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Joan Didion, ‘The White Album’, The Getty Museum, Bethany Yarrow, Eugene McCarthy riff

Posted on April 28, 2021 by markweiss86

Joan Didion says that the Getty’s collection of antiquities says more about the 18th and 19th century craze for antiquities than it does about the periods from which the pieces emanate. (Didion, 1979/2009 p. 75).Reminds me that I once saw … Continue reading →

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Bluegrass girl’s not grey

Posted on April 27, 2021 by markweiss86

Candice explained that the design on her arm referenced a song by AFI from their album “Sing the Sorrow.” The lyric mentions soft creatures draped in white and chrysanthemums. The design features a rabbit. She said she is originally from … Continue reading →

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Tootie Heath Vs Art Hirahara

Posted on April 26, 2021 by markweiss86

Here are two photographs. One is pianist Art Hirahara, in Palo Alto, on March 13, 2020; photo by Mark Weiss; Two is Tootie Heath, or his brother, perhaps in Philadelphia, or maybe Denmark, known unknown photographer, courtesy Mark Christman of … Continue reading →

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Daniel Bard Verses Hanif Verses Shakespeare

Posted on April 1, 2021 by markweiss86

This is not an April one joke this is how I roll.

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Hopi Pottery at the DeYoung with and without the Weiss Collection

Posted on March 29, 2021 by markweiss86

Tony Bravo in the Pink has a blurb about a pottery show at the DeYoung, which opened a few weeks ago — as did the museum — and runs through February, 2023, or about two years. I recall Hillary Olcott … Continue reading →

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All hail, Winkelmann (Beeple)

Posted on March 22, 2021 by markweiss86
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Harbaugh hater monologue in 2012, the day I met Remi Wolf

Posted on February 18, 2021 by markweiss86

I used to do a comedic monologue about balancing my interest in the 49ers or Stanford football with the fact that I was at Gunn high school when Jim Harbaugh was at Paly and never liked the guy. The difference … Continue reading →

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Ben Franklin VS Chuck Berry

Posted on January 25, 2021 by markweiss86

One said we have a republic, if we cnn keep it.The other said it’s got a back beat you can’t lose it.Something like that.   @Adobe abode, in terms of my concert series at Cubberley, I did have an artist … Continue reading →

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Amber Navran, reeds and vocals

Posted on January 25, 2021 by markweiss86

I said below that I was going to turn out 500 sax players.Amber Navran of Moonchild, sings, sax — this is a clarinet though. No, sax.In a previous life I had a blue spiral notebooks with the names of 1,000 … Continue reading →

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Streb dancers VS hoop dancers

Posted on January 14, 2021 by markweiss86

Laura Veirs has a new video featuring a young hoop dancer she met randomly; that remined me of my interest in streb dancing. I don’t do streb dancing, mind you, I just sometimes talk about it.I’m kind of a streb … Continue reading →

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