Category Archives: media

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A&R: stitsr

Posted on May 6, 2013 by markweiss86

smoke signals from search-injuns leads to> Spires That In The Sunset Rise In 2012, STITSR released Ancient Patience Wills It Again Part 1 and 2 available as separate LP releases. Available in the US at record stores, Hairy Spider Legs, or at our upcoming shows. Distro … Continue reading →

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Getting word in edgewise

Posted on May 2, 2013 by markweiss86

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Alden Van Buskirk news flash

Posted on April 30, 2013 by markweiss86

BEYOND THE NEWS In-depth coverage and analysis of recent significant items in the news, produced by our news department. 8:00 THE POEMS OF RATTRAY AND VAN BUSKIRK Poet David Rattray reads from his own work, and that of Alden van … Continue reading →

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Sid Mobell all around jeweler

Posted on March 27, 2013 by markweiss86

Tony Fenwick once introduced me to a fraternity brother calling me “an all-around jeweler” and at first I was taken aback; I thought it was some kind of coded ethnic slur. But I decided it was a variation on the … Continue reading →

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Arnell Soprano

Posted on March 26, 2013 by markweiss86

Terry and I ondemanded a well-above average film about the music biz called “Don’t Stop Believing” about Journey finding singer Arnell Pineda in a Manilla-based coverband called Zoo on youtube and going on to gross $500,000 in multiple dates here … Continue reading →

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Are you having a pussy riot?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by markweiss86

“Are you having a pussy riot?” I actually asked this, out loud, directed to my dog, a cocker spaniel, spayed, 14-years old, blind, deaf, who keeled over at the kennel when Terry and I were in Kona, but then made … Continue reading →

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Yardley’s ‘Brave Dragons’ hits the mark

Posted on March 21, 2013 by markweiss86

CHINA CAGERS BOOK A ‘SWISH’ BUT NOT ‘SWISHY’ From Carolina Blue to ‘His ass is blue’ in reporter’s hoops odyssey Jim Yardley’s “Brave Dragons” can be read two ways, at least; one, as a basketball book that takes place in … Continue reading →

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From VTA to Vatican for former Gunn High journalist

Posted on March 14, 2013 by markweiss86

Jim Yardley reports in The New York Times today from Vatican City on the surprise choice of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis. In 1981 I edited his first byline, an article about Gunn High students who took what is now … Continue reading →

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ps22 do lumineers ho hey

Posted on December 19, 2012 by markweiss86

Over 50 million people have watched the video performances posted on the youtube channel for PS22 chorus, an elementary school chorus led by Greg Breinberg in Staten Island. I got to this by searching for something Bob Lefsetz mentioned, a … Continue reading →

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135 plus 636 equals #@&^ in Palo Alto

Posted on December 13, 2012 by markweiss86

I have a four-deep pile of issues I am compelled to dig into and then write about, on policy pe se, here in Palo Alto, on “Plastic Alto”, if you will. There’s also various voice-mails, text messages and e-mail trails … Continue reading →

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