Category Archives: art

paint, sculpt, draw, install, conceptualize, in public , in private et cetera

Eric Cohen walking canvas

Posted on March 29, 2014 by markweiss86

Eric Cohen is a Los Angeles-based member of the Screen Actors Guild, who you can spot in numerous films. although you kinda have to look for him. He and his twin brother Steven sometimes appeared in my concert series at … Continue reading →

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SF Mime Troupe post: 2012, 2011, 2014 and counting

Posted on March 26, 2014 by markweiss86

I posted this on some other sight, as a volunteer “community blogger” and am trying to paste it over here, for archive sake: To wit: SF Mime Troupe, an award-winning comedia dell arte political-musical-theatre group from San Francisco, is bringing … Continue reading →

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5. Jesus Christ was an Only Child (in 600 words, 19 images)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by markweiss86

5. Jesus Christ was an Only Child and probably never spend a Monday late morning early afternoon uploading photos from his stupid cell phone to his spiffy computer and weird blog. Continue reading →

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Tagged Bruce Beasley, Dartmouth College, Baker Library, Mark B. Weiss, Terry Acebo Davis, Joseph Mehling

Posted on March 21, 2014 by markweiss86
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It will be interesting to see if these four Palo Altans can indeed carve a livelihood out of these events, and do so without losing their dignity

Posted on March 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Let’s rab. Continue reading →

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Fox says “Ding” in Palo Alto

Posted on October 13, 2013 by markweiss86

FOX SAYS DING IN PALO ALTO Dog goes “woof” Cat goes “meow” Bird goes “tweet” Frog goes “croak” Ducks say “quack” Fish goes “blub blub” And the seal goes “ow ow ow” What does the fox say? Ding-ding-ding-ding-dingering Ding Ding … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto the incubator

Posted on October 5, 2013 by markweiss86

Not only did Palo Alto lose Facebook to Menlo Park, but it apparently tried to fine thefacebook $250 per day in 2005 because the artist they hired to paint their original headquarters, David Choe, spilled white paint on the parking … Continue reading →

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The New York Times has been charging me $15 per month since April yet I actually have not been on their site for about six months. I thought of calling the 800 number on my credit card bill to ask … Continue reading →

Posted on September 4, 2013 by markweiss86 | 1 Comment

LevitaTVed Mass

Posted on July 2, 2013 by markweiss86

It took me 342 days to transport Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” from LACMA to my living room, with help from corporate sponsors Samsung(stupid cell phone), Samsung(flat screen tv, actually belongs to Terry), Apple(laptop computer, actually belongs to Terry), Yahoo(email service, … Continue reading →

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Baby what’s new to me

Posted on June 25, 2013 by markweiss86

Researching vintage posters, I came across Bill Quarry who booked shows into the East Bay. Peter Wheat and the Breadmen, Barry M. Carlos, one of the Teens and Twenties bread-and-butter acts, recently corresponded with Elinor Blake pka April March, who … Continue reading →

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