This is bad. There was a guy quoted in yesterday’s New York Times named Michael McCaul a right wing hawk pol in Texas including parts of Austin. Not to be confused with Michael McFaul hero of these same pages, former ambassador of Russia. Who I went to see GD with years ago. Who is a moderate though at The Hoover. I don’t think McCaul and McFaul see Russia similarly. But I think the guy from Texas should change his name. Does he have a nickname?
Even wikipedia notes the potential confusion.
mccaw caw like a hawk…. aha.. see previous about lark learing to prey sic
I just like saying that. It’s a Sondheim reference, but also “Mad Max”
Weirdly – -this is plastic alto, right? – this morphed into a discussion of racism out of Charlotte NC and Tulsa OK not Okey with activist and educator and corporate diversity expert Raven Solomon — I was researching a Cassandra Wilson original song based on the Bible called “Solomon Sang” or “Song of Solomon” and its line “ravens pray for rain”. Ravens play for reign? That’s NFL. Been a minute.
My next post would be a teaser – -it has me thinking — about Raven Solomon and her sign “Define ‘bad dude'”.
This is published without an illustration – my conceit is that a lark was singing and now it bites. The world is getting harsher. There was an interview with Sondheim about this lyric.
I’m also carrying around about 10 tear sheets or clips from yesterday’s news and three books: Etan Thomas “We Matter: Athletes and Activism” (2018); “Jeremy Lin: Rising Star”(2012)
and something Leonard Koppett: The Man in The Dugout. I recall at uni that they said to put titles in italics not quotes. Plus Kelefa Sanneh who I’m making some progress with: Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres rock r&B country punk hip hop dance pop no jazz but why do you need to think that hard or be that articulate about any of this?
Charlie Hunter guitar Scott Amendola drums duo, December 3, at The MitchEarthwise Productions of Palo Alto (Mark Weiss, L) completed 25 shows between July 31 and December 15, after 14-month hiatus; produced 10 in 2020 before the shutdown; Weiss, a Gunn and Dartmouth graduate and two-time editor-in-chief of The Oracle, says he started Earthwise as a reaction against media, social media, and the proliferation of semiconductors and computers. (Photos by Paula Weiss — no relation— for Earthwise)
Was $25, now $19.99 blue smoke special at Mac’s of Palo Alto, our oldest professional purveyor of sundries and community. Official NBA license. According to Ron Kroichichik in today’s Chron, B1 jumps to B9, Steph Curry and the 21-5 Dubs will play this week on the road as if they had stocked up on CBD recovery products at Mac’s, following the flounder in Philly. You cannot bet on it per se, but you can play scratch off at Mac’s and albeit indirectly support our schools. The Chron is $2.
ELITE 11: CCS FOOTBALL TEAMS WITH 3 OR FEWER LOSSES CALENDAR YEAR 2021, TWO SEASON AGGREGATE:
Los Gatos (coach Mike Krall) 15-1
Salinas (coach Steven Zenk) 8-1
Serra (coach Patrick Walsh) 16-2
Menlo (coach Todd Smith) 16-2
Scotts Valley (coach Lewis LaHood) 15-2
Leigh High (coach Kyle Padia) 14-2
Gunn (coach Jason Miller) 13-2
Santa Cruz (coach Jesse Trumbell) 13-2
Aptos (coach Randy Blankenship) 8-2
Saint Francis (coach Greg Calcano) 14-3
Menlo-Atherton (coach Chris Saunders) 14-3
NOTE: Palo Alto (coach Nelson Gifford) is 7-9first consecutive losing seasons since 1999 (Earl Hansen)
andand:
Tom Blake, son of architect Jim Blake, played for UCLA Bruins after his 2004 Gunn graduation. Gunn had 26 straight losing seasons from 1972 until 1997, according to Mitch Stephens of the Chron.
Plastic Alto with Mark Weiss 