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

E.B. White’s pig’s long tail tale (meta Plastic Alto)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by markweiss86

Eighty-eight posts received exactly one hit, the long tail. Nineteen posts got two hits, for instance “In another mental universe, LAMI lives” about the Beat poet Alden Van Buskirk, I feted back in 2011. Nine had three readers. Six had … Continue reading →

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Hispanos Son El Futuro

Posted on January 10, 2015 by markweiss86

Nice chat with Patty Boyd the Demo button queen. to: Cascada de Flores free show at Mitchell Morgan center in PaloAlto today at 330 to 430 to: Labida Boyd, actually from Cairo, spinning Pasatono y Rupa y corey harris ayer. … Continue reading →

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Selma and Louise

Posted on January 9, 2015 by markweiss86

Colman Domingo plays Abernathy in the new biopic hagiography about MLK, while a Nigerian Brit named David Oyelowo plays the Nobel laureate martyred peace activist and leader. I would do the opposite, have Colman Domingo as MKL and Big O … Continue reading →

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Plastic plastic mediation

Posted on January 8, 2015 by markweiss86

Or, the ship I carry in my chest 1. Heritage: California Slim: Music, Magic and Madness, May 5, 2013 (dvd or recordable dvd, copyright 2013 Palo Alto History Association, but may be unique copy, of Andy Bernstein the logistics executive … Continue reading →

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(Weird) preview of Echo Brown one-person show at Stage Werx Mission SF

Posted on January 7, 2015 by markweiss86

in the spirit of Samsom Occum the original Dartmouth Indian or Big Green in that, according to Michael Dorris, the Mohegan or Mohican was forced to dress “in drag” in that he was already civilized enough to wear Abercrombie or … Continue reading →

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Happy new years and back to work, on the ‘stinkers’

Posted on January 5, 2015 by markweiss86

I posted this on the Weekly site and will check back every few hours to see how long until they censor me. I suggest rather than censoring me outright, they substitute a euphemism “stinkers” for my word of choice, “asshole”. … Continue reading →

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Gunn grad victim of ‘graffiti hate crime’ hoax, not the perp

Posted on January 4, 2015 by markweiss86

“Yell ‘FIRE’ yo, eo yo yo”, Michael Franti, 2006* Sean Berry, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, a stones throw – but be careful — from Stanford University, will be sentenced January 26 by … Continue reading →

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War on Drugs on Conan

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I taped the other night The War on Drugs on Conan, actually from October, 2014. They play “Burning” track 8, from their latest release. It is six minutes on the album but closer to four here. 2. I interviewed two … Continue reading →

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Economics of Happiness Portland, Earthwise and Weiss for Palo Alto roots

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

I left a pursuit of corporate happiness in 1993 and moved my belongings via a rented truck from Cow Hollow to Byrd Lane and studies activism, environmentalism and “right livelihood”. Part of that effort landed me at Bay Area Action, … Continue reading →

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Street parade, in Pasadena, NoLa and in my lap

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

I am writing about three different topics, watching two or three different games, getting ready for a movie and contemplating two unread newspapers, but took nearly 3 minutes to check out Earl King “Street Parade” plus Eric is texting me … Continue reading →

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