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Beto O’Roarke is endork

Posted on May 13, 2018 by markweiss86

Beto O’Roarke is endorsed by two women I admire alot, Laura Thomas and Rachel Garlin so he must be a fine fellow. Laura was out in the Bay Area recently to see the U2 concert at the hockey arena here … Continue reading →

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Coco coming Aug. 24

Posted on May 5, 2018 by markweiss86

BLUF bottom line up front: from the quotidian to the international scoop Plastic Alto has 12 posts in two weeks after nearly two years of disruption and relative silence. All in, this comprises 1,610 posts and more than 500,000 words. … Continue reading →

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‘Keys’ w. Keats

Posted on April 29, 2018 by markweiss86

At minute 56 of “Passing Strange” at the musical crescendo and climax of “Keys” — this is a solo by Stew (Narrator) after Youth and cast sing “Amsterdam” — and this is the Spike Lee version concert movie meaning a … Continue reading →

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Go Mama w. Night of the Hunter

Posted on April 27, 2018 by markweiss86

Go Mama is a recently deassessioned public art work by Marta Thoma. In Night of the Hunter, Pearl carries a beloved rag doll. Here Terry and I pose with Go Mama, on California and Ash, in December, 2017. Last night … Continue reading →

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Plastic saxophone at Perry Lane

Posted on December 21, 2016 by markweiss86

He had hi-fi speakers up on the roof of the house and suddenly out here in God’s great green mountain ozone erupts a manic spade blowing on a plastic saxophone, namely an Ornette Coleman record. It’s a slightly weird path … Continue reading →

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The Last Californian

Posted on August 25, 2016 by markweiss86

more to come      

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Hope Austin by STEVEJC

Posted on February 27, 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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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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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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