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Good Don Cherry day

Posted on May 24, 2018 by markweiss86

Stephen Bernstein the slide trumpet player and then later from Berkeley the New York told me once that if he saw Don Cherry I knew it was going to be a great day. My version of that as someone who … Continue reading →

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We came to splay

Posted on May 22, 2018 by markweiss86

Something about Palo Alto human relations commission, the poet Nathaniel Maki, my years in advertising especially sports advertising in the Palo Alto Firebirds in the World Cup

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The Great Democracy Tap-Out (of Palo Alto) revisited

Posted on May 21, 2018 by markweiss86

It’s 9:30 on a Monday in 2018, and two of the characters from my 2011 opus “The Great Democracy Tap Out (Of Palo Alto)” are reprising their roles, surrounded by seven new leaders. In 2011, Karen Holman alone voted against … Continue reading →

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I lost or traded in or sold the car with the combination Superchunk David Gilhooly mash up bumper sticker but now have a magic silver box thru which I pretend I can see and hear Superchunk more recently than Bottom of Hill with baby in arms

Posted on May 14, 2018 by markweiss86

new video by one of my favorite bands, called Chuck then Chunk then Superchunk edit to add: 1. It was  post called “Das Sticker” from February, 2011 that is to say seven years ago: David Gilhooly Smith-Andersen bumper sticker circa 1985 … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Heads ‘Gesture Chorus’ at Mem Chu 6th Sunday of Easter, directed and created by Aleta Hayes

Posted on May 8, 2018 by markweiss86

 I was thinking that if Mrs. Leland Stanford had done nothing but build a church in memory of her child that would’ve been an incredible gift to the community. FlashForward 150 years or what not and Aleta Hayes cocreated the … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Annie Dog while sitting by the fountain

Posted on May 8, 2018 by markweiss86

As Say Ray fixed his Volvo, Jeff Carleton sat beside the Szabo water sculpture at the apex of Cali Ave Tuesday enjoying the misty ions and dry spring sunlight. I happened upon him en route by bike to North Venura … Continue reading →

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25 years of Cake

Posted on May 7, 2018 by markweiss86

ffA peek moment of my concert series was the opening notes of cake live at Cubberly Auditorium the cafeteria in fall of 1995 and although the gear was falling apart the band was playing the songs I was starting to … Continue reading →

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Words on the street

Posted on May 1, 2018 by markweiss86

 I stopped Stephanie and Steve and their dog as they were leaving the Cobblery and ask them if they missed Go Mama Or were upset that the piece was removed from kitty corner to their CalibAvenue establishment.  She said that … Continue reading →

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Turkish breakfast, two states

Posted on May 1, 2018 by markweiss86

skillet state 1, 9:30 Skillet state II, 10:05 (Expresso, two states, not shown. Next: menemen v shoshaka)      

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Why Marcel Marceau is a bad political role model.

Posted on May 1, 2018 by markweiss86

Or, getting to “———-“. What is obviously and painfully missing from Gen’s story is the context, The Downtown Cap, or THE DOWNTOWN CAP, Program L-8 on Page L-8 of the Comp Plan: Limit new non-residential development in the Downtown area … Continue reading →

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