Monthly Archives: December 2018

After ‘Nighthawks’

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86
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Dramatis personae featuring minor characters

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

This started out as a private correspondence about sundry arts topics but I thought I’d reduce it to alphabetical list, short i.d., and a link, for general use: Alden Van Buskirk, minor Dartmouth Beat Poet (d. 1961); Aleta Hayes, teacher, … Continue reading →

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Cat Power w Cynthia Dall

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

There’s an article from a recent The New Yorker about Cat Power Chan Marshall. I clipped it out and filed it, between the pages of a library book I found, in SF, near the art institute — 800 Chestnut — … Continue reading →

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LAMI at 58: Alden Van Buskirk revisited

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

We should do another staged readings, this time A-to-Z of LAMI cast or celebrity readers! As I was trying to explain: Alden  Van Buskirk Was a student of Jack Hirschman at Dartmouth or a friend of his – before Hirschman … Continue reading →

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They’ve got the beat, but backwards and in heels

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

I go in and out of obsession with The Beats. One, I read “Kaddish” (AG) with Tom Sleigh, at Dartmouth, in the 1980s, but didn’t really feel it. Two, in San Francisco, in late 1980s, I lived across the street … Continue reading →

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Rocker daze re 488

Posted on December 12, 2018 by markweiss86

Curious. When did the President Hotel become an apartment complex? When the band used to come to town, we’d book a few rooms to crash there after doing a show. It was kind of run-down back then but the overnight … Continue reading →

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Historic Palo Alto mansion open to public tour Thursday: Tobey House (1904) 567 Hale, at Hamilton: special meeting of HRB

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86

 Notes, 1, I hope somebody invites Mrs. Brunenberg a stalwart of the board who only recently left the board; 2, Agenda miss spells the family name as “Toby,”. 3, I wonder if the former residence of this house are related … Continue reading →

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Goodbye sadly Kimura Gallery

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86
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MongoDB market cap triples to $4.8B: in former Ole’s auto shop, Alma at Forest

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86

I am about as low tech as one can be without being physically removed, 86, from Palo Alto, but living here he learn to bluff your way through cocktail and coffeehouse conversations about tech.  I’ve heard of Oracle, this is … Continue reading →

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Call me a homer but I’d rather see a Linda Perry biopic than Lada Gaga A Star Is Born

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

I saw a star is born mainly because it was in a brand new movie house near my home. I didn’t understand why Brad Cooper died – spoiler alert Dash except maybe the three or four previous incarnations of his … Continue reading →

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