Monthly Archives: February 2012

Grafton versus Selmer

Posted on February 14, 2012 by markweiss86

For a guy who names his blog “Plastic Alto” it is amazing how long it has taken me to get the name straight, Grafton as in “skin graft”. Ornette switched to Selmer after that, which has white enamel. Dig?

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Plastic Alto Top Dozen Posts All-Time

Posted on February 14, 2012 by markweiss86

its’ been a long time been a long been a long lonely lonely lonely 279 no 280 posts time. Rock and blogroll. Continue reading →

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Lin “gunning it out” with Kobe Bryant

Posted on February 10, 2012 by markweiss86

this is my dream being lived out, by jeremy lin. hoop dreams two. the humble hero from harvard leads knicks over lakers 92-85 primetime on ESPN from Madison Square garden. the kid from gunn i mean paly high — that was Joshua Lin at Gunn. Jeremy and Joseph somehow ended up at Paly — state champs. Continue reading →

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Absurd tension for IM

Posted on February 9, 2012 by markweiss86

  edit to add, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012: I went in to Safeway to try to buy the Jeremy Lin Sports Illustrated but instead walked out with The New Yorker because it had a blurb about Doomtree in New York … Continue reading →

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Foothill molehill post

Posted on February 9, 2012 by markweiss86

I don’t have time to actually write either of these but I was seized by two ideas while wandering Foothill College today: one, Janis Stevenson had a notion that Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” was influenced by Woody Guthrie, and two … Continue reading →

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Obscure Ukrainian Radiohead cover via youtube and wordpress blog

Posted on February 8, 2012 by markweiss86

My thought process went: Jerry Hannan>Dan Bern>Matt Nathanson covers>Jonathan Richman>JR covers Leonard Cohen>a skinny chick covers same Leonard Cohen song>I notice her weird name, which looks like my name and email address>Ukrainian pop singer singing Ukrainian song that the skinny … Continue reading →

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Kepi Ghoulie at first Rockage Fest in San Jose Sunday

Posted on February 7, 2012 by markweiss86

I am psyched to see good ol’ Kepi Ghoulie at the first Rockage Festival in San Jose Sunday. The two-day event for gaming and music is produced by Eric Fanali of Grand Fanali Productions of San Jose. Fanali has produced … Continue reading →

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Wishing a full Ricoh to TPH

Posted on February 7, 2012 by markweiss86

A dozen videos, 359 words, a bonus video or two hidden and a hidden document for an old friend. Continue reading →

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Chocolate Heads is the tops

Posted on February 6, 2012 by markweiss86

Although I watched part of it through the majestic glass and wood doors of old Roble Gym, I could not have been more impressed with Aleta Hayes and Chocolate Heads at Stanford. Earlier, Terry and I ran into Aleta in … Continue reading →

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Books I’ve bought intending to read

Posted on February 6, 2012 by markweiss86

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by J. Agee and W. Evans Instrument on Chronicle books, about guitars and their players, by Pat Graham perhaps Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle A … Continue reading →

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