Not a genuine Filseth

not Eric Filseth, at Peet's Charleston, September, 2014; I think he said Scott or Steve

not Eric Filseth, at Peet’s Charleston, September, 2014; I think he said Scott or Steve

I met a man who looked a lot like Eric Filseth, especially looking at him across the room, with my reading glasses. Earlier, I shouted out to James Lyons the dramatician. (He endorses me, I think, or at least signed my petition). Also, Gini Ali, who I’d like to produce theatrically — working title, “Memory Is An Elephant” sat with me for less than the Warholian 15 minutes before rushing off to Abilities United. A man named Rob Mori had some great ideas about tech and govy.

Gunn Stanford grad and theatre impresario James Lyons was kind enough to endorse Weiss for Council

Gunn Stanford grad and theatre impresario James Lyons was kind enough to endorse Weiss for Council

2. Not sure previous post, “David Shields Nine Twenty Four” ends and this “Not A Genuine Filseth” starts, although you, dear reader, would get this better if you also saw my post about “Tom Dbois not a genuine Brown man” or have heard Brian Copeland, or Stew. I guess I am adding a “category”, 930 posts in. If “ethnicieties” means “jewish”, “spiked” means, well, “black”. But I will define it more loosely like: if you once wrote a letter to Spike Lee suggesting he read Huck Finn, and also rode an elevator two floors with him at NUU and resisted speaking to him and used to phone Eric Finale not Filseth to report whether Foresst Whitaker was at Douce France. have seen Hook Mithcell dunk. So far this a.m. I have sent 16 photos from Moto to Yahoo (intending to Plasty) and added 5 more snaps to the cue.

Not writing on architecture, which is literally “dancing” “about” architecture. I am intending to write about architecture. So much for intentional fallacy.

Also: big excitement at Peet’s: it takes a village to raise a dog. I cracked up Karen Holman during lunch yesterday at Rotary in that apropos of their trip to Antigua — a tear-jerker, even for a jerked chicken like me — I said “I traded my heart for an endorsement.” I was thinking “kidney thieves” but Terry, later, at dinner, was thinking “St. Valentines” speaking of snakes: are their snakes in Antigua? I mean poisonous ones? I don’t think so. EDITA: Antigua is a leeward Island and former British Colony, including St. John’s the capital with 25,000 people, compared to Antigua, Guatemala, a city of 50,000 — and sister city to Glendale, CA, in a nation of 15 Million, where they speak Spanish, which I am guessing is where E.J Hong meant to say her Rotary mission went recently.

Rotary president E.J. Hong did a great job as time keeper for the candidates debate Monday

Rotary president E.J. Hong did a great job as time keeper for the candidates debate Monday

More photos of the candidate event Monday at Rotary Club at Elks Club. Jocelyn Dong, at first read, was kind to me in that she plugged my blog and said I called the bike bridge “pork”.

Click the photo for names of the candidates, September, 2014 photo by Mark Weiss, projected winner, as Plastic Alto sees it

Click the photo for names of the candidates, September, 2014 photo by Mark Weiss, projected winner, as Plastic Alto sees it

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David Shields Nine Twenty-four

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David Shields is in San Jose Wednesday evening and Thursday nooner.
The Palo Alto Weekly ran an add Friday.

From Reality Hunger, 9: One author pilfers the best of another and calls it reality hunger

From Reality Hunger, 24:
In the twelfth century, French troubadours wrote love songs about thwarted love.

This a.m., on my way to Peet’s near Cubberley, I listened for the first time to a performance by Linda Ronstandt and Ann Savoy, “(The Song About)Renee”. I should ring Ann! Ann, come to Lytton Plaza and do a bit more fiddlin’ around, if you can mando’ it.

Also, there’s a lady from Lafayette who has a diner in SF, in Dog Patch, who said free beignets if we come by. (This is the place I went to lunch with Matt Gonzalez — WHO ENDORSED ME, WHO ENDORSES MARK WEISS FOR PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL — and Jonathan Richman — something about mary -).

Which reminds: Frank Ford of Gryphn Stringed lives and works here and endorses me: thanks, Frank. Keep on picking.

edit, add its:
Now that you got me playing with my Moto-Android, here is Paul Jacobs, a pretty fair musician — he also endorses me, at the Gryphon. I was telling them that Terry and I had recently visited McCabe’s Guitar Store in Santa Monica, their rival.

Not sure how to segue, but I also, later that day, met a group of young South Koreans selling ground beef salads — not quite kimchi — at 250 Hamilton / City Hall / MLK Plaza — and I was having such a nice day I Paid It Forward for the next 10 comers, including a guy with an app to help fisherman, lil emu old friend John Liddicoat.

Vince Derillo attended Terman with me in 1978 and Gunn in 1980, 1981 and 1982, but I don’t think I had seen him since. I picked up two books from his yard sale — Karl Marx for beginners — with cartoon drawings — and something about the murals of Philadelphia. I also met his son. Good on Vince and them. Mabuhay.

A nice Vietnamese lady on La Para, married to a Jewish physician and with a nice garden yet too shy to sit for me kindly put me through about six poses to yield this shot, which also reminds me of taking a poetry class with Tom Sleigh, in 1985 and him admitting to me that some days he feels inferior, relative to the simple dandelion. (Most of us, including Richard Shindell, would be stuck with “it hurts” and “hey, doc, how about a refill?”).

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Weiss stands out among pool

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Lobdell lives

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World’s most sly reference to ‘1984’

For the record, I like John Fredrich and look forward to whatever else he will say or do in the campaign. He taught at Gunn for a number of years, starting just after I left. He ran for council several times before I was a voter here.

My first observation, however, slightly negative or critical, is that he probably over-estimates his efficacy in that even being elected to office, in this environment, would not be equivalent to running Sim City — he brings up ideas, for instance at the briefing by staff (City Manager) and six other candidates that the others cannot follow, or would not follow.

I probably have the same fault. Maybe we will both get seated, then there will be a knock on the door, a figure will enter and say:

Hi, guys, I’m the actual boss here. Submit, or..well, submit.

(posted in long thread, responding to trolls and Stalinists, at PAW, by D.M. — see also, below, “Open Letter to Doug…”

It’s a play on the word Orwell.

Five thousand people have reviewed this:

2.
Not sure what this is, methinks it’s a clue:

3. Meanwhile and time running out, Lessa Bourchard has a new piece at Dragon Theatre, must see, probably topping Philadelphia Story at Stanford Theatre

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Santa Clara county poem or not

This
is kind
of a longshot,
but I am wondering
if
you
as an individual
might endorse me
I am running
for Palo Alto City Council.
I am
not
a poet
per se
but
I have
promoted
poetry
events
and do a Ginsburg tribute called “Beat Hotel Rm 32 reads H O W L’.
I also have advocated for a Palo Alto
poet laureate.

Matt Gonzalez in SF endorsed me.
He friend of poem.

Let me know.
No worries.
I can re-submit
this
as
poetry
if that will
help.

Mark Weiss
in Palo Alto

i said the word ”
f
e
r
l
i
n
g
h
e
t
t
i
” in a public hearing on Thursday

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Tom Dubois is a genuine brown man

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Ran into Beau today, who I had to cover in the first ever game — despite what John Paye been saying — at the new Menlo Gym, in 1980.

I think of Beau as a conservative, but I also think I have an appeal to a wide spectrum of voters. I think the fact that I am a product of the local schools and have lived hear perty near the longest makes me appeal to all types. (Funny thing was I was singing “Son of a Gunn for Beer” about “like any honest fellow” when Beau and Adria and I all entered the tunnel, but we didn’t recognize each other until the other side. Beau said he recognized the tune but did not realize what it was)

Beau confirmed that he knows Tom Dubois thru basketball. He said that they have never had, like, a 30-minute talk, more like dozens of one line back-and-forth via email. Tom has done a lot for the league, the youth league. I actually hadn’t seen Beau in a while, probably since our reunion. I told him it meant a lot to me that Beau said that night that he had voted for me (in 2009).

He also played basketball on his Ivy League college team, at Princeton University but, as Sarah points out, he was mostly a bench warmer. His most notable moment on the team was taking a charge from Chris Webber to defeat Michigan University and the Fab Five, but is known in infamy as the “Giddy Up, Ride ‘Em Cowboy Dunk.” His failures as a player, along with the influence of The Mighty Ducks film leads him to coach a Woodcrest youth basketball team, though in two years they have failed to produce a win. He is depicted as somewhat of a goober and a wet blanket in social situations, since he seems unable to truly lighten up. (!–editor)

Nanda Berman (Gerber?) took the photo of Tom and I at Farmers Market two weeks back. I spoke to Tom Dubois just yesterday, matter o fact.

My former client Stew had a line in a song “Black Men Ski” about black men get mistaken for people they don’t resemble in the least. I wanted to try that line on Forrest Whitaker I saw once at Deuce France. Brian Copeland I tried to interest in “Passing Strange” when it was in Berkeley Rep.

Beau said he is voting for me, but is “apolitical” so would not put up a sign for either me or Greg Scharff.

Speaking of hoops, we were at one point, I saw my coach (and endorser) Hans Delannoy today just briefly, at Old Pro and Lytton Plaza Taylor Ho Bynum Ben Goldberg concert, with former teammates John Davidson (living in Lansing, knows of Mark Schauer) and Brian Bridges.

I just may vote for Tom Dubois. But so far I think of him as unproven or not deserving. Makes me want to re-read W.E.B Dubois, or to watch Boondocks. Less so: Tennesse Williams.

This is really off topic: but I saw Vince Derillo, a Gunn 1983 and posed with him, and bought two books,from his yard sale: on Marx and on Phily murals. I went by Gryphon Strings and got the endorsement of Frank Ford, which means a lot to me. One of these days I should update my endorsements list. (I also ran into, Thursday, Camille Townsend who said she is voting for me but short of an endorsement. Somewhere I may have already posted — like Kermit Washington — that I followed Zoe Lofgren to her car and asked the Congressperson about endorsements and she said “I don’t want to tell Palo Alto what to do” fair enough. I got Brian Bub Evans my former teammate, although I noted some reluctance in his tone. Even so, it means a lot to me. Michael Szabo. Aram James. I think Ceci Kettendorf. Paul Jacobs the musician, works at Gryphon.

I call this post a bit of tom foolery. Stew:

edit to add: what Tom Dubois, same name as the cartoon character, but actually a Palo Alto youth basketball coach, father homeowner and fellow City Council candidate, looks like, recently, according to his site:
tommy

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Chez Franc queen garners laurels

To be frank, this is not something I would relish.
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Good on Gunn’s Riley, Sweat and Miller

Gunn football warmups at Branham, San Jose, September, 2014

Gunn football warmups at Branham, San Jose, September, 2014


“Noah Riley, our senior quarterback, played a fairly good game today, despite the miscues and error and the loss, by a final score of 42 to 6, to Branham of San Jose. He is our leader. He does a lot of things right out there, that don’t appear in the stats. He comes from a good football family, and carries on that tradition. Specifically, tonight he did a better job of holding the ball late, meaning despite the rush of the defense, he has the patience to find his receiver, or wait for the receiver to clear the defender, like on that touchdown.

For that, he is my offensive player of the game.

“On defense, I would highlight our two outside linebackers, who did very well, despite the fact we are still looking for a win, in three games, and the lopsided score. Dietrich Sweat, number 42 and Sharod Miller, number 80. Sweat, of course, who on offense, scored that late touchdown to prevent the shutout. On that play, although I digress, he was not the primary receiver, but Riley spotted him and he made a great catch and run, for a 60 yard td, from tight end. We had tried that play earlier in the game. On defense and offense, their line dominated us. But the linebackers did their jobs, by and large. Sweat, as you noted, also had an outstanding game on defense last week against Carlmont (who beat Gunn 25-19, spoiling but just barely Gunn’s 50–year, 50-class reunion weekend).

Shinichi Hirano, Gunn head football coach, as told to Mark Weiss, on Friday, September 19, 2014, at Branham Bruins Den in San Jose.

Gunn suits 20 and plays about 18 players, eight of whom go both ways, making me wonder about the body weight of the male cheerleader; I am guessing 160, or outside linebacker, on special teams

Gunn suits 20 and plays about 18 players, eight of whom go both ways, making me wonder about the body weight of the male cheerleader; I am guessing 160, or outside linebacker, on special teams

Lineups according to Branham stadium announcer, including phonetic version of Imanaka, who was held to about 20 yards on 10 carries, and no scores

Lineups according to Branham stadium announcer, including phonetic version of Imanaka, who was held to about 20 yards on 10 carries, and no scores

2.
On the way home from Gunn’s loss to Branham, I noted that the Paly -Mitty game was still being contested. I was frankly shocked at how lively the atmosphere was even when trailing by 40 points. I thought about updating my article about Gunn’s parity with Paly by suggesting that Gunn losing to Branham by 36 points is five points better than Paly being spanked by Mitty by 41. I shot some candids as the crowd was dissipating:

Paly players exeunt after their catechism lesson Friday.

Paly players exeunt after their catechism lesson Friday.

3. Terry surprised me with a new Adidas sweat top, in a blue; as this happened to be Branham’s color, I did a little reconnaissance on the home side grandstand and actually bumped fists with about a half dozen frosh-soph players as they marched by following their 10-0 defeat of Gunn’s counterpart. I also met a lady whose daughter was a cheerleader and husband works with Dr. William DeMent at the Stanford Sleep Lab; I bought two of her Brownies, for $1 each but did not get my hands on the playbook, or recipe. Earlier a Branham math teacher — Steve from Seattle — said to look for 12 Morin, 18 Jonah Cook and 51 Ellis and sure enough, they were the cause of more than a few Titan headaches, in Branham’s 42-6 bear hug. Prospect is next, hopefully a better prospect for a Gunn “W”.

Branham jayvee greets its fans

Branham jayvee greets its fans

Branham had some decent brownies for $1 and a hot dog-soda-chips deal as well.

Branham had some decent brownies for $1 and a hot dog-soda-chips deal as well.

Somewhere I lamented that the Palo Alto Weekly yesterday had 76 pages and exactly 7 words about Gunn football; the online version had about half of my report on Gunn-Carlmont, or about 100 words. I am peeved that meanwhile the print edition had two Sacred Heart boys as athletes of the week including a photo of their QB. How many Sacred Heart families live in Palo Alto? I would guess their are 10 times as many Gunn families, who would read coverage, win or lose. There is a story brewing, even in an 0-3 season. Maybe Plastic Alto will publish chap books or broadsides, especially on the first victory. I will also report on the meta-issue of the Gunn Oracle. I shot Denise Herrman with the Oracle at the 50-50. I also shot Congress member Zoe Lofgren, an alumna, with former all SCVAL kicker Greg Zlotnick, 1982. (Greg worked for Becky Morgan when she was in office and knows Zoe from that.)

nice nite for football

nice nite for football

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From Taylor Ho Bynum ‘Technology Austerity Manifesto’

Art is contemporary if it is fluid with its environment.” —John Cage, courtesy of a David Shields tweet; check back or “search” for photos of the actual event, “!Taylor Ho!”

Rachelle a Peet's clerk and former In N Out burger manager, prepared for me, free of additional charge, her special egg salad I paid $1.25 for, as a pre-concert, pre-concert-meal meal -- breakfast.

Rachelle a Peet’s clerk and former In N Out burger manager, prepared for me, free of additional charge, her special egg salad I paid $1.25 for, as a pre-concert, pre-concert-meal meal — breakfast.


Recently my wife and I decided to try something new at mealtimes. We agreed to eat a little slower, to finish each bite before shoveling in more food. (That description probably applies more to me than to her.) This simple step was somewhat revelatory. We taste the food more, we enjoy the meal more, while eating less. I want to apply a similar lesson in mindfulness to my use of technology. I am not a full-fledged Luddite, I just want to consider the need before embracing the new. I will happily maintain my website, and occasionally post something on my blog. Email offers its conveniences: I certainly never want to organize a ten-person rehearsal through phone calls or the post. But I refuse to let technological addictions dictate my time, or to blindly accept every social media construct foisted upon us. As a musician, I try to move away from standardized forms or an assumed sonic palate; my instincts as a composer and improviser lead me to explore what other options are out there. It is past time I apply the lessons of my creative practice to my work habits.

Taylor Ho Bynum, Sept, 2011. “Technological Austerity Manuel

Rachelle's egg salad, stage 2

Rachelle’s egg salad, stage 2

Meanwhile, at 9:07 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 I am advancing the show, sitting at Peet’s writing on my computer (?!), checking my Android (?!), watching my (unlocked) bike, thinking simultaneously (like a Danny Hillis?) about jazz, football and people who sleep on the sidewalk, and so excited.

I’m also producing an event tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 21, called “3 to 5 By The Pool” which might include 3 to 5 City Council candidates including myself Mark Weiss from 3 to p.m. post meridian at 1850 Oak Creek Drive or 1850 Sand Hill Drive — yikes I told two people it was “Santa Cruz drive –????—!!!!” — it is technically a private event, on the account of Oak Creek limited pool guests to 2 per actual resident, but if anyone reads this and wants to come, just call me or yell my name from outside the fence and I will let you in, speaking of Ludditism. Smoke signals. Vibes.

Safe ride for Taylor. Good on Boldgerb.

Rachelle egg salad stage 1 or initial stage -- requires plastic knife and fork

Rachelle egg salad stage 1 or initial stage — requires plastic knife and fork

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