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

Being less stupid (not a Jerzy Kosinski reference but thanks for asking)

Posted on June 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Scott and I went to T-Mobil in Palo Alto on special assignment for World Cup Buzz, the App. Ironically enough, I crashed a lecture right about kickoff time featuring a Stanford educated doctorate in computers now at University of British … Continue reading →

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Gunn lands three on all-Peninsula softball team

Posted on June 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Iris Chin, Katie Garvey and Emma Wager were named today to the Daily News First Team all-Peninsula softball team. Kudos for that! (Greek word, singular, for “praise”. They should know this, since the school has a pseudo-Greek theme, with the … Continue reading →

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Puzzling evidence in Palo Alto

Posted on June 11, 2014 by markweiss86

  (under construction: time to eat the donuts….)   edit to add: Holy canoli! Did he say “Silicon Valley” at 1:40???

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News hounds

Posted on June 11, 2014 by markweiss86

San Francisco, Grant and Vallejo — Caffe Trieste exterior

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I am writing something in reaction to Bob Leftsetz, Van Dyke Parks and David Carr

Posted on June 9, 2014 by markweiss86

i am writing something about bob lefsetz, van dyke parks and david carr but so far, 266 words in I am mainly cutting and pasting. And not reading the source material much either. And in exactly 13 minutes we are either driving to the City at 3:30 or taking the 6 p.m. Caltrain to see the 7:15 Giants game, Vogelsong v. Stroberg of the Matt’s Nats. Continue reading →

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Hellmuth wearing Stanford jacket today: Stud (Plastic Alto field report from Steven J. Cohen)

Posted on June 9, 2014 by markweiss86

David “ODB” Baker completed on third street and Phil Hellmuth put in a raise after which Baker made the call. On fourth street Baker called a bet from Hellmuth and the same thing repeated itself on fifth. Sixth street turned the tables and Baker checked to Hellmuth who bet again. Baker called and checked on seventh street. Continue reading →

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Last call at Happy Donuts

Posted on June 6, 2014 by markweiss86

I am writing this post remote from Happy Donuts, its last day, last 9 hours. 1. This is admittedly a weird place to start even a lyrical essay about the rise and fall of Palo Alto’s Happy Donuts, but I … Continue reading →

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Where y’at, Jolie? I mean, where you from?

Posted on June 2, 2014 by markweiss86

Four random riffs ripped on Jolie Holland; or Birds Became Boards 1. On Saturday night, performing alone at City Winery and struggling through some stifling sound problems, she sang “The Littlest Birds,” a pleasant folk song she used to perform … Continue reading →

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Lundvall Not Lundvall

Posted on May 31, 2014 by markweiss86

ReCode says Don Was is President of Blue Note. Bruce Lundvall was President of Blue Note. (ReCode says we can lift their art if we give credit. Thinks ReCode) Duly noted. edit to add: more to the point, Dan Ouellette … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Games

Posted on May 30, 2014 by markweiss86

The Beautiful Game is 1) nickname for soccer, especially Brazilian soccer, 2) coined by Pele and served as title for his autobiography and 3) above, forming a hat trick of memes or tropes, the opening number of a musical by … Continue reading →

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