Monthly Archives: April 2014

23 bonbons and beisboleros from Venezuela

Posted on April 24, 2014 by markweiss86

Jose Carlos Altuve Alexi Jose Amarista Elvis Augusto Andrus Oswaldo Celestino Arcia Gregor Miguel Blanco Asdrubal Jose Cabrera Jose Miguel Cabrera Alberto Jose Callaspo Ronny Cedeno Francisco Cervelli Endy De Jesus Chavez Alcides Escobar Eduardo Jose Escobar Freddy Jose Galvis … Continue reading →

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I am not working on my blog because there are this many things more interesting than my new computer, tempting though it may be

Posted on April 23, 2014 by markweiss86

I am not working on my blog because there are this many — 12 — things more interesting than my new computer, tempting though it may be. At Printer’s Inc, Cafe, Palo Alto, with about 90 minutes to be “productive”. … Continue reading →

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Does the Vivian Maier movie “dargerize” the nanny?

Posted on April 21, 2014 by markweiss86

(originally a draft of something I was to post on another wordpress site) I thought of Darger in relation to Maier, and found your blog. (Part Time Lion Timer by Gretchen Jacobsen aka Wilhemina Frame, on wordpress) A difference between Jessica … Continue reading →

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How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fools hand? (Rubin Carter 1937-2014)

Posted on April 21, 2014 by markweiss86
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Giant Steps from Stanley to Ted to Plastic Alto

Posted on April 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Stanley Jordan’s “Friends” cd, from 2011 on Grosse-Point-based Mack Avenue features he and Mike Stern (with Kenwood Dennard restricting himself to the pacing) working thru a unique arrangement of “Giant Steps”, the prodigious contribution to the canon by John Coltrane. … Continue reading →

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Red or Green Native American former mascots

Posted on April 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Disregarding the copyright

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Earthwise Spylist: Average Joes, of Nashville and Atlanta (on Plastic Alto)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Noah Gordon, of Sparta, Illinois outside St. Louis, Southern Illinois, if you think Miles Davis and Walt Frazier more than Muddy Waters and Ron Santo, has a label in Nashville and Atlanta called Average Joes. I wanted to see what … Continue reading →

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Hurray For the Riff Raff at Independent in SF on April 22 Earthday

Posted on April 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I only heard of this band via The New Yorker, but they are on ATO and apparently have sold out The Independent for a show on April 22 which is also, for some people, Earth Day. Hurray for Hurray For … Continue reading →

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23 small New Yorker Caroliner Plastic alters

Posted on April 16, 2014 by markweiss86

1. Abe Rosenthal has a book on the murder of Kitty Genovese, three letters to the editor, regarding something published March 10, 2014; 2. Alynda Lee Segarra, 27, Hurray for the Riff Raff, of New Orleans, part of the American … Continue reading →

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A dose of kudos for Dan Fagin

Posted on April 16, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to Dan Fagin ’85, Pulitzer-Prize-winning former Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth. What I remember most about his directorate was them sitting around the lounge in Robinson Hall watching “The McLaughlin Group”and their banter and discussion would soon escalate to drown … Continue reading →

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