Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Porteus in the Times VS Yardley of The Times

Posted on December 31, 2019 by markweiss86

Matt Porteus the scientist and Jim Yardley the journalist were classmates for one year, 1981, at Henry M. Gunn high school in Palo Alto, California. I don’t know how well they knew each other. Greg Zlotnick might be the only … Continue reading →

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Christgau on ‘Hamilton’ VS Jere Daniell, Dartmouth history professor, summer, 1984 on ‘The American Rev

Posted on December 25, 2019 by markweiss86

1. Christgau went to Dartmouth; 2. Jere Daniell taught at Dartmouth, many, many years, maybe back to Christgau days, early 1960s; 3. Daniell’s class was on American History, the Revolution; I took this Sophomore Summer, which for me was 1984. … Continue reading →

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Dobos Torte VS Tom Dubois

Posted on December 24, 2019 by markweiss86

I got this from the Palo Alto Weekly: The motor home parked in front of Chef Chu’s sells special layer cakes, sometimes known as Dobos Tortes, and they have a brick and mortar spot in Los Altos. Tom Dubois, of … Continue reading →

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Jumpin’ On the TD wagon, only 20 years late to the dance, excuse the mixtape metafollicle — hey, that almos’ means something, (the ditty — don’ say ‘t——-‘)

Posted on December 23, 2019 by markweiss86

Bw watchman with me as I become the 3,000th person to see a 12 year old MC Lars live livin’ large video with the emphasis on “12 yo”, yo — I see what I and I did there. If (Antoine) … Continue reading →

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Larry Ochs band VS be bop rap daddy- o solo bar scene in the Marlon Brando 1950s Black Rebel Motorcycle based on a true story leather hipsters speaking their own improvised language to freak out the good people and working class of fictionalized Hollister, man

Posted on December 12, 2019 by markweiss86

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Irina Slutsky VS Joseph Sluskey

Posted on November 26, 2019 by markweiss86

One is a filmmaker who collaborated with MC Lars; the other is a sculpture and NOT The real father of 1990s all female pioneering punk bassist of the Donnas, Maya Ford. JMF z l rest in  peace power omit needless … Continue reading →

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First rap Grammy VS first grammy who raps

Posted on November 17, 2019 by markweiss86

MC Hammer Stanley Burrell from McClymonds High in Oakland won the first rap Grammy, in 1992 for “You Can’t Touch This”. Angelica sat down next to me after today’s Niners victory over The Cards. She went to Silver Creek, works … Continue reading →

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Don Cherry the Canadian blowhard VS Don Cherry the Choctaw cornetist

Posted on November 16, 2019 by markweiss86

There is something in the local rag and likely other sources about the xenophobia of Canadian hockey broadcaster (and I think sometimes crooner) Don Cherry and him calling people “them” and that recent arrivals to Canada don’t respect the sacrifices … Continue reading →

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Sylvie Simmons sluds Earthwise sonly

Posted on October 20, 2019 by markweiss86

i obviously have more to say but meanwhile here is Sylvie herself on the matter: Sylvie is an award-winning writer, the author of fiction and non-fiction books and a leading music journalist since the late ’70s. She is one of … Continue reading →

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Earthwise Amendola VS Doulas by the bay

Posted on October 8, 2019 by markweiss86

Ok, the jury is out about whether my blog Plastic Alto leverages my writing background for the greater glory of my concert and artist management business. Case in point: I noticed that although the EventBrite ticket service is working very … Continue reading →

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