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North Carolina ’tis strange, passing strange

Posted on April 21, 2022 by markweiss86

I just got a short note from director Christopher Burris, who has been teaching and workshopping and producing at a university in North Carolina and I admit I don’t know Greensboro from Winston-Salem other than it is not Asheville or … Continue reading →

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A shotgun appears, and 26 years later is fired in Berkeley

Posted on February 14, 2022 by markweiss86

In September, 1995 The Negro Problem performed in Palo Alto opening for Cake, and a Black person went around town pulling down our posters because he thought we were KKK, and he called my office and I explained— Stew has … Continue reading →

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Sweded two minute take on San Jose’s Joy Dawn Hackett doing bubble version of Esperanza Spalding ‘Ebony and Ivy’

Posted on January 23, 2021 by markweiss86

While this was loading I was checking out the original versions: reminds me of early Stew and The Negro Problem which became “Passing Strange” plus Enorchestra Brian Eno “Taking Tiger Mountain” plus Nicole Mitchell / Lisa Harris “Earth Seed” based … Continue reading →

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Turn of the Stew

Posted on November 22, 2020 by markweiss86

My name’s Stew And I like screw A—- And by **** From on high Or down in front. Uniting Wall Street And Van Brunt Hanging chads or run Jeremy I’m now the long-time kind of guy. On my stake or … Continue reading →

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Mark Stewart VS Mark Stewart pka Stew

Posted on June 11, 2019 by markweiss86

I just got word from City Winery that they are doing a series of special shows in honor of deceased legends. There is a Pete Seeger show for example, that is curated by Mark Stewart “of the Paul Simon Band”. … Continue reading →

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Maybe Matt Jaffe could learn “The Drug Suite” by Stew, for 4/20

Posted on January 24, 2019 by markweiss86

   The young singer/songwriter and band leader from Marin, Matt Jaffe is turning 24 on April 20, 4/20, which in some circles and certainly not foreign to Marin especially West Marin,  people smoke dope and get high especially reggae people. … Continue reading →

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‘Passing Strange’ w ‘Passing Through’ w Pascal LeBoef,

Posted on November 19, 2018 by markweiss86

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=bUsYKfhzy_Y 1) Passing strange is an obsession of mine because it is a Broadway hit created by my former client Stew; 2)  passing through his in Xzibit and immersive 360° video work that draws from 50 years ago on stage … Continue reading →

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RNJ is the missing link between ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Passing Strange’

Posted on October 15, 2018 by markweiss86

Stew says, indeed NYT Sunday October 7, 2018 AR9 Rebecca Naomi Jones “ sang both female leads in early concerts and demos of Hamilton “ Rob Weinert-Kendt (I saw posters in subways for this production at Saint Anne’s warehouse Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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Jericka Duncan w Rebecca Naomi Jones

Posted on September 13, 2018 by markweiss86

CBS reporter caught up in the me too Broadway actress caught up in the passing strange but real… “How’s about a special of the sample of the day” Parenthesis this is minute 42 of these Spike Lee mark Stewart joint … Continue reading →

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Before there was ‘fake news’ there was Stew, The Negro Problem and ‘Birdcage’

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86

But what does Robert Hilburn know about rock and roll? (And for whatever reason I am hearing Stew all the time last couple of days and even leaving bad renditions of falsetto la-la’s on voice mail of poor innocents…which reminds … Continue reading →

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