Monthly Archives: February 2016

‘Red Poet’ doc about SF’s Jack Hirschman, who briefly taught at Dartmouth in 1961-1962

Posted on February 29, 2016 by markweiss86
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Hope Austin by STEVEJC

Posted on February 27, 2016 by markweiss86
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Kudos to Kobi, but it was Michael Wang of Paly who unearthed the David Starr Jordan concern

Posted on February 24, 2016 by markweiss86
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres pieces at Stanford until March 21 or so

Posted on February 24, 2016 by markweiss86

Terry and I went by Stanford’s Cantor Museum to see the student-curated, 50-piece show. One of the most memorable works, new to me but she had seen before, was by Felix Gonzalez- Torres (1957-1995), “Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A”(1991 … Continue reading →

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The tough, the strong

Posted on February 22, 2016 by markweiss86

For certain members of the Gunn student body and community, the pulse must quicken with anticipation this week and perhaps for the next 12 days, a rarified situation created by Gunn’s selection to the Central Coast Section basketball tournament. The … Continue reading →

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Serra smile

Posted on February 22, 2016 by markweiss86

Apropos of her latest hair stylings, Terry, (Terry my Terry) sent me a photo we stood for in St. Louis, at the Pulitzer Foundation , in front of a Richard Serra called “Joe”. Hair, like life, I prefer “long”.edit to add: … Continue reading →

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Winter Sports Look to CCS: Boys’ Basketball

Posted on February 21, 2016 by markweiss86

Source: Winter Sports Look to CCS: Boys’ Basketball Gunn Titans basketball is 17-2, champions of SCVAL for first time since 2008-2009 (and only fourth time in school history) and surely anticipating the simple twist of fate wherein later today, which … Continue reading →

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Would that it were so simple

Posted on February 19, 2016 by markweiss86

I started out looking for examples of Shepherd Fairey that resemble Ainu owl pattern. That digressed into Shepherd and t-shirts for Bernie Sanders, then to excellent mark fallen Vallon critique of Fairey, then to Prince and Krantz. The headline references new … Continue reading →

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Award for welltimed silence

Posted on February 8, 2016 by markweiss86

I appreciated Bet Ratliff’s think-piece about jazz solos and the Grammy awards. and here is a screen shot of my favorite graph: (which is the newspaper equivalent to a jazz solo)

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How I mistook Christopher Walken for Willem Dafoe

Posted on February 8, 2016 by markweiss86

bemblycifer   Live dustpartch from our Centennial correspondent Dr. Brian E. Moore, pictured below:        

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