Monthly Archives: October 2018

When I roll the dice, it will come up non-Weiss

    I’ve now endorsed four candidates for next months Palo Alto council election. Plus, I qualified my name for the ballot by petition of 35 residents, but withdrew for the race when my mother Barbara Weiss died. First I … Continue reading

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Joc Pederson homers and homelies in best month ever

  The guy who was the first PCL players since Lefty O’Doul to have 30 homers and 30 steals in same season also had a World Series home run and a 7 pound 11 once — she’s beuutifl excuse my … Continue reading

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Carrie Brownstein ‘Hung.. …’ fits

  Fits her, rocker funny tv lady mensch Carrie Brownstein NPR Potlandis Evergreen college Sleater-Kinney— I’ve seen the signs — calls her memoir “Hung.. …”. River head books NYC 2015.   Im just kidding, dig me. Hunger makes me a … Continue reading

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Mountain View blues goddess Laura Chavez spotted in New Hampshire in Austin-based rockabilly band, by New Hampshire blogger Natalie Curtiss, or her hubby

The person I mentioned below, regarding her tribute to Sorry To Bother You, also shot Laura Chavez at a music festival in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Laura was playing with Lindsay Beaver, the Alligator Records artist, based in Austin but from Halifax, … Continue reading

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Bol Park donkeys outbid by Wall St bulls

Darn I was hoping this would revert to park land, more room for the Bol donkeys to graze. Maybe for the expanding HQ of their satellite project, Jen and Perry’s Capitalist Crunch.   from: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding … Continue reading

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Thinking of Sukoenigs of musical varietal for no specific reasons (2)

I wonder if the cantor above is related to the folksinger below (there is likely a town somewhere near Minsk with 500 Sukoenig tombstones — and how many more sukoenigs and semi-sukoenigs in the diaspora?) Me:   Guy on the … Continue reading

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Thinking of Frances Toor (1881-1956) this week, 62 years later

We have a couple signed copies of books about The Americas (Peru, Mexico) by Frances Toor. She was a relative of my mother. Before my parents collected Pueblo Pottery, they were gifted a piece of  Peruvian antiquity from the Toors, … Continue reading

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Wow this just in: Natalie Curtis of New Hampshire nesting dolls tribute to Boots Riley of The Coup ‘Sorry to Bother You’

  Wow wow wow. Speaking of female ejaculations, kudos to Natalie Curtiss of New Hampshire, the illustrator and fanatic about the film, “Sorry to Bother You” which works in New Hampshire — although I also saw something, which sent me … Continue reading

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I only read enough about Red Hot Chili Pepper NBA brawl to post inanity about Andy Kaufman; and other stories

I tried to post a comment to a Yahoo Sports story about a musician being ejected from courtside of an NBA game thusly: “coincidental, I was just re-watching ‘The Big Lebowski” and another member of RHCP not quite getting into … Continue reading

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Noname TDC is brilliant revelation (from a couple years back) oh yeah that and Allison Miller Trio tonite earlier tonite in Palo Alto

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  I wrote a fan letter to her Pm just based on yesterday Colbert thing, which I saw just now tomorrow ie 1:39 am trying to chill after the show (and Tacolicius– I over-ate). Allison with Ben and Kirk really … Continue reading

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