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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
Posted in jazz, media, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged brother thelonious, eddie gale, Mccutchen, thelonious monk
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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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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
Posted in media, Plato's Republic, Uncategorized
Tagged beastie boys, bulworth, cheech and chong
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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
Posted in art, Uncategorized
Tagged calobo, Cubberley, Earthwise Productions, michele nelson, michele turner, the decemberists
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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
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
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
Posted in music, Plato's Republic, sex, Uncategorized
Tagged henry butler, mississippi, nina simone, Palo Alto
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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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Tagged clermont-ferrand, heaven, henry butler
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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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