Monthly Archives: December 2014

Ducks and deer cheer $160K additional coverage via Comment Ground of SF

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The City Council has approved a $160,000 contract with Ash Ahmad and Kate Stoodley, flunkies from what I would call old school Fourth Estate and pr, dba Comment Ground, to help Jim Keene, our city manager, Claudia Keith, our media … Continue reading →

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Nina on Bob or Cultural Red Dog

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

BLUF, and I got this from Michael McFaul my long-ago Deadhead buddy although he is not in McNally but George McGovern is, BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, as I was packing up to zip off to the movies — either “Gone … Continue reading →

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Near-pin of a Mayoral Proclamation for Chris Horpel and Gunn wrestling, circa 2012

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote this, Palo Alto Mayor and Gunn grad Yiaway Yeh approved it, yet it somehow never found its way from electronic media to official parchment and presentation. (And thanks to Emmie and Julie for their comments and commitments: their … Continue reading →

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Russell and I versus a cold, uncaring universe

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Three-seventeenths into my Guinness, Niners  down by 3 their third possession, bookbag dangling, girlfriend independent, still Harbaugh-hating, 30 plus years, I am of mixed demeanor at The Old Pro, pressed between two parties of strangers, missing a quansutts gritty familiar … Continue reading →

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Helge Ternsten art at Smith-Andersen in Palo Alto

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I own a Matt Gonzales collage referencing Buster Posey from a few years back, from Krevsky Baseball themed art show, so I texted Matt, then Helge Ternsten associate Paul Williams told me that Helge collects Matt, so it goes full … Continue reading →

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People who inscribed my Terman yearbook, in 1977

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I think of the internet as a business tool, not personal, yet cannot help this frivolous and esoteric post. The people who signed my Tiger Tracks: 1. Anna Lee 2. Andy Zenoff 3. Brad Chinn, or maybe Brad Scott, but … Continue reading →

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I have been floated to this thought this hour

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

1. I spent two minutes trying to hear a recording made at a show I produced in 1999 at the Cub, over the ambient music and noise in 2014 a Sunday at Coupa in Palo Alto, and I caught a … Continue reading →

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Oren’s mousse best dessert in town

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86
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Ollie, a dog

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86
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Neutral Milk, June 2 at Cubberley?????

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Merge Records, celebrating 25 years of not working for you, but working, tips the news that Jeff Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel are going on the road next spring and summer, for a limited run. There is what looks like … Continue reading →

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