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

!TAYLOR HO! Jazz and Bike event, free at Lytton Plaza Saturday, September 20

Posted on August 27, 2014 by markweiss86

!TAYLOR HO! is my working title for an on-the-fly event I am adding to my and Earthwise’s busy fall schedule. Taylor Ho Bynum is a jazz musician based in the East Coast who plays cornet –a small trumpet — and … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Doug Moran of Barron Park

Posted on August 26, 2014 by markweiss86

Edit to add, three years later: I would not recant this per se but would say that 1) I do respect and admire Doug Moran and his role in local public affairs and 2) I do admit that in the … Continue reading →

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Lin Sunde ditty

Posted on August 25, 2014 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Downtown North 0 minutes ago Mark Weiss is a registered user. That would be funny if they posed him in his JLS jersey.
actually there is a painter locally who did a great portrait … Continue reading →

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In this picture please note that both Weiss and his drummer are wearing green

Posted on August 24, 2014 by markweiss86

pasting in my submission to Sierra club, minus the actual names and emails of their people Mark Weiss: Congratulations on your decision to run for Palo Alto City Council this fall. If you are interested in receiving the endorsements of … Continue reading →

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Richard Sherman v. 385 Sherman

Posted on August 21, 2014 by markweiss86

The quiet enjoyment of humble Palo Alto condo-dwellers, who open their doors to each other each morning and drink tea, is threatened, as is the nearby Sarah Wallis Park, by an over-massive and greedy development at 385 Sherman proposed by … Continue reading →

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Fire go come say labor

Posted on August 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Not really. I saw a group of rather bored and uninspired people, checking their devices — about 8 out of 40 or so, or pack up their stuff and leave. I met my quasi-neighbor Gary Kremen, running for Water Board, … Continue reading →

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Zasu Pitts at the New Varsity, circa 1988

Posted on August 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Randy Lutge is the Les Blank of Palo Alto, and his New Orleans is the New Varsity. He has about 500 films of acts and artists performing live music there, 456 University, in the late 1980s and early 1990s when … Continue reading →

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Matt Gonzalez, part 2

Posted on August 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Matt Gonzalez actually called back, between appointments, and added some additional critique to my efforts. He suggested that even as the Residentialists are becoming bolder here in their push-back against the Developers, that people want a positive message. I agree. … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for some Edelman, er, exercise, er, lunch?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by markweiss86

reprinted from three years ago, with addendum: This run by Julian Edelman, of the New England Patriots, a former Woodside High and CSM football hero, makes me wish I had done my recent smog check at Frank Edelman’s A-1 AutoTech … Continue reading →

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Wooden ship

Posted on August 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Lame duck Palo Alto City Council Member Larry Klein tries to quote basketball coaching legend John Wooden tonight from dias. “As John Wooden would say (if he were polled on loop technology, or using staff time as a subsidy for … Continue reading →

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