Monthly Archives: February 2026

Pee at Bottom of the Hill reunion show next month

Posted on February 2, 2026 by markweiss86

I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing the loud fast band Pee or PEE at Bottom of the Hill or BOTH on March 1. They played in the Palo Alto Soundcheck series at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto, June of … Continue reading →

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I may be a cynic but it seems to me that women, like Olivia Dean, the best new artist Grammy, have less agency than did Hattie McDaniel, 1936, ‘Showboat’

Posted on February 2, 2026 by markweiss86

OTOH Kudos to Danielle Wertz the vocalist and arranger, for winning a share of the Grammy for the best instrumental performance, in the project led by Remy LeBoef. Remy plays reeds, Pascal plays piano: they are the first twins to … Continue reading →

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Craig Baldwin, SF filmmaker who traveled to the fictional future with spectres of the spectrum

Posted on February 1, 2026 by markweiss86

AO Scott in NYT: ‘Spectres of the Spectrum” is a sci-fi thriller about a renegade scientist named Yogi and his daughter, Boo Boo, a psychic media terrorist, who set out one day in the year 2007 to disrupt a magnetic … Continue reading →

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Ribbit Capital takes downtown retail space for NFT play, crypto takeover

Posted on February 1, 2026 by markweiss86

I got two cookies and a carry bag out of the deal. Cookies I can eat not cookies I can accept or reject.. I don’t know NFTs other than it seems like it’s a pyramid scheme involving crypto. Ribbit is … Continue reading →

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