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Choe way out

Posted on November 15, 2012 by markweiss86

I walked upstairs office space above Jing-Jing in Palo Alto one night and bought a calendar from David Choe. I may have met his patron that night, the now famous Time Man of The Year mutant millennial billionaire from Harvard … Continue reading →

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Lefsetz on Westergren

Posted on October 10, 2012 by markweiss86

I’ve been a hater on Pandora since day one. I was psyched to see that industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz didn’t mince words on this topic: This is why the music industry hates technologists. Self-satisfied pricks like Tim Westergren who believe … Continue reading →

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Silversun Romney “Panic Switch” switch

Posted on August 17, 2012 by markweiss86

Instead of having Romney desist from using “Panic Switch”, Silversun Pickups should grant permission in exchange for Romney releasing the tax returns that, according to Columbia professor Michael Graetz in the New York Times, probably show that he undervalued an … Continue reading →

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Just a NoLa walk with Anthropologie

Posted on July 3, 2012 by markweiss86

Anthropologie the upscale women’s store has issued a smart catalogue featuring Preservation Hall and some of it’s jazz band members, including the clarinetist Charlie Gabriel on the cover. I am more of a Tipitina’s and Maple Leaf -Jacques Imo’s kind … Continue reading →

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‘Your music can change the world’: Rosemond Jolissaint pka T-Rosemond

Posted on June 22, 2012 by markweiss86

I met Rosemond Jolissaint the performer known as T-Rosemond at Fete De La Musique in Palo Alto last Sunday. He happened to be scheduled at 456 University, in front of the historic and beloved former Varsity Theatre, a site upon … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Phil Hellmuth Palo Alto poker champ

Posted on June 14, 2012 by markweiss86

edit to add, two days and two views later: a When I called my friend Steve Cohen in LA to spread the news on Matt Cain’s perfect game, he said “not only that, but Phil Hellmuth won his record-setting twelfth … Continue reading →

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Clearer story about the mouse

Posted on May 7, 2012 by markweiss86

In Palo Alto Clear Story is both the name of public art by Mildred Howard and a venture backed startup in data. Continue reading →

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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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Allen raga (for J.N.)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by markweiss86

I picked for a title of today’s post a coining “Allen raga.” “Allen” is Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), the poet and prophet whose “Howl” first changed the world’s definition of obscenity (with “redeeming social importance” or not) then years later became … Continue reading →

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Je accuse or jetaime <3 Kabbalah klezmer band from France

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

One of my new favorite bands is Kabbalah a klezmer band from South of France who will be on tour in the summer. That’s cool, but you know what’s really, cool? Maybe they could route thru Bay Area overlapping with … Continue reading →

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