Monthly Archives: June 2020

Drop the fucking mic, mayor of Palo Alto

Posted on June 6, 2020 by markweiss86

    I saw the mayor of Palo Alto speak today. Not really, I got there too late to see the podium. I could barely hear the speakers. There were 10,000 people at Hamilton and Ramona, 250 Hamilton. I taped … Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic, words | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Mother Hips meet Dena Dey

Posted on June 6, 2020 by markweiss86
Posted in music, sex, sf moma, sports | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Fugazi ‘Bad Mouth’ 1991 VS 2020

Posted on June 5, 2020 by markweiss86

A Recent Castilleja grad named Charlotte LammName checks Fugazi badmouth 1989 song as an inspiration. I wonder if she knows that band cofounder Ian Mackaye attended Palo Alto’s Terman junior high one year when his father was at Stanford sabbatical.

Posted in music | Tagged | Leave a comment

Clarinet Thing full concert Palo Alto 66 minutes

Posted on June 5, 2020 by markweiss86

Beth Custer artist Mark Weiss promoter selfie February 25, 2020:

Posted in music, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

I am George Floyd

Posted on June 4, 2020 by markweiss86

Are you? edit to add, the next day: the Rev. Kaloma Smith has an op-ed in today’s Weekly that has some sugestions to improve public safety here, apropos of race or bias. I posted this set of commments: Ventura is … Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic, words | Tagged | Leave a comment

Latest word on Nick Nolte film by Dartmouth grad Jonathan Nossiter

Posted on June 4, 2020 by markweiss86

Times says that Jonathan Nossiter, a Dartmouth ’84 which means I may have overlapped with him two years although I’m not sure we’ve met, yet I think so, has a new film called “Last Words” that was selected for Cannes … Continue reading →

Posted in film | Tagged | Leave a comment

Street parade for Paly grads, downtown north, after Ives (w vibraslap and dog)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by markweiss86

Starring: Max, Kobi. Featuring: Eric, Titi, Lars, Sarah, Maya, Jordan, Neilson, Debbie, Nick, Nick Jr, Kristtine, Barbara, Wylie, Laura B, Lori R, Jerry, Sally, Ben, George, Sylvia, Julian, Julie, “Jordan Cheng”, Ice Cream Truck, Hodes, Tyreek, Leah, Duffy, Marjorie, Mac, … Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic | Tagged | Leave a comment

Thank you, James Mattis, of Stanford

Posted on June 3, 2020 by markweiss86

  “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” former Trump administation Secretary of Defense, and Hoover fellow James Mattis writes, for The Atlantic. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Plato's Republic, words | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

R u Casti R-1?

Posted on June 1, 2020 by markweiss86
Posted in filthy lucre, Plato's Republic, sex | Tagged | Leave a comment

DiSuvero and Noguchi in The Times today by Kimmelman and Weisz

Posted on June 1, 2020 by markweiss86

I met my wife when we were both interested enough in Palo Alto’s Percent for Art program that we both toured Bruce Beasley’s Oakland studio apropos of his sculpture at Mitchell Park Library and Community Center. So therefore I notice … Continue reading →

Posted in New yorks, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment