Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Goose at Frost

Posted on December 9, 2025 by markweiss86

I was reading about the war crimes committed in our name, in The New York Times, when a banner came acorns1 the page regarding a concert in Mexico featuring the rock band Goose. I had to look it up to … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Twenty Three Days Since Anyone Updated my Wiki Page (And I Feel Fined) by Dan Bern

Posted on May 27, 2024 by markweiss86
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Woodshedding fantasy for this summer and early fall based on Ethan Iverson’s post today: canons, fugues, looping and more

Posted on April 28, 2024 by markweiss86

Voices please enter one at a time singing the same tune from the top. Terry and I were at Fort Mason Saturday for the art fair and on our way back cut through the Presidio and I noticed this cannon … Continue reading →

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Gig algebra with jazz man Ralph Alessi

Posted on March 20, 2024 by markweiss86

FROM BIMHUIS TO EARTHWISE JULY 14 FOR BAY AREA TRUMPET LEGEND   Hi Mark,Unfortunately a grant that I thought would subsidize the the trip fell through.I’m sorry.I’m gonna try again in 2025.Sorry for the false alarm.Will be in touch. Best,Ralph … Continue reading →

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In search of Keith Mackey

Posted on February 20, 2024 by markweiss86

Fumi Okiji sang at Earthwise at Palo Alto Art Center last week, Valentines Day, with her husband Ben Davis (cello) plus Ben Goldberg (clarinet) and young blood Jordan Glenn on the traps. Fumi mentioned her actual name but I could … Continue reading →

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Al Young redux

Posted on January 22, 2024 by markweiss86

Al Young redux I wrote earlier about renaming Foothill Park for Al Young. Today, I met Gordon Young, who is Paly class of ’74. I mistook him for a Pinoy golf caddie I met at a sports bar a few … Continue reading →

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Shout out to Cazzie Russell and the 1985 New Jersey Jammers from the ghost of Kent Lockhart (1963-2023) and Plastic Alto

Posted on December 28, 2023 by markweiss86
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Assling vs Port William

Posted on November 25, 2023 by markweiss86

Assling, apparently is a town in Austria; it’s also a word used by Wendell Berry in the collection how it went: 13 more stories of the Port William membership page 81. Wendl turns 90 in August — which I am … Continue reading →

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Jerry Garcia vs Greil Marcus

Posted on November 8, 2023 by markweiss86

I thought I already commented although I may be confused but I also wish to state that at the Bob Weir show a man left early – -and slightly after me — but he had parked his Mustang in VIP … Continue reading →

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A November to remember

Posted on October 29, 2023 by markweiss86

Four final shows for Earthwise Earthwise culminates its year with four final productions in November. On Friday , November 3, at the Palo Alto Art Center, Jovia Armstrong Eunoia Society presents a cd release show. On Saturday November 11, at … Continue reading →

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