Monthly Archives: May 2014

MMW v. voice of teacher, Palo Alto 7/29/96

Posted on May 27, 2014 by markweiss86

  Medeski Martin Wood 7-29-96 Cubberly Community Center (Max capacity 330, I’d say about 100 people that night*) Palo Alto, CA This is a great-sounding AUD recording of a very nice show. Source: (Mikey Perrott) Schoeps CMC6 + MK4 Genealogy: … Continue reading →

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Andrew Bernstein and the Homer Warehouse shows

Posted on May 22, 2014 by markweiss86

I snagged a copy of “California Slim: The Music, the Magic, and the Madness” a memoir by Andrew Bernstein, who knew Bill Kreutzman and Gregg Rolie growing up in Palo Alto, and also toured as part of Willie Nelson’s gang. … Continue reading →

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Alex De Grassi part of The Varsity Theatre guitar pantheon

Posted on May 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Eric Hanson, who appears most often in Plastic Alto as the baseball poet and Cleveland Indians fan, is now an agent with Baylin Artist Management in Philadelphia, an agency whose clients include Matt Haimovitz, Christopher Riley, Kaki King and Rani … Continue reading →

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Rock off with your balk-off (from Eric Hanson ‘Tribelines’ poetry archive)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Game 47 – Indians 11, Tigers 10“A trickle of strangers were all that were left alivePanic in Detroit”– “Panic in Detroit” from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane (1973)Some said this was year’s best gameShould be in some hall of fameNot because … Continue reading →

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Everybody trip: the third decade and Counting for A.D. and them

Posted on May 22, 2014 by markweiss86

It’s precisely because Adam Duritz and Counting Crows epitomize my scene, my generation, my hopes and aspirations for this world, and everything after, that I am gonna bust his chops a little here in Plastic Alto. And not that he … Continue reading →

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Mona Simpson at Kepler’s

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

MK of The Times likes the new Mona Simpson book, “Casebook.” I found for $1 a fairly clean (or hardly soiled) first of her 2010 “My Hollywood” at Menlo Park library, around the corner. The clerk misunderstood me about Mona … Continue reading →

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The Croix de Palo Alto

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Back in the day the San Francisco Giants had a promotion wherein if you stayed to the end of an extra innings game, at often breezy and brisk Candlestick Park, you would receive a little prize, a pin called Croix … Continue reading →

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Helen Sung anthem for a new day

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Or Introducing Thelonious Helen Yu-Nguyen Fajardo Helen Sung anthem for a new day, is a cd released in February on Concord, her major label debut, her sixth cd as a leader. She came thru the 650 in February, to Pete … Continue reading →

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Gunn boosts athletic program with German hire

Posted on May 19, 2014 by markweiss86

The Gunn High Titans athletic department recently hired an internationally-known German cross country skier, Denise Herrmann, to help narrow the gap between them and the cross-town Vikings. In addition to the current 20 sports, Gunn will be adding cross country … Continue reading →

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To solve everything, click here…soon

Posted on May 19, 2014 by markweiss86

We have been working closing with an outside contractor to map the process and begin the conversion of our old microfiche blueprint plans to a digital format.  This will be a multi-year effort to convert all of the 125,000 fiche … Continue reading →

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