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Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Someday

hummingbird

Ting solo event

Randy solo event

Regular event

Celebrant Name (year)

Remembrant Name (details, year)

Tuesday

04/01/2003

the_fool
April Fool's Day

New Moon, day 01 of lunar cycle
New Moon at 11:19 PM PST

Willie Dixon (1915);
Amos Milburn (1926)

Scott Joplin (1917, syphilis);

RIP
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr (1984, shot by his dad in an argument)

Wednesday

04/02/2003

day 02 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

Dinner @ Janta Indian Cuisine, Palo Alto, CA; with TC

Women of the World, an a cappella concert featuring Mah Damba (Mali), Susan McKeown (Ireland) and Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet) @ Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(Stanford Lively Arts reference for the venue); w/TC
Mah Damba, Susan McKeown, & Yungchen Lhamo
Philippa Kiraly's Review of the 3/30 show in Seattle

Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr (1939);
Leon Russell (1941)

Bernard 'Buddy' Rich (1987, brain cancer);
Charles Edwin Hatcher AKA Edwin Starr (2003, heart attack)

Thursday

04/03/2003

day 03 of lunar cycle

Dinner @ Ross Valley Brewing Company, Fairfax, CA; with TC

the New Orleans Radiators @ 19 Broadway Niteclub, Fairfax, CA;
setlist at the BouillaBase.

Herb Caen (1916) - coined the term 'beatnik';
Richard Manuel (1945)

Friday

04/04/2003

day 04 of lunar cycle

Dinner @ Siam Lotus Thai Cuisine, Fairfax, CA; with Donya

the New Orleans Radiators @ 19 Broadway Niteclub, Fairfax, CA;
setlist at the BouillaBase.

McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters (1915);
Maya Angelou (1928);
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (1939);
Berry Oakley (1948)

Saturday

04/05/2003

day 05 of lunar cycle

MOMIX performs Opus Cactus @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley;
Cal Performances' Program Notes.
Robert Abram's Review of an earlier show (9/2002) for ExploreDance.com.
Lisa Claybaugh's Review for CriticalDance.com.
Aimee Ts'ao's Review for DanceInsider.com.
Allan Ulrich's Review for VoiceOfDance.com.

Edgar Meyer & Mike Marshall @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco.
Chris Stone has posted a nice gallery of pictures from the afternoon matinee performance.

shotgun
Kurt Cobain (suicide, 1994)

Sunday

04/06/2003

daylight savings time begins
Start of daylight savings time

day 06 of lunar cycle

John Bertsch leads a Counter Throw Workshop @ RSF

Sunday HKD Practice

Massage Workshop

UC Open Dinner @ Bonsai Restaurant, Oakland

Dinner @ Raleigh's, Berkeley; with TC

Bach Collegium Japan @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley; with TC.
Cal Performances' Program Notes.
Kip Cranna's Review for San Francisco Classical Voice.

Ravi Shankar (1920);
Merle Haggard (1937);
Robert Nesta Marley (1945);
Warren Haynes (1960)

Babatunde Olatunji (diabetes, 2003);
Virginia Wynette Pugh AKA Tammy Wynette (blood clot, 1998)



Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

04/07/2003

day 07 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD

Advanced HKD

Eleanora Fagan Gough AKA Billie Holiday (1915);
Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (1922);
Spencer Dryden (1938)

Phineas Taylor Barnum (congestive heart failure, 1891)

Tuesday

04/08/2003

day 08 of lunar cycle

TKD Workout

Inti Illimani @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley; with TC.
Cal Performances' Program Notes.
Anneli Rufus' Review for East Bay Express.
Additional interviews and biographical material (from 1999) can be found at Cal's Center for Latin American Studies.

Carmen McRae (1920);
Jacques Brel (1929);
Steve Howe (1947)

Laura Nigro AKA Laura Nyro (ovarian cancer, 1997)

Wednesday

04/09/2003

day 09 of lunar cycle
Waxing quarter moon at 4:40 PM

Morning HKD

Paul Robeson (1898);
Carl Lee Perkins (1932);
Dave Prater (1937)

noose
Philip David 'Phil' Ochs (suicide, 1976)

car crash
Dave Prater (car accident, 1988)

Thursday

04/10/2003

day 10 of lunar cycle

Neville O'Riley Livingston AKA Bunny Wailer (1947);
Brian Setzer (1960)

Kurt Vonnegut (2007, complications from an accidental fall)

Friday

04/11/2003

hummingbird

day 11 of lunar cycle

Snow-sporting @ Heavenly Mountain Resort, South Lake Tahoe, CA and Stateline, NV

Dinner @ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Stayed @ Quality Inn and Suites Casino Area, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Masaru Ibuka {cofounder of Sony} (1908);
Richard Berry (1935)

Saturday

04/12/2003

day 12 of lunar cycle

Snow-sporting @ Heavenly Mountain Resort, South Lake Tahoe, CA and Stateline, NV

Dinner @ Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hübsch, AKA Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery, Davis, CA

Herbert Buckingham Khaury AKA Tiny Tim(1932);
Herbert Jeffrey 'Herbie' Hancock (1940)

Sunday

04/13/2003

day 13 of lunar cycle

David Currie's Kick Combinations Workshop

Sunday HKD class

Dinner @ California Pizza Kitchen, San Francisco, CA, SF

Jacques Loussier Trio @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco;
SF Performances' Program Notes;
Tonight's Program (from my notes).

Dessert @ Max's Opera Café, San Francisco, CA

John William 'Jack' Casady (1944);
Lowell George (1945);
Reverend Al Green (1946)




Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

04/14/2003

day 14 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

ITOPS Lunch @ Max's Café, Redwood City

Advanced HKD Workout

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1922);
Loretta Lynn (1935)

needle and spoon
Pete Farndon (drowned in the bathtub while stoned on heroin, 1983)

Tuesday

04/15/2003

hummingbird

day 15 of lunar cycle

Alvin Pleasant 'A.P.' Delaney Carter (1891);
Bessie Smith (1894);
Dave Edmunds (1944)

Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartre (1980);
Jeffrey Hyman AKA Joey Ramone (2001, lymphatic cancer)

Wednesday

04/16/2003

day 16 of lunar cycle
Full moon at 12:36 PM

Morning HKD Workout

Lunch @ Mime's Café, Redwood City, w/Eric Dumas

bicycle day
Bicycle Day! (1943)

Roselea Brogdon AKA Rose Maddox (kidney failure, 1998);
Alexander Lee 'Skip' Spence (lung cancer, 1999)

Thursday

04/17/2003

day 17 of lunar cycle

Gonzalo Rubalcaba; Chucho Valdés @ Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA.
Jim Harrington's review from the Oakland Tribune.

car crash
Eddie Cochran (1960, car crash);

RIP
Felix Pappalardi (1983, 'accidentally' shot by his wife)

Carlton "Carly" Barrett (1987, murdered);
Linda McCartney (1998, breast cancer);
Earl Silas Johnson IV AKA Earl King (2003, diabetes);

Friday

04/18/2003

day 18 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

Ensemble Tartit @ Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(Stanford Lively Arts reference for the venue); with TC & Kaoru.
Andrew Gilbert's promo from San Jose Mercury News.
Mitch Ritter's review from Dirty Linen, A Magazine of Folk and World Music.

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (1924);
Alexander Lee 'Skip' Spence (1946)

Saturday

04/19/2003

day 19 of lunar cycle

Cal Wushu's 11th Annual Chinese Martial Arts Tournament @ Haas Pavilion, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Dinner @ Zao Noodle Bar, San Francisco, CA

Ray Brant;
Randy Weston's African Rhythms Duo featuring John Handy @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco;

Andrew Gilbert wrote a promo for this show entitled 'A Jazz Giant's Legacy' for the San Jose Mercury News, articled ID 0304190072, published April 18, 2003, but it does not appear to be available for free at present.
My sorry attempt at a setlist.

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (1924)

Randy turns 14400 days old!

Albert Hoffman
Albert Hoffman's first voluntary trip (1943)

Sunday

04/20/2003

day 20 of lunar cycle

Sunday HKD workout

Easter dinner at mom's in SF

Lionel Hampton

Andrew Hill (2007, lung cancer)




Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

04/21/2003

day 21 of lunar cycle

Advanced HKD class

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players @ Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts Theatre, AKA Novellus Theatre (as of 2008), San Francisco, CA;
performing:
Ross Bauer: Fast and Loose (2001, World Premiere);
Olly Wilson: Call and Response (2003, World Premiere);
Robert Nasveld: Muziek voor Miljarden (Music for the Billions) (1998, revised 2000, United States premiere)

SFCMP Program Announcement;
Program Notes.

Randy's Nishiki mountain bike is stolen from the racks along the Plaza-Garden interface during the show! DRAT!!

Iggy Pop (1947)

Sandy Denny (1978, fell down a flight of stairs)
Eunice Kathleen Waymon AKA Nina Simone (2003, old age)

Tuesday

04/22/2003

day 22 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout with Gaidi

Lunch @ Mime's Café, Redwood City; w/Emmanuel

Dinner @ Battambang Cambodian Restaurant, Oakland, CA

the Funk Brothers, with Joan Osborne, Maxi Priest, Darlene Love, Bootsy Collins @ Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA

Charles Mingus, Jr. (1922)

Earl Kenneth 'Fatha' Hines (heart attack, 1983)

Wednesday

04/23/2003

day 23 of lunar cycle
Waning quarter moon at 5:18 AM

Morning HKD Workout

Roy Orbison (1936)

William M. 'Red' Garland (1984)

Thursday

04/24/2003

day 24 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout with Gaidi

Henry Mancini (1994)

John Gilbert (1953)

Friday

04/25/2003

day 25 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

Dinner @ Hometown Noodle Restaurant, Redwood City

Nederlands Danse Theatre @ Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(Wikipedia reference for the venue)

Ella Fitzgerald (1917);
Albert Nelson AKA Albert King (1923);
Vassar Clements (1928);
Jerry Lieber (1933)

Saturday

04/26/2003

day 26 of lunar cycle

Birthday Party for Fiona and Chris @ near the Warming Hut, Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco, CA

Roy Haynes & Birds of a Feather, featuring Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride and Dave Kikoski @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley;
Cal Performances' Program Notes.

Duane Eddy (1938);
Diane Earl AKA Diana Ross (1944)

William 'Count' Basie (cancer, 1984)

Sunday

04/27/2003

day 27 of lunar cycle

Early HKD Workout with Gaidi and Duc

Sunday HKD workout

Dinner @ Chevy's Fresh Mex, Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA

SFJAZZ presents a Sacred Steel Summit, featuring the Campbell Brothers, with special guests Calvin Cooke and Aubrey Ghent @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco




Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

04/28/2003

day 28 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

Welcome Back Lunch for Howard @ Max's Café, Redwood City

Advanced HKD Workout

Oskar Schindler (1908)

Tuesday

04/29/2003

B+J Logo
Free Scoop Day at Ben & Jerry's!

day 29 of lunar cycle

the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley;
performing:
W.A. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni K. 527 (1787);
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491 (1786), Benedetto Lupo: piano soloist;
Unsuk Chin: El Aliento de la Sombra Music for Magnetic Tape (1993, U.S. premiere),
  (despite what's mentioned in the notes and promo pieces, the Violin Concerto was NOT performed tonight);
Régis Campo: Symphony No. 1 (2002-03, World Premiere).

BSO Program Notes.
Ben Frandzel's promo article from the Berkeley Daily Planet Newspaper.
Alan Rich's promo article from LA Weekly.
Juan Rodriguez' promo article from the Monthly Magazine.

Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington (1899);
Tammi Terrell (1945)

Albert Hoffman (2008, heart attack)

Wednesday

04/30/2003

B-R logo
Free Scoop Day at Baskin Robbins!

day 30 of lunar cycle

Morning HKD Workout

Evening HKD

Reverend Gary Davis (1896);
Willie Hugh Nelson (1933)

Casey Jones Wreck of the Cannonball Express
John Luther 'Casey' Jones (train wreck, 1900);

McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters (died in his sleep, 1983)




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