A piece from NYT in summer 1995, that presages Ross becoming a genius of writing about classical music, the rest is noise etc: as i’ve said previous i don’t really write a blog i just paste things in, mostly notes to myself.
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TEN MINUTES DRIVING AROUND PALO ALTO IN MY DAD’S OLD LEXUS LISTENING AS IF FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE BAD PLUS ONE
1. Prehensile Dream or “Girl in jeans at Uni Ave Aporoaching High”
2. Or “Woman with Dog Wearing Backpack near Stanford Gate” (Anthem for the earnest)
3.Let our Garden Grow or “white knuckles green light”
4. The Empire Strikes Backward or i hope the truck does not hit the pedestrian
5. backhanded compliment >> chariots of fire
That actually took me more like 22 minutes but I pulled over to type
Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play
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