Category Archives: New yorks

On a Sunday: or, ‘anticipation’

Posted on June 30, 2019 by markweiss86

On a Sunday we traveled there with our friends from Pratt. There were two points on the island that we visited. The first was a sprawling nineteenth century building that had the aura of a madhouse; it was the smallpox … Continue reading →

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Jane Monheit arguably the most famous Connetquot alumnus

Posted on June 29, 2019 by markweiss86

Jane Monheit sings tonite at Palo Alto’s Mitchell Park El Palo Alto Room, presented by Earthwise Productions (dots me). Her most famous Youtube performance is “I Won’t Dance” with Michael Buble (but from Jane’s cd) that has more than a … Continue reading →

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Monheit sends Mitchell to ‘Dreamland’

Posted on June 22, 2019 by markweiss86

Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit of Long Island and Los Angeles rode a musical magic carpet, piloting 75 of her intimates, on a tour of the American and New World songbook, Friday at the Mitchell Park Center El Palo Alto room. … Continue reading →

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From ‘My Vag’ to ‘Trump’s bathroom…’ in only six years

Posted on May 2, 2019 by markweiss86

Terry, TMW, is home early from work and watching “Crazy Rich Asians”. She said she wanto so come along to my Michael Krasny literature omnibus at Stanford tonite, which is “A Streetcar Named Desire” and Faulkner “Barn Burning”. I had … Continue reading →

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Four photos of Kirsten Gillibrand from her CNN town hall

Posted on April 9, 2019 by markweiss86
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14 piano players with whom I’vry worked

Posted on March 15, 2019 by markweiss86

  Taylor been paid since his days of underoos — which is actually a Biggie Smalls line; which I copped from Spider-Man Spider Verse; and sample Herb Alpert. andand: I just got off the phone, eight minutes, with the advertising … Continue reading →

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8 Ella songs, and their respective composers

Posted on March 14, 2019 by markweiss86

Edit to add three months later or bottom line up front: BLUF: I put this up after confirming a Jane Monheit show June 21 at Mitchell park el Palo alto room  but was not allowed to announce it until after … Continue reading →

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Tina In It To Win It

Posted on March 8, 2019 by markweiss86
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Holy Ollie-Sacks!!

Posted on February 27, 2019 by markweiss86

While reading, albeit too close to two tables at Oren’s Hummus, the new The New Yorker (Trump holding a banner during a flood), I momentarily — measured 15/16s of four beef kebab-balls and 976/1,000th of a bowl of turmeric rice … Continue reading →

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Clarence Thomas’ reckless disregard for intelligence

Posted on February 20, 2019 by markweiss86

Thanks to the Sullivan decision, it is indeed hard for public figures to win libel suits. They have to prove that something false was said about them, that it harmed their reputation and that the writer acted with “actual malice.” … Continue reading →

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