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Lisa Fay Beatty

Posted on December 5, 2020 by markweiss86

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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Their music lives on, and my versions of their stories

Posted on August 30, 2020 by markweiss86

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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Hats off to Stone Fox

Posted on April 11, 2020 by markweiss86

I would say a life-changing event for me was a benefit for Mia Zapata — to raise awareness about her murder, to hire a detective after the police gave up — in Cyclone Warehouse near The Ramp in San Francisco … Continue reading →

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July 7 is the 27 year anniversary of the death of Mia Zapata

Posted on February 3, 2020 by markweiss86

I never met Mia Zapata, nor heard the Gits, but the response of the SF music community to her death  was an influence on my decision to start Earthwise Productions. My first show at Cubberley was a showcase for The … Continue reading →

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Tale of Two Gits: Mia and Ren

Posted on March 25, 2014 by markweiss86

I noticed a week-old New York Times magazine, in my dad’s to-recycle basket, and rifled thru it: the cover story was about Silicon Valley, from the perspective of a grad student working a summer job at a hot new generation … Continue reading →

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