Hanging at the Gallery Today!

Hi 

I'm guessing that most of the folks who read my blog do not live in the Bay Area, but if you happen to be near San Rafael today, I'm volunteering at the Marin Society of Artists Art Centre/Gallery. 

I'll be there from 12-4!

Hope to see you!

KSVY Show Recap!

Here are the links to the Pirate Radio show we guested on Saturday, August 31st, 2024: 

Hour One 

Hour Two

Our next scheduled show is the second Saturday 4 - 8 at The Saloon. 

Hope to see you soon! 

I'm looking for a new place to work on some art projects. I need a big space, hopefully surrounded by folks who are accepting of non-traditional forms of art. 

If you know of any spaces, from Novato to Sausalito, I would really appreciate some referrals.

Reply to this email, and/or hit me up on Facebook, etc. (Not TwitterX, I'm hardly there.) 

Thanks, and I hope you have a great week! 

Be love.  

Ox,

Mari 

KSVY | Today at 1 - 3 pm Pacific!

Hello Again!

Arne and I are going to be chatting with John Myers during his Pirate Radio show on KSVY Sonoma Valley. Our friend Roy Blumenfeld, who occasionally takes over the LLK drum throne, made the introduction. We met Roy through the Artista gang, a fun group of folks who were in the thick of it during the Haight Ashbury heyday in San Francisco. They are group of very talented and interesting people. 

So tune in if you can and/or want to: 

I made a Facebook event, so RSVP to that and you can set a reminder that is, if they haven't changed that feature yet! ;)

Or, you can go ahead and set your own reminder to tune in wherever you are going to be at that time. 

Here is the direct link to the station - actually that is a link to a page that tells you all about John Myers the Pirate Radio show. 

Hope you can tune in! 

Ox,

Mari 

Studio Fourth Street Pics and Promises to Myself

Hello All! 

Here's a pic of Arne and me from our Saturday night gig at Studio Fourth Street. The band played well and at a balanced and reasonable volume. I had to work the mic technique a bit, so as not to overpower the PA.

Photo by Barbie Rose

More pics here

Taking a couple of weeks off from gigging as I attempt to dig in and create a video for one or two of the original songs I released a while back. 

Working toward getting some gigs out East, so I can visit my sisters, nieces and nephews, and their kids, and maybe some cousins, and old friends. 

In the meantime, I'm thoroughly enjoying my immediate family, cute grandkids, and circle of West Coast and fb friends, and am looking forward to making more music and art, i.e., transforming air into song, pain into positivity, and trash into treasure!

It is my firm belief that we all have the ability to replace our bad habits with good habits, and to bring beauty and joy into this world. 

We just have to believe in ourselves, which is easier said than done sometimes, depending upon how many levels of grief and disappointment we are attempting to dig through.

Speaking of digging, I've been engaging in some deep soul searching lately, working through the things that have been holding me back for DECADES. This process started in earnest 2015, after viewing the film "Paper Tigers" at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

If you haven't seen it, check it out. If you have trouble finding it, let me know.

That's all I have time for at the moment.

To follow writings beyond my musical adventures, subscribe to my substack or main blog,  go to maritamburo dot com

I hope you have the best possible week!

Ox, 

Mari 

Next Show: Studio Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA | August 24th, 7:30 pm

Hey Everybody! 
How are you doing? I hope you are doing well. 
Friendly reminder: 
Our final gig for this month: 
Saturday, August 24th at Studio Fourth Street, 1569 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 
Downbeat is at 7:30 pm. 
https://www.studiofourthstreet.com
This will be a low volume set, as the it is what we call  "a very live room." Luckily, we have the ability to be flexible and improvise. Flexibility is strength!  
Btw, if you are curious enough to take the time to click through to the event info page, that's a pic I took after a Saloon gig, with my previous 13 year old cell phone, which I happened to lose at the Oakland Airport. I'm still working on restoring contacts and finding snippets of tunes in progress... 
Speaking of pics, here is a link to some pics from the Lucca gig: I posted them in our Mari Mack & Livin' Like Kings Facebook group.  If you are on Facebook, join us and invite a friend! 
A couple of other things: 
I may soon be in search of a space for my Landfill Diversion Arts project - I have decided that it is time to vacate the studio I've been occupying at Marin Society of Arts Galley and Studios/Art Centre since July 2021. It's a long story, and I am doing my best to keep a positive outlook as I try to negotiate a new space in the same building. Do you know someone looking for space to create? Maybe we can start a co-op. I need freedom and space to create the type of art I want to create, and would like to be able to make some noise sometimes. 
Be who you are - everyone else is taken! 
Ox, 
Mari 

p.s., Thank you to everyone who has donated so far to my friend Elena's Go Fund Me. I am saddened to share that her most recent lymph node biopsy came back positive. As you can imagine, this is devastating news. If at all possible, please donate and/or share the link to her Go Fund Me campaign. Thank you. 

Indivisible : 2017 version

Hello Again! 

I'm so excited! The band learned this tune. We are playing it on Saturday!

Ox,

Mari 

San Rafael: Saturday, August 24th, 7:30 pm

Hey Everybody! 

Have you been watching the DNC? Come on, regardless of your political policy beliefs, you have to admit, this is quite the example of teamwork and production! You owe it to yourself to watch it. Just take it in. Lose the preconceived notions and absorb the information and the vibration. 

Anyway, we have a show coming up this Saturday! It will be a quieter show. Smaller amps and an actual acoustic piano! 

LUCCA'S!

We are Benicia bound! 

6:30 downbeat

It's an early show, like most of our shows. Reason being, I've always been a morning person, and besides, I have paid more than what I deem to be my "late night dues."  That said,  I would gladly ingest mass quantities of coffee and take a nap or naps should SNL ever give us a call...not holding my breath for that one. LOL.

Anyway, I digress. We are really looking forward to it. 

Core band, sans horns until we work up to gigs that can pay us for the privilege, or until I or Arne can score a day gig to finance this labor of love,  or until we can figure something else out! 

Details, directions are on Bandsintown or Songkick. The widget is on the SHOWS page. Don't be lazy - look it up!  

Lucca in Benicia. 

NO COVER! 

It'll be fun. 

Hope to see you!

Ox,

Mari

 p.s. Peace, love and music, and democracy over autocracy and/or theocracy!