Monthly Archives: May 2014

Dewey Solomon Reggae riff

Posted on May 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Dewey and the Peoples Tour is Underway Jared is back, and so is your Band Lackey Update Jared arrived home from Boston on May 12, and the band immediately hit the studio for two-a-day rehearsals before leaving on their Hear … Continue reading →

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Terry Acebo Davis installation at historic I-Hotel Manilla-town SF at Jackson and Kearny near Nanking

Posted on May 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry Acebo Davis (sometimes known as Terry Acebo-Davis) installed five or her own works plus two by Minerva Amistoso at San Francisco’s historic I-Hotel Manilla-town, at Kearney and Jackson. I helped her load in and kept her company during her … Continue reading →

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The Brian X. Gaul Art Legacy at Dartmouth, proposed

Posted on May 16, 2014 by markweiss86

WHY WAS HE BORN SO BEAUTIFUL…??? Today is Brian X. Gaul’s 50th birthday, which precipitated a flurry of text messages between us, and the near-chugging of a bottle of Guinness on my end, in his honor. “And you are making … Continue reading →

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Kevin Skelly and Vieux Carre

Posted on May 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I ran into Kevin Skelly, the out-going (meaning he is leaving, not that he is approachable or gregarious, which he also is) PAUSD superintendent at a yogurt shop the other day, and had the opportunity to express my sense of … Continue reading →

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The First Official Groupie! It’s me!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Transforming Shape:
It truly is a small world!  In September I went to the local Salsa festival and happened upon an ad for the Pacific Mambo Orchestra.  Looking at it I noticed that the band leader is…

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Au revoir for Monique’s Chocolates at 359 Bryant Street

Posted on May 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I was Cathy Hubbell West’s first customer Thursday at Monique’s Chocolates of Palo Alto. Due to my furious chatter, it took her 30 minutes to make me a cold hot chocolate drink. It took me less than a minute to … Continue reading →

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Ernesto’s TopLine Giants gear on 3rd Street Frisco

Posted on May 14, 2014 by markweiss86

If you find yourself under-dressed on your way to a Giants game, stop in to see Ernesto “Neto” Solis at his new Top Line Apparel gallery and salon / hang at 5009 3rd Street. as i did go giants edit … Continue reading →

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Laura Jacobson and H.R. Giger

Posted on May 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a fan of Palo Alto ceramicist Laura Jacobson (whose brother Mark was a year behind me at Gunn but 12 places ahead of me on the tennis ladder). I checked out some of her new work at her Palo … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Jacob Koopee

Posted on May 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Tribute to Jacob Koopee by Barbara Weiss and Mark Weiss Jacob Koopee was a great Hopi potter who died recently at a very young age. I never met him but I have seen several of his masterful works. My mom … Continue reading →

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Blue Melody, Tender Mercies, Ball and Bennett

Posted on May 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Part of my conversational riff or rifflet with Marcia Ball and her crew included name-checking “Inside Llewyn Davis” while speaking to bass player Bennett, who hails from a part of Texas depicted in Joel and Ethan Coen’s film, based on … Continue reading →

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