Monthly Archives: July 2020

Baldwin, Baldwin, Baldwin

Posted on July 6, 2020 by markweiss86
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Maybe the ‘60s ended about the time it was no longer possible to be the only student in the dorm with the first album by Van Morrison and ‘Them;’ to be the only freak in your small town; to have been one of the 400,000 at Woodstock. Even by that time, everyone had been to at least one Woodstock, everyone owned a pair of hiking boots (albeit not Austrian-made), and almost everyone had climbed Everest

Posted on July 6, 2020 by markweiss86

Again, not sure where I am or how I got here. Return of the naked guy   Something about Hunter S Thompson transcript l Did I miss last call? By about 8 years? I have no idea what I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Petra Haden tribute to Morricone VS Stew apropos of Lincoln Memorial

Posted on July 6, 2020 by markweiss86

The news feed mentions that the composer Ennio Morricone died and naturally I go to look for famous covers of “Fistful of Dollars” and I land on Petra Haden, from “Petra Goes To The Movies”.Which sends me back, second post … Continue reading →

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Something deeper than these changes, that frightened me (James Baldwin, 1962, Mark Stewart, 2005)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by markweiss86

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cue the Stew aka the booya BASS:

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Godspeed you black empress

Posted on July 5, 2020 by markweiss86
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Peter Lorre and I only overlapped for 55 days but I feel him deeply

Posted on July 4, 2020 by markweiss86

He was a brilliant actor I was watching an old silent German subtitled movie starts with the letter M like the word “matter“ Or Mater which means mother Or martinet.  Or mark. Twang. Not sure why AFC independent film channel … Continue reading →

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Don’t believe the hype, fake media

Posted on July 4, 2020 by markweiss86

g there might be interlude with references to public enemy about the media and an Outro as a tribute to Robert north earn brother ah; part 2:

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Rube Marquad VS Brown sugar banana

Posted on July 3, 2020 by markweiss86

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d Not sure where I am going with this other than it seemed like a good excuse to eat an ice cream cone  The newspaper says that on this date hundred years ago or more the New York picture on … Continue reading →

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BAMR mural Sacramento auspice for Palo Alto BLACK LIVES MATTER

Posted on July 2, 2020 by markweiss86

Demetris Washington artist known as BAMR has a mural in Sacramento from 2018 with the diamond image or icon featured in the “B” of his mural here.I also like his version of Edgar Al Poe raven and tell tale heart.Flows … Continue reading →

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PROTECT THE MURAL

Posted on July 1, 2020 by markweiss86

k I think the BLACK LIVES MATTER mural in front of City Hall 250 Hamilton is a high water mark for culture here in the last 25 or 30 years. Kudos to the makers, staff, volunteers and leaders. In that … Continue reading →

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