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

Will Bernard for money

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

(For some reason, I post things to my blog that I don’t actually follow up on in real life. I was going to write to Will Bernard, then thought better. If any friends of fans of Will read this, tell … Continue reading →

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Foreigner to ride the Atherton pony May 16

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

In 1920 the first event at what is now known as Menlo Circus Club of Atherton was a pony ride that raised $500 for The Convalescent Center, the forerunner to Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. A century later — and countless … Continue reading →

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Jack Walrath w. AppleJack Walroth

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Jack Walrath, my former client, is a jazz trumpeter from Montana who went to Berklee and played with Mingus and lives in New York. Applejack Walroth is a bluesman from Chicago who played with Boz Scaggs at the 2009 Hardly … Continue reading →

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Scooby Doo nature of Palo Alto politics

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Five years in with my “constructive engagement” project, which comprises three runs at Council and now five runs for commission or boards and I have to admit I don’t think I know what is actually going on here. Even becoming … Continue reading →

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47 posts so far in March to Plastic Alto by Mark Weiss, plus this photo of him, at BV rally

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

Thanks, Winter: (I was wearing a suit to atone for wearing pajamas to the County Supervisors hearing back in January, I described below. In case a casual Plasty reader does not match the svelte guy tossing a bowling ball in … Continue reading →

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Claude Sitton according to Gay Talese

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I was re-reading Gay Talese “The Kingdom and The Power” the New York Times book about their coverage of Selma, and Civil Rights generally, in reaction to the David Oyeloow movie so this obit of Claude Sitton seemed to ring … Continue reading →

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‘Joe McCarthy to come back or Bates Motel?’ queries Christopher Matthews, Hardball MSNBC

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I was nodding off late night but wanted to bone up on Chris Matthews, who I still call “Christopher Matthews”. Not that I read him when he was in Bay Area but that I roomed at Dartmouth with Scott Rafshoon … Continue reading →

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Things I Don’t Understand: The Graduate as Comedy

Posted on March 11, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on The Waiting:
Back when Wee Cee was just a glimmer in her daddy’s eye, I had the idea to start a blog about all the things I, as an adult, did not understand or was incapable of…

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‘McDonalds Fast Food Soul’ destination at Edgewood Plaza, and I’ll waive my finders fee

Posted on March 10, 2015 by markweiss86

I’m lovin’ it, bringing a McDonalds lab to Edgewood Plaza, where Fresh Market is slip sliding away. The New York Times had a big story Sunday about McDonalds re-tooling itself under the leadership of a youngish, hippish Brit named Easterbrook. … Continue reading →

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‘Heaven Help Us All’ by Claire Daly, at Blues Alley, 2013

Posted on March 9, 2015 by markweiss86

(Claire Daly,more known as a bass clarinet side person than leader, composer or singer, sang this same song, originally recorded by Stevie Wonder, at Art 21 Gallery, on the corner of Hamilton and Alma, very near the tracks, in summer, … Continue reading →

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