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30th year presenting concerts as Earthwise

Posted on March 5, 2023 by markweiss86

Jenny Scheinman, violin, Todd Sickafoose, bass, Scott Amendola, drums and effects, performing as Damn Skippy, Mitchell Park Community, March 4, 2023: soundcheck Jazz and folk at seven public facilities in Palo Alto Earthwise spring summer series 2023* Phoebe Hunt, Lytton … Continue reading →

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Dole with a pole

Posted on March 4, 2023 by markweiss86

Stanford athlete Norman Dole broke the world record for athletics pole vault in 1905. He was related to the Hawaii fruit dynasty, and one of numerous people from that family to attend Stanford. (Source: Malcolm Harris , 2023, p. 94. … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Austin

Posted on January 22, 2023 by markweiss86

Spring, 2017 nearly six years ago: has Palo Alto degraded as dramatically?   The more than 260,000 new residents who have moved to the area since 2018 might not understand that they’ll be frolicking in a symbol of Austin’s transition … Continue reading →

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Mule variations

Posted on November 17, 2022 by markweiss86

OK you can delete this if it’s too tangential or self referential or if I am just persona non grata on these pages: [Palo Alto Weekly, column about dinosaur exhibit at Palo Alto Children’s Museum, by Diana Diamond; in fact … Continue reading →

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I am a golden god?

Posted on November 4, 2022 by markweiss86

Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen; Council: as Polonius; and his son Laertes, Hamlet, cum aliis including Voltemand and Cornelius, but also Mark Kozelek, the Strokes, Steve Miller, Casey Likes, Beth Custer, Weird Al, R0bert Plant, ghosts of … Continue reading →

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Does it have to be an orange?

Posted on August 24, 2022 by markweiss86

The next day: Arguably, GBS had an impact on me, via its workers — the creatives – and its works. So it is therefore possibly organic to accept from GS&P a design for an Earthwise Productions logo that could be … Continue reading →

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Big red thing vs various balls

Posted on August 23, 2022 by markweiss86

Hey, Jeff, I want to ask you something if you have a minute. I know you run a company with hundreds of employees and several multimillion dollar clients, and therefore don’t have that much time for correspondence with freelancers from … Continue reading →

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‘I’M THE DOUCHEBAG WHO STOLE $200M FROM BANDS AND MUSICIANS: COME MEET ME SEPTEMBER 9 IN MENLO PARK’

Posted on August 9, 2022 by markweiss86
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Welcome back, sort of

Posted on August 7, 2022 by markweiss86

The new library is open five of seven days and a total of 45 hours per week. But why shouldn’t it be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days per week or 77 possible hours? By my reckoning … Continue reading →

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VMware will spend more on toilet paper than taxes in the flaccid proposal by Burt, Shikada and Dubois

Posted on August 5, 2022 by markweiss86

The local rag reports that leadership is considering capping the business tax to less that $1m per account and said that in the example of VMWare, the tax proposal, linked to their commercial lease or their real estate asset and … Continue reading →

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