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

Captain Satellite circa 1970 VS Kuiper constellation 2021

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86
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Young & Restless Black Lives Matter

Posted on August 3, 2020 by markweiss86

  (I was kidding but it’s actually true: But another big reason Y&R was beloved in my family was its black characters, who flourished in the 80s and 90s: They began as background figures, but slowly evolved into pillars of … Continue reading →

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Hanks, Hanks, ‘Hanks’ VS Oswald, Oswald, Oswald, and Oswald

Posted on July 26, 2020 by markweiss86

I hereby nominate Marc Oswald to the Cubberley Hall of Fame. Marc is a graduate of the school in the class of 1976. They were only three more classes after his to go full-term and a total of 25 classes … Continue reading →

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I May S1:01 Or Hemingway black cat story

Posted on July 13, 2020 by markweiss86

I watched the first 10 minutes of HBO date rape show and then went to walk my dog and then watched the final 5 minutes or so, then reviewed backwards minutes 26 thru 13 — the meat of the matter. … Continue reading →

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Ron Jones, The Wave 1969 VS Ukraine Holocaust Disneyland 2016 filmmaker

Posted on July 10, 2020 by markweiss86
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The rail: Good week for Avenue Beat from Quincy and Nashville, bad week for TJ DeStefano of San Jose and Palo Alto: fuck 2020 low key ok?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by markweiss86

 Or as the woman once said: some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug  Debug. like dis:

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Revised version of Adrian fine Adrian Figg riff for readers of the Palo Alto Weekly

Posted on June 8, 2020 by markweiss86

(Eleven hours later, kind of reminds me of the joke when I was a kid about Gilligan and Ginger and Gilligan asks if he can stick his finger in her belly button and she says “If Black Lives Matter”..)I saw … Continue reading →

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Thank you, James Mattis, of Stanford

Posted on June 3, 2020 by markweiss86

  “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” former Trump administation Secretary of Defense, and Hoover fellow James Mattis writes, for The Atlantic. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United … Continue reading →

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‘Lady Sings The Blues’ 1972 Vs ‘Last Waltz’ 1978

Posted on May 27, 2020 by markweiss86

Bw “The Lady Vanishes” **** 1938 but first a word from Mavis Something about “Hungarian rhapsody”: So to summarize we have Diana Ross, Billie Holiday just the concept but not the music then we have a bit of Mavis Staples … Continue reading →

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Cam may or may not be appearing in Palo Alto in June, but I caught her in tv in March

Posted on May 21, 2020 by markweiss86

bw The Resisters, by Gish Jen;

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