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Makeda Best in Palo Alto test, November 6

Posted on October 27, 2014 by markweiss86

Makeda Best will lecture in Palo Alto on November 6. Although I am having a hard time thinking beyond November 4, 2014, when Palo Altans take back our republic from the evil hands of the special interests and dollar-mongers, this … Continue reading →

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Artium Baccalaureus

Posted on October 24, 2014 by markweiss86

I went to a liberal arts college, Dartmouth in the 1980s, and we did not have modern pre-professional degrees like journalism or bean-bag-horse-shoe-pitching. But like Stanford in many many ways, now since and forever. Wah hoo wah. We got next.

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Little big band

Posted on October 20, 2014 by markweiss86

I met David Larson of Royal Concept, his brother and his father, who were bird-watching, literally, winged friends, not cute girls at least in this instant, somewhere undisclosed on the Central Coast, halfway between LA-LA and Frisco. He told me … Continue reading →

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Mike Tubbs from Stanford Stockton is 22 legit

Posted on October 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to the filmmakers who told the story of Michael Tubbs, the young Stanford grad elected to Stockton City Council District 6. I saw this at the UNAFF at Stanford. I bought a pass for $180 in hopes that I … Continue reading →

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Happy travels Patience Young

Posted on October 18, 2014 by markweiss86

I met Patience Young, for real, at the soft opening of the Windhoever, Stanford’s answer to the Rothko Chapel of Houston, this one also an homage to Nathan Oliveira (Joey’s dad) and his famous Acoma Hawk (long way from Cochiti … Continue reading →

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Vintage Rebecca Erickson clarinet photo

Posted on October 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Hard to explain for first-time readers how we get from Dartmouth 86-shirt to Korean-Swedish clarinet klezmer, but here is Rebecca Erickson from a few years back (rumor has it she works in social services and haunts the Walker — if … Continue reading →

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My lawn signs are red hot, your lawn signs are diddly squat

Posted on October 16, 2014 by markweiss86

posted to the dookie hole: Terry Acebo Davis and Rob Syrett designed my lawn signs, without my supervision or consent. I agreed to reimburse Terry the $500 she spend, since she is my girlfriend. For 100 signs, about 50 of … Continue reading →

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For new mud brick homes on Old Adobe

Posted on October 16, 2014 by markweiss86

In 2007 Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal build a mud brick house, similar to our notion of adobe, on the grounds of Montalvo in Saratoga, as part of his residency there. I recall doing a photo-shoot there — analog, disposable camera … Continue reading →

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Tongiht at 6 with Anthony Discenza sic

Posted on October 15, 2014 by markweiss86
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Ghost-dogging and gehry’d ARB ap

Posted on September 30, 2014 by markweiss86

In the film you and Gehry compare filmmaking with architecture. What similarities or differences in the two arts struck you the most? A: They’re both mosaic arts in that they’re comprised of many, many, many other art forms all put … Continue reading →

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