Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

pertaining to government, the public sector, governance, democracy, politics, issues pertaining to such, like “freedom of speech” concepts

Maybe the ‘60s ended about the time it was no longer possible to be the only student in the dorm with the first album by Van Morrison and ‘Them;’ to be the only freak in your small town; to have been one of the 400,000 at Woodstock. Even by that time, everyone had been to at least one Woodstock, everyone owned a pair of hiking boots (albeit not Austrian-made), and almost everyone had climbed Everest

Posted on July 6, 2020 by markweiss86

Again, not sure where I am or how I got here. Return of the naked guy   Something about Hunter S Thompson transcript l Did I miss last call? By about 8 years? I have no idea what I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Petra Haden tribute to Morricone VS Stew apropos of Lincoln Memorial

Posted on July 6, 2020 by markweiss86

The news feed mentions that the composer Ennio Morricone died and naturally I go to look for famous covers of “Fistful of Dollars” and I land on Petra Haden, from “Petra Goes To The Movies”.Which sends me back, second post … Continue reading →

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Something deeper than these changes, that frightened me (James Baldwin, 1962, Mark Stewart, 2005)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 22 photos.

cue the Stew aka the booya BASS:

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Godspeed you black empress

Posted on July 5, 2020 by markweiss86
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PROTECT THE MURAL

Posted on July 1, 2020 by markweiss86

k I think the BLACK LIVES MATTER mural in front of City Hall 250 Hamilton is a high water mark for culture here in the last 25 or 30 years. Kudos to the makers, staff, volunteers and leaders. In that … Continue reading →

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Jim Eshelman pole vault for Stanford, 1966

Posted on June 20, 2020 by markweiss86

He was also a Cubberley grad. I’d nominate him for the Cubberley Hall of Fame (talk to Dan Fowlkes, Bret Baird or Hans Delannoy). But going forward, with our tax dollars from COPA and PAUSD using the site for cultural … Continue reading →

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Yesterday, last year or medieval?

Posted on June 20, 2020 by markweiss86

Aram James a retired public defender and also an activist in our community – – a former Gunn football player from the 1960s, who, also as much as anyone else avidly followed my three attempts at running for city council, … Continue reading →

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Taking Szabo Fountain by Strategy

Posted on June 13, 2020 by markweiss86

Kudos Jonathan and Jack. Photo courtesy of Boxing Rose (the moms)   bw Caroleen Beatty sings the Eno Classic “Mother Eyeless Whale”:  

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Groundhog Day for drum buskers at Lytton Plaza soft re-opening

Posted on June 10, 2020 by markweiss86
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Mayor Fine opens meeting but does not resign; votes to close session, for labor negotiations, per agenda and as exception to Brown Act

Posted on June 8, 2020 by markweiss86

bw Gunn graduate and PhD in communications and robotics Leila Takayama Conversation with Kamla bhatt   Toggling between channels 23 and 26 makes me want to Outro this short item with a Beatles song one after 909 I guess it … Continue reading →

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