Category Archives: media

when i sneak my cell into stanford theatre and the lady, who is cool with almost falling off a ladder for minimum wage when she changes the names on the marquee, asks me not to use my cell, marshall mcluhan, noam chomsky and more

Paul Weiss in Mexico with Cupertino Rotary, July, 2005

Posted on October 12, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: Brian Moore commented on the Weekly’s obit page, which I was somewhat pleased to notice my Dad shared a column, and in the print version the page, with George Liddicoat, the father of my friend John Liddicoat: … Continue reading →

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49ers from Section 20, Box 5K Seats 1, 2

Posted on September 24, 2015 by markweiss86

My father, Paul E. Weiss (1924-2015) and I sat together for the San Francisco 49ers games for roughly 30 years, near the 20 yard line. Our seats were first called Section 20, Box 5K, seats 1, 2 and then Lower … Continue reading →

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Cardinals sink Giants on Yadda Yadda Yadda (Molina homer 100)

Posted on August 20, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: somehow I am claiming also not just Seinfeld but Nabokov “Pale Fire” and previous unpublished research or sussing or Googling or search-injuning on “Red Sox Beat Yanks 5–4 On Chapman’s Homer” and Lawrence Ritter and “hoot mon” … Continue reading →

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The searchable fortress

Posted on August 20, 2015 by markweiss86

I found your blog and this post because “The Hidden Fortress” plays tonite in Palo Alto, California, at the Stanford Theatre, a non-profit film museum under-written and subsidized (tickets are $7, pop corn only $1) by the Packard Foundation, related … Continue reading →

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Namigoro Rashomon v. Chuck Wepner

Posted on August 11, 2015 by markweiss86

(I’d like to see a fight between Chuck Wepner and Namigoro Rashomon…. Mark Weiss retired concert promoter, budding fight promoter, of middle aged to elder men — Rashomon is 95 what about a fight club focused on former William Morris … Continue reading →

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L Sax L

Posted on July 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Pat Labarbera (1944) Steve Lacy (1934-2004) Guy Lafitte (1927-1998) Oliver Lake (1942) Ralph Lalama (1951) Byard Lancaster (1942-2012) Harold Land (1928-2001) Brian Landrus (1978) Don Lanphere (1928-2003) John Laporta (1920-2004) Prince Lasha (1929-2008) Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) Christof Lauer (1953) Azar … Continue reading →

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I saw a Deadhead taper in The New York Times

Posted on July 6, 2015 by markweiss86
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Taylor Eigsti, Brad Cooper, situation summer, 2015

Posted on June 19, 2015 by markweiss86

I heard Taylor Eigsti on the radio yesterday morning, with Alisa Clancy of KCSM and was moved to call in and purchase a pair of tickets for his show Sunday at Filoli in Woodside, featuring Gretchen Parlato, the vocalist. Filoli … Continue reading →

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Bob Weir at The Greek in 1981

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I saw the Dead at the Greek about a year later, in 1982. Actually, you can listen to that show, or those shows, all 3 of them at the Achive or Dead net. I also found a stack of ticket … Continue reading →

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Brodie Jenkins as The Cathedrals / 2 at le Poisson in NYC

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Hats off to Yoshi Kato for his preview of Live 105 BFD, in the Palo Alto Weekly, for focusing on Cathedrals, which is a two-person rock band electronica featuring Brodie Jenkins and Johnny Hwin. Best music news story I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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