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Lisa Fay Beatty
I’m watching the documentary “Hype” about the Seattle grunge music scene, a very 1990s experience, but when the screen flashed to 7 Year Bitch, I thought of my friend Lisa Fay Beatty. Lisa was the guitarist for the Mudwimin, who … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa fay beatty, mia zapata, veroncia de jesus
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Their music lives on, and my versions of their stories
Veronica DeJesus recently created a series of portraits, of musicians who I knew from my work as Earthwise Productions, which started in 1994 and continues, although my last concert was March 13 2020, having, like virtually everyone and everything on … Continue reading
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Tagged bill doss, candye kane, henry butler, Lance hahn, lisa fay beatty, lynette knackstedt, mia zapata, pinetop perkins, steve lacy, veronica deJesus
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Meta-post on top 12 most popular ‘Plastic Alto’ posts by topic
Here are the top 12 posts on “Plastic Alto”so far this year; put the name in search bar to find actual link. 1. Bjong Wolf Yeigh (candidate for Dartmouth presidency) 2. Lockhart Loo (Kent Lockhart, Australian basketball coach, and an … Continue reading
Earthwise showcase at Bottom of the Hill
what i liked about this showcase is that almost every artist was showcasing new material or new projects even, like a laboratory of new music, the Earthwise 15th anniversary party at Bottom of the Hill in SF, in January 2009, photos by Michelle Budziak Continue reading
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Tagged alexis harte, beth custer, billie eyeball, bottom of the hill, chris cotton, drone n bone, earthwise, el fay, glenn hartman, interstellar grain, justin markovitz, lisa fay beatty, mark weiss, michelle budziak, ramona downey, rich corny, salane c. schultz, tommy jordan, world for ransom
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Miles Davis in plastic salad heaven huis clos
miles davis perhaps as deep background for bill murray in lost in translation trades a ink drawing for a plate of plastic salad, and never addresses directly or by second person his japanese host, on tv in 1985, but i think they are in heaven perhaps, or another world Continue reading
My weekend with Nina Simone; by Lisa Fay Beatty, as told to Paul Motian, Mia Zapata and Charging Elk (in heaven)
out of the tree of life I think i picked strange fruit. passing strange fruit. passing strange angels. thank you kim chun of the chronicle for mentioning my passing in 72 Hours, on Thursday, December 8, 2011. I was born in 1964 and died in a motorcycle accident in San Bernadino County on November 25, 2011. I was 47 – Lisa Fay Beatty Continue reading
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Tagged lisa fay beatty, mudwimin, my weekend with nina simone, nina simone
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Plastissimo Alto: or, don’t walk away from the arts, Palo Alto
sid meet bethany. bethay meet sid, and sara and karen and jeanne and enrique and ms. rose if not the Roses per se Continue reading
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Tagged bethany yarrow, borders, eugene mccarthy, karen imperial, lisa fay beatty, mildred howard, nina simone, sid espinosa, the varsity theatre
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