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

Stew spiked by Lee

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I should probably not write about “Passing Strange” Mark “Stew” Stewart or The Negro Problem — MY FORMER CLIENT, 2003-2004, TEN YEARS AGO, let the Sunshine Clause in — SUNSET — WHATEVER — but it suddenly occurs to me that … Continue reading →

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Oh, Donna

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I posted on Gennady Sheyner  (“Candidate Season opens”) that any fewer than 10 candidates for five seats for Palo Alto City Council would mean that Palo Alto has thrown in the towel on Democracy. The period to pull papers, he … Continue reading →

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No man is an island, one man is a mountain

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

No man is an island, one man is a mountain. I’ve been carrying that line around for a couple days now. Don’t have time to complete the thought, let alone circle the square, but will paste in something Howard Gossage … Continue reading →

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Our Palo Alto $325,000 slush fund to undermine Comp Plan

Posted on July 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I posted this under Gennady Sheyner’s coverage of the recent Planning and Transportation Commission meeting. I hope to write soonly about the Leadership Ad Hoc Comp Plan group or whatever they are called. People I like on that group, of … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Free Press website covers Grand Jury report about 27 Uni

Posted on July 12, 2014 by markweiss86

And my response: Good story, Chad. Another point about 27 University is it is actually simultaneous with 456 University potentially back-online as a place for public events: City of Palo Alto staff actually took what they were hearing from residents … Continue reading →

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Mahna Mahna break from World Cup semis

Posted on July 4, 2014 by markweiss86

Watching taped versions of France-Germany and Brazil-Colombia made me want to post as an interstice Cake “Mahna Mahna” which I took as a tropicalia cover. Its actually an Italian song about a Swedish soft core porn movie. Many people think … Continue reading →

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My grand slam (Plastic Alto v. Palo Alto Weekly)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by markweiss86

I spoke below about scooping the Palo Alto Weekly four times recently: 1. Karen Holman “company-town” 2. Happy Donuts maguffin 3. Gunn graffiti hate crime as prayer “Thank God…” 4. More office space proposed for The Varsity art by Russ … Continue reading →

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Don’t Weep For Me, the Wepner musical

Posted on July 1, 2014 by markweiss86

  I just watched the replay of a song from “Rocky” the musical on Letterman and it set me to suss around a bit about Chuck Wepner, Sylvester Stallone, the Rocky franchise and this new musical. More to come. I … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Teen Sniper

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

There’s no hostages that I can see, only about 475 meters of open courtyard between me and Cherry G. The shot will be a tricky one: the bullet will become wobbly and transient as it moves through different temperature zones … Continue reading →

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What’s the Freak-quency, Timmy?

Posted on June 25, 2014 by markweiss86
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