Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

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

THE BHUTAN DOWN MIND OF SAMSON KOLETKAR

Posted on May 10, 2018 by markweiss86

BLUF bottom line up front: I would find the money to produce this in Palo Alto, at the Cubberley, for the HRC or one of its initiatives — and it only took me 10 years to think of this — … Continue reading →

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Keene keen on public service

Posted on May 7, 2018 by markweiss86
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Coco coming Aug. 24

Posted on May 5, 2018 by markweiss86

BLUF bottom line up front: from the quotidian to the international scoop Plastic Alto has 12 posts in two weeks after nearly two years of disruption and relative silence. All in, this comprises 1,610 posts and more than 500,000 words. … Continue reading →

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Creamy lentil soup and signs of the Times

Posted on April 30, 2018 by markweiss86

BLUF bottom line up front: Politics is like making sausage, in this case quite literally, and deliciously. I am very responsive to New York Times. I was pleased to see the photo today of Turkish Basketball star. Reminds me that … Continue reading →

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Plastic saxophone at Perry Lane

Posted on December 21, 2016 by markweiss86

He had hi-fi speakers up on the roof of the house and suddenly out here in God’s great green mountain ozone erupts a manic spade blowing on a plastic saxophone, namely an Ornette Coleman record. It’s a slightly weird path … Continue reading →

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The Last Californian

Posted on August 25, 2016 by markweiss86

more to come      

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Jazz beats on KCSM

Posted on August 18, 2016 by markweiss86

Just now jazz in this afternoon the dj back-announced two tracks I half-heard that she said have a loose Beat theme. One was Roy Glenn reading from a Philip Whalen poem, from an album, I soon suss, called “Jazz Canto … Continue reading →

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That was me wearing Kent Lockhart’s 1981 Gunn basketball jersey on the treadmill at Palo Alto Y, in January, 2016, for about 15 minutes

Posted on August 15, 2016 by markweiss86

Hans Delannoy, approaching 500 career wins, coaching boys and girls in Palo Alto and San Ramon / Danville / Dublin, called and asked me to research the exact number of those came in 1973, at Cubberley. I went to Steve … Continue reading →

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Is Buena Vista ‘gone with the wind’?

Posted on June 27, 2016 by markweiss86

Driving past the landmark Stanford Theatre, and noting the upcoming marquee news of the cinematic classic, I am moved to compare the famous Margaret Mitchell-based movie to the situation here and now about Buena Vista mobile home park. How would … Continue reading →

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A quantum decoherence of jazz shows

Posted on May 24, 2016 by markweiss86

On a Tuesday, from 9:59 a.m. to 11:14, at Coupa Cafe, Palo Alto   Twenty years ago, or so, I produced a music series A Quantum Decoherence of Jazz shows. The series (not a festival) comprised five shows and ten … Continue reading →

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