Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Stack and pack v. rent control

Posted on October 27, 2014 by markweiss86

But concert promoter Mark Weiss dismissed the question as “biased” and said the city would be better off exploring rent control. “How many houses would we have to build before the prices would become affordable?” Weiss asked. “No one has … Continue reading →

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Gunn falls to Homestead 42-7 yet flyers flawless

Posted on October 26, 2014 by markweiss86

I spent much of the first half of Gunn at Homestead talking to a white ex-pat Jamaican named Linval DePass whose daughter is a “flyer” for the GHS (formerly GSH or HMG) spirit squad (what we called Cheer Leaders). You … Continue reading →

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What did you do with the real Alexis Harte?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by markweiss86

I had a friend or at least business associate named Alexis Harte, a man a few years my junior who was husband and father and bandleader and played a couple shows for me, as Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto. BUT … Continue reading →

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party with trees rasta x large

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Party with Trees Party with Trees Rasta / X Large speaking of which Leon Russell at Yoshis oakland 2 nights tues and wed, $43 each 8 p.m. show STOP THE PRESSES BEN BRADLEE DEAD AT 93 (rasta x large indeedy)

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Please endorse me, William T. Vollman

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Mr. Vollmann wanders the globe like a man-child, it seems, or an outsider artist, gathering grim experience while remaining po-faced and curiously innocent. His sentences can be boring, but he himself rarely is. Last year, out of the blue, he … Continue reading →

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This sporting life: campaign journal in 10 shots

Posted on October 19, 2014 by markweiss86

I am due to hit the road and go fetch Terry, my Terry, Terry Acebo Davis the former arts commissioner, who produced and designed my Mark Weiss or Mark Bennett Weiss for Palo Alto City Council campaign buttons and yard … Continue reading →

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Weiss w. Godfrey

Posted on October 18, 2014 by markweiss86

I have three minutes between appointments here at the former Earth edit to add 10 hours later: I ran into Terry Godfrey (and family) and told her (them) that I am endorsing her for PAUSD board. As a Gunn alum, … Continue reading →

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Vintage Rebecca Erickson clarinet photo

Posted on October 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Hard to explain for first-time readers how we get from Dartmouth 86-shirt to Korean-Swedish clarinet klezmer, but here is Rebecca Erickson from a few years back (rumor has it she works in social services and haunts the Walker — if … Continue reading →

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Dartmouth’s in town again

Posted on October 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Dartmouth plays Holy Cross in Hanover, New Hampshire at 12:30 Eastern time today, Saturday, October 18, 2014 but myself and a group of faithful will huddle at The Patio, also known as Rudy II and Fanny and Alexander’s to watch … Continue reading →

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Six saints in four shots

Posted on October 16, 2014 by markweiss86

My smart phone, an android, a MotoX or something, is still a little like herding cats, electronic cats that dream of synthetic cheese, but I have stored 1,571 photos (and 120 short videos), is that is something to crow about. … Continue reading →

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