knew” in 1963, before I was born. Nina Simone recorded the most famous version, in 1967, on “Silk and Sumpin’”, released as a single, later used in recent times out of context by some … Continue reading

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Henry Butler, 69

It’s appropriate if the New York Times ran Henry’s obituary on July 4 because he was an American original. I just sent out some thoughts to another of his former agents or managers, and left two voice mail to total … Continue reading

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Two stylish girls

Dmitri From Paris, Sacrebleu 1994 v. Demetre Chiparus, porcelain, died 1947   How do i look:

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