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Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom rattles Mitchell Park Center in Palo Alto, Thurs., Oct. 18, presented by Earthwise Productions

Posted on October 8, 2018 by markweiss86

People can email me at earwopa@yahoo.com or if you can figure out how to post a comment below to RSVP or COD cash on delivery but otherwise it’s cash at door. The room is pretty big we should be fine. … Continue reading →

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Super John John

Posted on October 4, 2018 by markweiss86

I met John Shifflett (1953-2017) at Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto in July, 1996 when Medeski Martin and Wood sold clean the room and, on the advice of Charlie Hunter, I booked as support Will Bernard, John Shifflett, Rob … Continue reading →

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The Deacons Hop by Big Jim McNeely early rockstar when sax was a rock instrument

Posted on September 17, 2018 by markweiss86

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4bdrZy6g0 Thanks to okie dog and guy who signed that weird Oklahoma art rock Flaming Lips David cat katznelson for the heads up. If you read the tags here you can see that I’m imagining stringing together six or seven … Continue reading →

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Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of

Posted on November 2, 2015 by markweiss86

Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of. The artists, if not these new works. Not yet. One, is Dave Douglas, for “Brazen Heart” a quintet that features Jon … Continue reading →

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Ben Goldberg Orphic hit with 9 musicians at YBCA

Posted on January 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Ben Goldberg and I spoke briefly the other day about his upcoming hit at YBCA, and he emphasized that this is the only live performance of a project with a new cd he recorded and his releasing Orphic Machine, featuring … Continue reading →

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From Taylor Ho Bynum ‘Technology Austerity Manifesto’

Posted on September 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Art is contemporary if it is fluid with its environment.” —John Cage, courtesy of a David Shields tweet; check back or “search” for photos of the actual event, “!Taylor Ho!” Recently my wife and I decided to try something new … Continue reading →

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Oral communications about Taylor Ho Bynum free show Saturday Sept 20 at Lytton Plaza

Posted on September 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I am sitting, 8:15 on a Monday and already 45 minutes, we the people, our council, maybe my dinner, behind schedule. At 8 p.m. moved closer to 8:30, I will, in 3 minutes, try to say this: (about my free … Continue reading →

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!TAYLOR HO! Jazz and Bike event, free at Lytton Plaza Saturday, September 20

Posted on August 27, 2014 by markweiss86

!TAYLOR HO! is my working title for an on-the-fly event I am adding to my and Earthwise’s busy fall schedule. Taylor Ho Bynum is a jazz musician based in the East Coast who plays cornet –a small trumpet — and … Continue reading →

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Mysterious photo of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd at Cubberley, circa 1999

Posted on June 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The miracle that is the internet has brought us, not Slender Man but something almost as spooky: a photograph of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd, at Cubberley Community Theatre in Palo Alto, in 1999. I’m thrilled, as the promoter of … Continue reading →

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Ben Goldberg Bay Area Gigs: BAGBAGs

Posted on June 3, 2014 by markweiss86

Bay Area: Friday June 6, 8 pm: Michael Coleman and Ben Goldberg play Hocus Pocus! with ROVA and Johnston/Shelton Quartet Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., SF Saturday June 7, 5:30 pm Myra Melford / Ben Goldberg duo part of Myra’s program … Continue reading →

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