Near-pin of a Mayoral Proclamation for Chris Horpel and Gunn wrestling, circa 2012

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote this, Palo Alto Mayor and Gunn grad Yiaway Yeh approved it, yet it somehow never found its way from electronic media to official parchment and presentation. (And thanks to Emmie and Julie for their comments and commitments: their kids! Wow! Mazel!)

And thanks to current Mayor Nancy Shepherd — mother of four who went to PAUSD schools but not Titanicly — for her recent pep talk for Chris Horpel’s current grapplers. It was fun watching 50 kids fall to the matt on cue and then pop up ready to roar.

Whereas, The Gunn High School wrestling team on February 11, 2012 grappled with, captured, pinned down and achieved, the team championship at the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League meet, a contest comprising 15 schools, including Gunn and Palo Alto.

Whereas, Coach Chris Horpel’s grapplers that day notched one individual first, one second, six thirds, three fourths and one sixth-place finishes, enough to earn the overall win in a true Titan team effort, with 195.50 points.

In the regular dual meet season, Gunn tied for first with a 5-1 mark, its only loss to rival Palo Alto (who placed fourth overall at the finals meet), and finished 8-1 overall.

Standouts wrestlers for Gunn included Cadence Lee, Daniel Papp, Ian Cramer, his brother Eric Cramer, Julian Calderon, Casey Jackson, Marco Lopez-Mendoza, James Foy, Chris Jin, Sean Lydster, JJ Strnad, Harsha Mokkarala, — the League meet point winners — and Lucas Munro and Miko Mallari, and Stephen Martin, Aaron Davis, Tavor Baharav, James Perng, Michael Abramovitch, Derek Lai, Tommy Farley and Jessica Sun;

Whereas, the results all together constituted perhaps the greatest season in Gunn’s illustrious history, and the first league title since 1976, when under coach Bill Sperry Gunn won five consecutive titles in the SPAL.

The individual girls CCS championship also won by Cadence Lee, daughter of Gunn grad Dr. Emmie Fa, her second in two seasons, also put her in an elite class of Gunn CCS champion and State meet wrestlers, including Dwight Miller 1973 and 1974, and State placer Floyd Williams in 1976, CCS champs Dan Gebben in 1979, Zach Blumenfeld in 2009 and
Stefan Weidemann in 2011.

Chris Jin, senior wrestler and MVP at 145 pounds won the Titans only individual league championship while amassing a glorious streak of 29 wins to 4 defeats.

And whereas, for coach Chris Horpel, in his tenth Gunn season, after a previous stellar collegiate coaching tenure at Stanford University and UCLA, the championship is testimony to his vision, persistence, meticulousness and inspirational qualities,
and his leadership and mentoring of assistant coaches and alumni Kiyoshi Kawano, Jonas Haro, Tom Glenn and Derek Austin; and in consort with colleagues Sarah Stapp, athletic director, Tom Jacoubowsky, assistant principal and Katya Villalobos, Gunn Principal;

I (Yiaway Yeh), the first Titan graduate to issue such, do hereby declare this Mayoral Proclamation in honor of the Gunn wrestling championships of 2012.

Here is link to Butch Garcia photo of Nancy and I with Chris and principal Denise Herrman and the team.

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Russell and I versus a cold, uncaring universe

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Three-seventeenths1418594078652 into my Guinness, Niners  down by 3 their third possession, bookbag dangling, girlfriend independent, still Harbaugh-hating, 30 plus years, I am of mixed demeanor at The Old Pro, pressed between two parties of strangers, missing a quansutts gritty familiar stance and Ramona as a pizza parlor. But I do root, quietly for Sherman and Wilson, you would already know, if you read me.

I am reading about the Koch bros during bad very bad commercial interstices and making as Scoop Nisker suggested my own news or noise or symbols 2 easily manipulated.

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Helge Ternsten art at Smith-Andersen in Palo Alto

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86
this work references a brittish diver and heartthrob

this work references a brittish diver and heartthrob

I own a Matt Gonzales collage referencing Buster Posey from a few years back, from Krevsky Baseball themed art show, so I texted Matt, then Helge Ternsten associate Paul Williams told me that Helge collects Matt, so it goes full circle.
poseybyhelge

Paul Williams busts a move

Paul Williams busts a move

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People who inscribed my Terman yearbook, in 1977

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I think of the internet as a business tool, not personal, yet cannot help this frivolous and esoteric post. The people who signed my Tiger Tracks:

1. Anna Lee
2. Andy Zenoff
3. Brad Chinn, or maybe Brad Scott, but not Brad Elman
4. Andres Fajardo
5. Chris Strausser
6. Brian Evans
7. Mark Leland
8. Marianne Chowning
I was fit enough to win a trophy and you were fit enough to break one. But it’s ok. 9. Brad Elman
10. Amy Christianson
11. Dana Boyd or possibly Dana Henderson
12. Erik Lindgren (r.i.p.)
13. Florence Reinisch
14. Dave Perry
15. Diane Collman, now known as Diane Skinner of Saratoga
16. Tom Mell: Mark I hope this summer you get a good girl thats very horny have a great summer
(and my mom asked about this one and I said I did not know, in this case, what exactly he meant, partially true, still somewhat true)
17. Peter March
18. Dan Creek: don’t have anything to say! (with a loop on the bang)
19. Natalie (not sure which Natalie, probably not McClure since she was mean to me)
20. Rob Waller
21. Peter Lyon
22. Dave Almond (brother of author Steve Almond)
23. Wendy Hines — I have to admit I do not remember her, she may be an 8th grader
24. Paul Moraga
25. Justin Clayton
26. Katy Jacobs
27. Anita Hochscheid, called me “Whiskey” not in reference to Lynyrd Skynyrd
28. Kristin Horn, whose father played punter for the Colts and played with her baby
years later on my parents rug, with my brother’s wife, Nancy the gyn nurse: did Isabelle Beddows deliver her baby?
29. Karen Grove, admitting unrequited 5th grade “fun”
30. Anne Lindee, who saw me get my first Senior Little League hit, mid-season, a 13 in a 13-15 league, inside out swing on a hanging curveball from Paul Hopper off right field fence, hesitated at second and got thrown out by a mile and a half at third, my teammates laughing at me, and I worried if that was therefore not my first hit. Anne, a golfer I think, weeks later: You are a really great guy and a super baseball player!
31. Darla Cowden, kid sister of high school All America in tennis Rick Cowden but an 8 to my 7, but wow, she wrote 80 words, maybe I should call her!!
32. Holly Wilson
33. holy cow, there is a photo of Tony Mouton on the 8th grade or Varsity wrestling team, pinning an opponent with just his legs and I was just describing this to people last week when current mayor of Palo Alto Nancy Shepherd and I called on Gunn coach Chris Horpel, and Hal Daner was there, then-coach of the Terman wrestlers, but all these years I do not know if I saw the famous pin or just remembered the photo. I last saw Tony Mouton, who later broke Joe Charboneau’s SCVAL home run record in 2008 at memorial for Dan McCalister.
34. Beth, either Davis or Arons, I am guessing Arons. No, Davis
35. Susan Herrington, daughter of Stanford police chief Marv
36. Ted Corbin
37. Eric Cohen, drew a hammer head shark, presaging his art degree with Lobdell and Oliveira at Stanford, and his MFA with Paul McCarthy at UCLA.
38. the other Beth, Arons.
39. Sally Mueller “keep on singing,it’s so cute when ya sing!”
40. anonymous:
Mr. Murray was tight
and so was Miss White
But never fear
see you next year
41. Sunny Geers
42. Ellen Liband
43. Cary Milia
44. another Susan
45. Greg Zlotnick
46. Alisa Patnuade
47. Putt, aka Cheryl Preising
48. Brad Scott
49. Nina Goldberger
50. Maria Gonzalez
51. Marcy Spalletta
52. Mary Laub, born on the same day as I
53. Nancy Parker
54. Mike Cohen
55. Tony Madayag
56. Nancy Sarpa
57. Chris Kelley
58. Kathy Schindler
59. Nick Sturiale

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I have been floated to this thought this hour

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Norman Pearl photo of Ronald Reagan in San Mateo, 1966, courtesy of San Mateo Historical and Pearl

Norman Pearl photo of Ronald Reagan in San Mateo, 1966, courtesy of San Mateo Historical and Pearl

1. I spent two minutes trying to hear a recording made at a show I produced in 1999 at the Cub, over the ambient music and noise in 2014 a Sunday at Coupa in Palo Alto, and I caught a bit of the lyric “I have been floated to this thought this hour”.

2. I am schlepping “Tiger Tracks 77” my 7th grade yearbook and exchanged 12 hours ago six texts with one of my classmates, who I said looks like Lauren Bacall (I was standing in lobby of Stanford Theatre at the time)

3. Sally Hemmings, by Annette Gordon Reed which I am suggesting will be an oratorio featuring Jeff Parker music.

4. A funky looking something something –even if one-third of her story checks out — a guitar player for Aaron Neville and Bear clan, in front of Ah-Cah-Sigh or whatnot, I was gonna try the oat mush again but could not wait out the cold.
4.a sweded in 52 minutes later: the Mayor-elect of Palo Alto should be at the Stanford Bowl game, in the suites, in Santa Clara, on Dec. 30, y’all. (her story does not check)

5. Lady at Coupa says I got a free drink after spending $150 with them — new definition of free.

6. Harry Hillman file, I am guessing 200 items will update to add literally.

7. Parker from 3 above played with Joey DeFrancesco at Yoshi’s or SF Jazz and I think cafe Stritch in San Jo either tonight — i will def go — or last night, typical. That i miss it.

8. Mayor Nancy put me on your list to buy tickets to Stanford Bowl game and I will donate a matching amount to PIE or Rec Found.

9. Mayor Elect Karen am I still on your call list or meet list?

10. PAW I am reacting: “The Industry Tripes Back” or more plainly “Palo Alto For War” in that the pro-growth group is in essence an attack on the middle class and poor and on Democratic values.

11. Rolling Stone Magazine, I bought, and should be the basis of a brief item or post: Stevie Nicks? Leonard Cohen? Inside the Koch Brothers toxic empire?

12. Koch’s float my mind to Dupont, and two threads: one, and this may be unfair and unwise: The Jah-Catcher. Two, that Chris Horpel the Gunn uber-coach also trained with DuPont and the Schultzes at FoxCatcher.

13. At Norman Pearl event at San Mateo History Museum the former courthouse, I saw Dartmouthian Ted Everett there and want to invite him to the PAHA jazz soiree I am producing and moderating lwatcdr Sunday, January 25 at Lucie Stern. Also I noted new plaques for Jim Harbaugh and Jim Loscutoff but there say “Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame”? Huh, they are Paly guys, not San Mateo! We need to start an ad hoc North Santa Clara County Sports Hall of Fame to ad hoc their ad hoc block. Palo Club, hellooo?

14. I am repeating the line that my Dartmouth chum the former NSA lawyer Jack Martin chuckled that I said I have posted 500,000 words to a blog with no readers!

15. Nia Taylor a commish here, and not co-opted by industry as far as I can tell, I mentioned to wanting to form a Palo Alto Black History Museum.

16. Like Charlie Rose, I should mean the whole week: I like the scoop about Pete Broberg the Rangers pitcher also held Dr. J to 11 points in hoops. Broberg, if I review my notes, also mentioned Ed Lucas and Karl Hendrikcs I think — with the cubs, speaking of Cub Sessions — former Dartmouth hurler. I want to rig an ad hoc list to rank the Brobergs father and son as top 6 in their respective sports and a rare double: I asked Pete if he is in Top 6 all time Dartmouth hurlers (with Mike Remlinger, Jim Beattie and those two) and then is your dad in top 6 for hoops: well, he was All America three straight years, so yes!!!

17. mine the week not mean the week, freakin auto-spell trolls!

18. I am finally wearing my Keith Haring red tee shirt from DeYoung.

19. Coupa meanwhile is regulating access to internet to manipulate people into leaving faster, not sure what to think. Back up data.

20. Eighteen hundred photos in my phone i could upload to this coo-hickey and edit.

21. Jonesing for high school hoops, and how is Gunn doing? Not averaging 70.

22. Are the warriors still on a run?

23. I missed Spoon last night at Not So Silent Night.

24. Will Svoboda of Stnaford sports info guest me to Bowl if Nancy does not help?

25. Will Steve Almond read my blog, for money?

26. What else to say about Cheryl Strayed?

27. Not one of my seed will sit on the sidewalk and beg your bread….

28. What about rent control?

29. I met two Paly kids who rocked my world, Darren Cook an sculptor and artist potentially bound for Santa Fe — I promised to hook him up with Bruce Beasley here and Mateo Romero in Santa Fe — his dad is in Lyin’ Eyes cover band, and Ms. Price tutoring him on art history despite being a class below. Then I met the Roskophs on the next table, and we schemed of development for Avenidas, he is on board, new my parents, plus Ben Junta!

30. R_ B_ guitar player, for Aaron Neville. (null set)

31. Don’t stand pat, but don’t burr as in too cold, on a sunny day. Going forward, but not for war.

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Oren’s mousse best dessert in town

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

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Ollie, a dog

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

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Neutral Milk, June 2 at Cubberley?????

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Merge Records, celebrating 25 years of not working for you, but working, tips the news that Jeff Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel are going on the road next spring and summer, for a limited run.

There is what looks like a blank date between Santa Cruz (Cocoanut Grove Ballroom?) and Eugene, which probably means Frisco and Another Planet or Live Nation or Great American/HSB, but why not fantasize that we will re-open The Cub for this show, or the new Mitchell Center in PA?

Astra Taylor, wife of Jeff, is my pal thanks to me stalking various screenings of “Examined Life”; her sister, Jeff’s in-law, Sunaura Taylor I can commission for a cool poster.

Elephant 6 bands that played The Cub: Creeper Lagoon, Beulah, Olivia Tremor Control, The Music Tapes.

If there is anybody who has earned the right to say "Got Milk?" in this context it is I, on the basis of being Jeff Goodby's go-fer before leaving corporate America for rock and indie roll; not that I wrote "Got Milk?" but I did, while riding a plane with Jeff from SF to LA for his not my meeting with Carl Karcher, suggest that tag lines were getting shorter and there would, for client to be named later, a tag "YO?!" which is eerily prescient of "GOtya?

If there is anybody who has earned the right to say “Got Milk?” in this context it is I, on the basis of being Jeff Goodby’s go-fer before leaving corporate America for rock and indie roll; not that I wrote “Got Milk?” but I did, while riding a plane with Jeff from SF to LA for his not my meeting with Carl Karcher, suggest that tag lines were getting shorter and there would, for client to be named later, a tag “YO?!” which is eerily prescient of “GOtya?


Merge Acts at the Cub: Superchunk, Imperial Teen.

It’s generally not a good idea for a promoter to promise to bring this or that act; never announce a show until there is signed contract in hand. But internet and blogs disrupt all rules, right?

Also, I posted a board tape of OTC on some site if people want to find it. Also, I have what I think are cool mini-posters of that show, if people want to arrange to have one, we can work it out.

AND1:

To
Merge Records
CC
Jim Romeo Jon Wurster Lane Wurster

(former GBS go-fer mark weiss in palo alto ; jeff and or linda harliss would shirley remember
650.305.0701)

in fact you should mine “plastic Alto” for ideas!!

in this link I claim to be the author of the famous ofent-imitated but never eaualleyd tagline

I SENET THIS TO CREATOR OF “GOT MILK” CMAPAING MY FORMER BOSS JEFF GOODBY

I WANT TO PUT IN SERIOUS OFFER FOR NEUTRAL MILK ON 6/2/15 FOR MY 25TH ANNIVER SERIES PALO ALTO

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Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed as “Sugar” on Rumpus

Posted on December 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve been a bit of a hater of Cheryl Strayed but am softening now that I know that Steve Almond has a connection to her. He started the “Sugar” advice column on Rumpus* and then passed that “Torch” to Cheryl. (Similarly, I was editor of the Gunn Oracle and passed that job on to Steve).

Here is Steve on Marc Maron.

(I also dug the Art Alexakis of Everclear cameo as tattoo artist, and the dudes singing “Ripple” and the bit from Linda Perry Four Non Blondes “What’s Up?” but I wondered who was still singing that the year the Jerry died. 1995, vs. 1993. I thought that was Hutz the musician dancing then rolling her wife a knife, probably not).

I want to read “Heroin/e”.

I lied above. The dude said it was heroin but it was actually baking powder. Also, I did not meet a dozen young ladies between 20 and 40 on a recent camping trip, they were people I merely fantasized about between January, 1983 and fall, 2002.

* not that I had heard of it until ten minutes ago, but “sugar” on rumpus sounds like something I have no idea how I knew to search for it, but according to David Niven Errol Flynn would put a bit of cocaine on the tip of his CENSORED as an aphrodisiac. link

also: Hornby if that’s your real name wrote the script, saving me hours of time tearing out and burning pages of the actual Strayed (I say STRAY YED).

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Wild reveals

Posted on December 12, 2014 by markweiss86

“Wild” reveals what some of us have long suspected: that plot is the enemy of truth, and that images and emotions can carry meaning more effectively than neatly packaged scenes or carefully scripted character arcs.

I stole that fro the New York Times and admit it.
Not only that, I use heroin. As tooth paste.

I am reuig. I cannot even spell “ruined”. I have sex indiscriminately with almost any young woman between ages of 20 and 40 that asks. (Although it is also true that I am true to my girl, my TAD, Terry, for the last five years — this is a memoir, it took place mostly in the past, a whiles ago. I don’t know. let me get back to you. I have never strayed.)

I thought my hero David Shields would hate Cheryl Strayed a priori, but no he loves her. In the literal sense only. I mean he loves his word. He lies. Not with her about her. Or not. Speaking of truth.

Joni Mitchell or a recording of her voice, when she was young and wild, I can hear it right as a write. Unless I have finally gone along the bend.

And I do recall my trip the length of the AT with future government super-attorneys Ben Clements and Jack Martin, from the New Hampshire New York border back to Hanover. It took a week and four hours. meaning, Now that I am all truth-like it took them a week and it took me four hours because I had a 1984 Chevy Blazer.

We may go to the 4 p.m. screening. We may not. Check back in another 500,000 words for my edit to add.

Now I nod.

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kids don’t do this at home

both sides now, the man says:

robert hilburn says its from “saul bellow the rain king”
I was reading Saul Bellow’s “Henderson the Rain King” on a plane and early in the book Henderson the Rain King is also up in a plane. He’s on his way to Africa and he looks down and sees these clouds. I put down the book, looked out the window and saw clouds too, and I immediately started writing the song. I had no idea that the song would become as popular as it did.

Mark “Stew” Stewart my former client and I ma not Mother Dear, making this up he asks “what does Robert Hilburn know about rock and roll?? fair enough. go see my film
as referenced by mitt fibula matt cibula fucking spell check in pop matters 2003:
he quotes this couplet, from Post Mintstrel Syndrome
“It’s nice to know that Goldie Hawn has a tortured soul / But what does Robert Hilburn know about rock and roll?
I would prefer Goldie even at forty-something to Reese, or Molly Bell…

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