Monthly Archives: January 2021

The search for El Palo Alto rinpoche

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86

Tree experts are checking 400 trees that were brought to Stanford Stadium to root for the football team (!) to see if one of them is the El Palo Alto Rinpoche the spiritual reincarnation of the tree that the Spanish … Continue reading →

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Random Mapplethorpe collage

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86
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Minimum wage VS Venture Capitalists

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86

BLUF: I make a pop culture reference below to a video with 750 million views and apparently a drug reference or organized crime, but when I say “Oaxaca” (wuh-hah-kuh) I am thinking about Palo Alto’s sister city exchange and or … Continue reading →

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Sixty-six images from my past

Posted on January 3, 2021 by markweiss86

To come Mark Weiss addressing City Council, on cable access (the guy in the back, Michael, always talks about fluoride in the water); staff at Ramen Nagi Palo Alto; Aaron Goldberg, piano, Josh Redman, Bing Stanford; ibid; Mark Weiss, a … Continue reading →

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Sneak peek new year’s preview of Dayna Stephens song-cycle regarding human archetypes

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

Dayna Stephens told me that 2020 was both his loneliest year and his most productive as a jazz composer. An annus horribilis plus. Besides two cds released and at least one other major commission, he wrote and demo’d a song cycle … Continue reading →

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Lampin’ with Bandcamp

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

My bandcamp collection has 27 items:Jeff ParkerCory McAbeeRachel EfronGeorge LewisThe Sea The Sea (Todd Sickafoose)Jeff Parker Ben GoldbergEddie Gale et al aka 6×6Jonathan Richman (Please note that Jonathan Richman chooses not to participate in online culture and does not have … Continue reading →

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Tony Rice football VS Tony Rice bluegrass

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

I’m watching the Rose Bowl, reading the Times and Merc and Chron, and managing the new Dayna Stephens song-cycle for my Lions With Wings label, but thinking of Tony Rice. Plural.

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