Mari Tamburo

Thank you to everyone who did the research and voted your conscience this week.  If you found yourself on the wrong side of the win, perhaps continue researching. If you are not sure where to look first, try turn looking inward. I often find that's a good place to start. Don't be misled by labels or lies. 

Music: We have a gig tomorrow: Saturday, November 8th, 4 - 8 pm at the oldest bar in San Francisco, The Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue. Parking isn't as bad as it is at night. Come early for best seating, no cover, 21+. Always a fun time. Craig Cafall and Dave Powell will be heading up the guitar onslaught - it will be tasty.  😉 

Food: 

Recalls: So many food recalls lately. If the prepared pasta recall (Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, more...) is of concern, look up Nate's Fine Foods for more info on that. 

Vegan: Are you familiar with Miyoko's Vegan Creamery?  Miyoko is attempting to buy it back. Backstory: A couple of years ago, she brought in investors to help expand her offerings. who allegedly attempted to cut costs/increase profits by changing some ingredients.  They had a falling out, and as is usually the case, money won that round -- Miyoko got booted out of the company she founded. Now, to make a long story short, the company is liquidating, and she is making a bid today to buy it back. You can join the effort by donating and/or sharing. 

Thank you, Madame Speaker Pelosi, for dedicating your life to public service. While we have not yet met, you have taught me so much. 

Best, 

Mari 

First, thanks for reading. Strange times we find ourselves in these days. All the more reason to be grateful for each moment. 

Band was kickin' on Saturday. We will be back at The Saloon on November 8th, with a slight change in the lineup. 

In the meantime, I will be working on whatever I need to work on to balance that which needs to be done to with living in the moment. 

We've been losing some amazing inspirational people lately. One thing they had in common: each followed their heart and their conscience. 

I enjoyed this interview with Diane Keaton from 2010, so am sharing. 

Have the best week possible.

Ox,  

Mari 

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our Lucca show on October 3rd! We had a great time more about that here.

We have a gig coming up this "Second Saturday" at The Saloon in San Francisco. 

Mill Valley Film Festival is in full swing as well. 

Hang in there. As I have said before and will say again, "There is more good than bad in this world - it's just that bad gets most of the press..." 

Ox, 

Mari 

Ox, 

Mari 

Comments are open on that one. 

Enjoyed the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival and the grandkids on Sunday. 

Btw, updated the flyer for our friend Myron's birthday: 

 

Keep your chin up. The sun always rises. No wonder it's been worshipped for centuries.

Hope you have the best week possible. 

Ox, 

Mari 

I have a couple of recent writes on my Substack: https://maritamburo.substack.com/

And I posted something on Artsboretum blog, including a tribute to Robert Redford. And a listing 

Most recent music is on Bandcamp. 

Myron turns 80 next week. I made a flyer. 

Joy 

The morning started with  beautiful note from a new and dear friend who recently discovered my album, "Can't Go Back" - which was released 15 years ago, without the  benefit of a marketing budget, and my efforts to self market were met with ridicule, along with rejection of my proposed video ideas... So, I stepped back, and decided to instead focus my communication skillset on a neighborhood issue about a sidewalk, which was really not about the sidewalk, but about politics, communication, and how people will do just about anything to silence the truth when it gets in the way of their agenda. It's complicated. 

Anyway,  her words brought me to tears of joy and relief. 

If I still felt the need to be running on the music biz hype treadmill, I would share her words. But I'm not on that treadmill.  And since her words were sent to me privately, that is where they will remain, unless and until she decides to share them. 

Violence. I don't condone it or recommend it, except when it is necessary for self defense. 

The most eloquent words I have read so far on the Charlie Kirk assassination can be found on Mary Geddry's Substack Note:

Substack's Notes seem to be where most writers migrated to after Elon took over X and hopped on the T train. 

Anyway, that is all I have  for now. 

As always, I wish you love in your heart and peace in your soul. 

Ox, 

Mari 

Another Bandcamp Friday : September 5th! So if you haven't been able to attend one of our shows to snag a download code, give a listen and feel free to support our efforts to record more music. Also, feel free to share some of your favorite bandcamp artists by replying to my post, so I can check them out. Thanks so much.

I could go on, and I probably will at some point. Just not at this moment, because there are people who have dedicated their lives to that study. I prefer to consult those folks. 

What I will do, is ask you to muster up the courage pay attention and speak truth. 

What are you doing this weekend? 

I'll be singing with my band, Mari Mack & Livin' Like Kings at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley, CA. If you are near, please join us. 

Kings' Lineup: 

Arne Frager on bass

Dave Powell on guitar

Martin Cunningham on drums

Parris Bertolucci on keys

We know that times are tight for many of us, so we arranged for a brunch show with no cover to remove that barrier to entry. 

That said, if possible, please support the venue by ordering food and drink and/or make a donation to help me pay the band. You can support the music through Bandcamp or my Venmo. 

We will be packing the set with some familiar favorites, and slipping in some original tunes. Feel free to make a suggestion, and we'll make our best effort to play it for you. If not this time, perhaps next time. Hopefully, there will be one. 

Links to listen and support can be found here, in my linktree: https://linktr.ee/mmllk

August 9th, from 4 - 8 pm. 21 and over, no cover, donations for the band are accepted and much appreciated. 

This month, we also have a show closer to home, at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley.  It's a "blues brunch" show! 

Come on out and support our band and this beautiful community venue. 

Sunday, August 17th!

Doors at noon, show starts at 1:00 pm. All ages, No cover, donations for the band gratefully accepted. 

As always, thanks for reading, and caring. Life can be challenging at times, but we have music. 

Ox, 

Mari 

Ox, 

Mari 

Anyway, I was SO angry, I wanted to break something. I raged on Facebook, then remembered the public art piece down the street. So I went and placed some flowers there. I felt a little sense of relief. And gratitude for all the people in my community who made that happen, starting with the person who wrote Breonna's name in chalk on the concrete. 

I wish you love and peace in your heart and life. And art. And music. And whatever brings you joy, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. 

Ox, 

Mari 

Related: 

Officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid gets 33-month sentence - BBC News 

Speaking of media, please donate to your local PBS station and NPR. 

I have no plans to run for public office any time in the near future, but we all would benefit from becoming more informed citizens. 

If you feel overwhelmed, search inside your heart and connect with kindred spirits. 

Best, 

Mari 

Obituary of Dan Siegel, from his wife, Anne Weills and sons Christopher Scheer & Michael Siegel:

Dan Siegel, a pathbreaking civil rights lawyer who fought for workers, unions, and human rights advocates over five decades of civil practice, died on July 2 in Oakland. He was 79.

Born in the Bronx, Dan’s life was shaped by his upbringing in a Long Island Jewish family, his commitment to civil rights struggle, his marriage to fellow attorney and activist Anne Weills, and his family, including two sons and three grandchildren.

After graduating from Hamilton College in 1967 with a degree in religious studies, he moved to Berkeley to attend law school. He was inspired to become an attorney after being arrested in Mississippi while working with the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) to register voters. He always remembered that it was a National Lawyers Guild attorney who got him out of jail. 

Dan met Anne in Berkeley in 1968. Both played key roles in local movements to oppose the Vietnam War, support the civil rights movement, and oppose imperialism and fascism. In 1969, Dan was elected as the president of UC Berkeley’s student body which would soon bring him into direct conflict with the state of California and Gov. Ronald Reagan.

After community members beautified a derelict UC-owned lot near campus into a “People’s Park,” UC fenced off the site. On what would come to be known as “Bloody Thursday,” Dan urged thousands gathered in protest at Cal’s Sproul Plaza “to go down there and take the park.” As the crowd spontaneously headed down Telegraph Avenue, it was met by law enforcement officers firing shotguns and tear gas canisters, seriously injuring dozens and killing a bystander. That night, Reagan sent National Guard troops to enforce a curfew and ban on public assembly. 

The state bar association would ultimately use these events as a basis for denying him the right to practice law; it would take an historic California Supreme Court ruling in Siegel v. Committee of Bar Examiners to affirm that participation in protest movements is not a sign of deficient “moral character.” After winning the right to practice law, Dan went on to earn legal victories on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs seeking protection for their civil, labor and First Amendment rights. 

Dan represented workers who built pipelines in Alaska, canned food in Watsonville, and repaired naval ships in San Diego. He represented “Occupy the Farm” protesters who camped on state land during the Occupy movement, and he represented pro-Palestine activists who stopped Bay Bridge traffic to raise attention to the war on Gaza. Much of his work was pro bono, whether for unhoused people, students, prisoners or low-income workers. 

As chief of complex litigation for the San Francisco City Attorney, Dan led the settlement of an employment discrimination case against the city’s fire department, resulting in a consent decree that guaranteed affirmative action in hiring and promotions for women and people of color. Dan and Anne together represented numerous university professors in discrimination and workplace retaliation suits. In 2007, Dan won the two largest verdicts ever awarded in cases brought under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which forbids sex discrimination and requires gender equity in higher education.

Dan was elected to two terms on the Oakland School Board, serving as president. He served as chair of the Oakland Housing Authority, co-wrote Oakland’s community policy law, and taught graduate courses at Mills College. In 2014, Dan and Anne were honored by the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyers Guild as “Champions of Justice,” and cited as “a big reason why social movements are so strong in the Bay Area.” 

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests that engendered aggressive police response locally and nationally, Siegel filed class-action lawsuits which secured separate settlements with Oakland and Alameda County to implement strict limits on the use by law enforcement of so-called “non-lethal” weapons against peaceful protestors. 

His final public appearance was a speech at the Oakland “No Kings” rally on June 14, when he exhorted the crowd filling Oscar Grant Plaza to oppose Donald Trump and the white supremacist movements backing his presidency.

Dan and Anne were married in Oakland August 1, 1975. Records obtained pursuant to the Federal Open Information Act show an FBI informant attended their small wedding and reported on their union. They raised their son Michael Siegel in their east Oakland home of 48 years. 

Dan is survived by Anne, Michael, stepson Christopher Scheer, grandchildren Ben, Malika, and Hamza, brothers David, Jonathan, and Jesse, and many loving family members and friends. 

A public memorial will be announced at a later date.

Sources: 

Dan Siegel Facebook