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The Beautiful Games

Posted on May 30, 2014 by markweiss86

The Beautiful Game is 1) nickname for soccer, especially Brazilian soccer, 2) coined by Pele and served as title for his autobiography and 3) above, forming a hat trick of memes or tropes, the opening number of a musical by … Continue reading →

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Vienna Teng ‘Level Up’ and Dan Bern ‘Ballad of Jimmy Carter’

Posted on May 27, 2014 by markweiss86

  Two pretty random A&R notes, Vienna Teng new cd and single “Level Up” video and Dan Bern, from Jonathan Demme’s documentary about Jimmy Carter, “Ballad of Jimmy Carter”. I also spied something about Greil Marcus talking about “The Manchurian … Continue reading →

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Terry Acebo Davis installation at historic I-Hotel Manilla-town SF at Jackson and Kearny near Nanking

Posted on May 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry Acebo Davis (sometimes known as Terry Acebo-Davis) installed five or her own works plus two by Minerva Amistoso at San Francisco’s historic I-Hotel Manilla-town, at Kearney and Jackson. I helped her load in and kept her company during her … Continue reading →

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The Brian X. Gaul Art Legacy at Dartmouth, proposed

Posted on May 16, 2014 by markweiss86

WHY WAS HE BORN SO BEAUTIFUL…??? Today is Brian X. Gaul’s 50th birthday, which precipitated a flurry of text messages between us, and the near-chugging of a bottle of Guinness on my end, in his honor. “And you are making … Continue reading →

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Laura Jacobson and H.R. Giger

Posted on May 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a fan of Palo Alto ceramicist Laura Jacobson (whose brother Mark was a year behind me at Gunn but 12 places ahead of me on the tennis ladder). I checked out some of her new work at her Palo … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Jacob Koopee

Posted on May 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Tribute to Jacob Koopee by Barbara Weiss and Mark Weiss Jacob Koopee was a great Hopi potter who died recently at a very young age. I never met him but I have seen several of his masterful works. My mom … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara red or black?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by markweiss86

In New Mexico, it is customary to ask “red or green?” but it could be just as customary to ask “black or red?” the latter referring to Santa Clara Pueblo pottery rather than to chile. For tomorrow’s new acquisitions, we … Continue reading →

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Lenny Breau yesterday

Posted on May 7, 2014 by markweiss86

Is also mentioned four times in Gioia (2012) Lenny Breau (1941-1984 or so, guitarist; born in Auburn, Maine died in Los Angeles but is considered a Canadian and maybe French-Canadian, Arcadian) At this point I would not venture to guess … Continue reading →

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Slainte Michael Carneys

Posted on May 5, 2014 by markweiss86

Beth Custer sent word of the passing of her friend Michael Carney, a retired ad executive in Mill Valley who was also on the board of Headlands Art Center. Terry and I met him at Beth’s show at Throckmorton in … Continue reading →

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Stanford Humanities Central featuring Ivan Brunetti et al

Posted on April 30, 2014 by markweiss86

1. On my walk yesterday, I spied a flyer regarding an appearance today of cartoonist Ivan Brunetti at Stanford’s Levinthal Humanities Center; looks interesting; it says he’s born in Italy, based in Chicago, has six or seven covers for The … Continue reading →

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