Monthly Archives: December 2014

Two minute take on Lev Grossman on Mark Zuckerberg cover of Time, December 15, 2014

Posted on December 18, 2014 by markweiss86

cover photo by Ian Allen “Wired Ambition” Facebook CEO MZ wants to put every person on earth online photo of MZ in Chandauli, India or a soundstage ala James Carrey movie Technology: The Man Who Wired The World: MZ’s crusade … Continue reading →

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Jim Harbaugh and Steve Jenkins, circa 1981, fighting over the last maple bar

Posted on December 18, 2014 by markweiss86

I just realized that two of the most difficult and fascinating people I have met, Steve Jenkins the rock band leader and Jim Harbaugh the football coach and quarterback, may actually know each other, from Paly High in either 1980, … Continue reading →

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Fake interview with the black eyed beauty of France

Posted on December 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Or, Do you have freckle like a turkey egg? hello, bonjour, black eyed beauty of France, please excuse sil vous plais, that I am writing you via Plastic Alto the obscure blog rather than more directly thru your email account. … Continue reading →

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Pasatono De Oaxaca an vivo end Berkeley

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markweiss86
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Congrats of Gunn grad Jana Herzen of Motema for her five Grammy nods

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markweiss86

Akira Tana, the quarterback of the league-champion Gunn Titans football team, in fall, 1967, or so, is the producer of a cd by Rufus Reid the bassist called Quiet Pride and I just called him to congratulate him or it … Continue reading →

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Everybody trip, to see Pasatono Orquesta at Freight tonight

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markweiss86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86U3k1BiKI 1.This joint has 18,000 views: I am also trying to suss out the relationship between Golem, a Jewish New Music Group I saw at SXSW in 2009 and talked to — they were playing with Pura Madre — and … Continue reading →

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Andrea Pritchett, Copwatch of Berkeley and I Cant Breathe and them

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I ran into Andrea Pritchett at a folk concert in SF and got her card. I suggested she could do a one-woman show, a combination of song and story. My understanding is that she is a musician and bandleader, The … Continue reading →

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City response to GJR is inadequate and more like a cover-up than the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

There was also the potential to explore the addition of a major public benefit through a regional community theater In section 5a of the official response — required by state law — to the Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report … Continue reading →

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Why does Gunn grad Keith Peters hate Gunn athletics?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

1. “I have no sour grapes and I don’t feel like I’ve been wronged,” Lavorato said. “But, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. We would have liked to have kept playing.” “It’s bittersweet, I suppose,” said Lavorato. … Continue reading →

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Kageyama w. Packer

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I got the news, from City of Palo Alto that Peter Kageyama is booked to either speak, read from his book or maybe it’s a clinic, soon, this winter. Sounds pretty good, but I wonder the backstory. And dear me … Continue reading →

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