Category Archives: ethniceities

when i say ethniceities i mean “jewish”

Asch to Asch, dub to dub

Posted on May 30, 2012 by markweiss86

Photo by David Binney in Italy. I met David when he was with Joey Baron I think, they played at Hotel Cabana, where the Beatles once stayed. No, it was the Leni Stern show. Those were the only two shows … Continue reading →

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John Mayer Hat Act

Posted on May 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I rebooted my Wednesday morning by 45 minutes to review Jimmy Fallon with John Mayer, and then write briefly about it. It was John Mayer’s hat that struck a chord with me. Is he channeling Dr. John Mac Rebennack or … Continue reading →

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Shedroff farms

Posted on May 22, 2012 by markweiss86

(Hit play on both of these videos simultaneously….) nb: Nathan Shedroff is my high school classmate at Gunn High and neighbor twice growing up in LAH; in fact we first met at Temple Emanu-El Sunday school when we were about … Continue reading →

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Garchik chic

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markweiss86

— Mark Weiss saw a Palo Alto motorcycle cop with a framed license plate: “I know I know the light was yellow.” Garchik is now two for seventy-six or so in terms of printing things I suggest to her, a much … Continue reading →

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Two points for Gehry and assorted dribbling

Posted on May 8, 2012 by markweiss86

Save me Frank Gehry. Continue reading →

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Do Talking Dogs enjoy the First Amendment?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by markweiss86

After the excellent Kiwanis’-sponsored Palo Alto May Fete Parade (90th) and Fair(1st) Saturday, I had lunch with Council Member Karen Holman at Peninsula Creamery. As a convenience to our server, I had what she’s having, a BLT on rye with … Continue reading →

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Can’t stand it…sabotage

Posted on May 4, 2012 by markweiss86

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Sharon Jones please help Sharon Jones

Posted on May 2, 2012 by markweiss86

I am writing the artist manager Alex Kadvan to suggest that his client Sharon Jones (of The Dap Kings) appear or speak out on behalf of Sharon Jones of Arkansas who apparently is being swindled out of her lottery winnings … Continue reading →

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Good luck to SF Offside music series and logo

Posted on April 30, 2012 by markweiss86

The esteemed blogger, college radio dj and music nut Wedge (CM) was my source to the incipient “figuring out” of another “dynamo-and-virgin” named Laura something, from Dublin, who produces blogs and concerts under two pseudonyms including Fenderhardt or something. I … Continue reading →

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Godspeed to Dayna Stephens

Posted on April 9, 2012 by markweiss86

Whatever I was going to write today was pre-empted by noticing this teaser above the mast in The Daily News: Sax Genius Doesn’t Let Kidney Troubles Slow Him Down. Dayna Stephens first appeared on my radar in 2007 when Peter … Continue reading →

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