Monthly Archives: September 2019

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern versus Duffy’s blue bags

Posted on September 13, 2019 by markweiss86

    I am not sure what it could mean but I have noticed that, like the famous logic defying coin flip seen in the Tom Stoppard absurd play, 100 times in a row as Duffy deftly  makes his little … Continue reading →

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Samardzjia, The Shark, Serb VS San Jose Sharks, nine different citizenships

Posted on September 12, 2019 by markweiss86

I think it said: US, Canada, Russia, Czech, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, German, Swiss. See also: Cree in the crease. Also: say goodnight Lovejoy. “Goodnight Lovejoy”. edit to add: about a month later I went to the sharks game for the … Continue reading →

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Kashmir autonomy, 2019 VS Ladakh, 1990s, Helena Norberg Hodge

Posted on September 12, 2019 by markweiss86

This morning a woman in beautiful but to me foreign “traditional” clothing explained her cause as we walked from Coupa Cafe to Anna Eshoo’s office. In case, like me, you flipped thru The New York Times too quickly in the … Continue reading →

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V.Vale v Eve Valois

Posted on September 12, 2019 by markweiss86

If it is not obvious on first instance, one might recognize a pattern wherein a common trope at Plastic Alto is to compare two dissimilar items with similar names. Wasn’t there a guy on Saturday Night Live who would have … Continue reading →

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One millón runs, twenty thousand players, five hundred Venezuelans

Posted on September 11, 2019 by markweiss86

Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates, a former Giant, beat his old team the other night, blowing a fine start by Mad Bum. I noticed on the leading online baseball reference that he is listed as the nineteen thousand and somethingth … Continue reading →

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East Palo Altan artist and curator Kameelah Janan Rasheed in The New York Times today for big show in Brooklyn

Posted on September 10, 2019 by markweiss86

The New York Times has an article about a show in Brooklyn. It turns out that the woman in the accompanying picture, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, has roots in East Palo Alto and a master’s in education from Stanford, and also … Continue reading →

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Marlon Brando as conguero in ‘The Wild One’, Johnny VS John Santos, appearing in Palo Alto Friday

Posted on September 8, 2019 by markweiss86

What have we got? How about conga master and guru John Santos and his Sextet Friday at The Mitch, baby? Con-guru? Yeah, man, get your tickets on-line for a Jackson at Eventbrite or just roll on in at 7:30 for … Continue reading →

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Chip Kelly,Ryan Day, Dan Mullen — Jason Cole — all Manchester football honchos from the 1980s

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86

source: BW There are three D1 football coaches who were all preps simultaenously in Manchester, New Hampshire, according to my source, BW. Plus a strength training guru for Michigan. Which prompts our asking: greatest football player born in New Hampshire? … Continue reading →

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Molly Tuttle, most talented hands in bluegrass VS David Hess, assault rifles built from found objects

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86

I’ve been geeking on all kinds of things Molly Tuttle since announcing a show with the locally-raised bluegrass guitar star — articles, videos, sound files, correspondence. David Hess is a college classmate of mine in Baltimore who is a renowned … Continue reading →

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Jim Coulter sent me…

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86
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