Category Archives: art

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Steps in stone(d)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by markweiss86

Steps in stoned That’s David Middlebrook, 2000, “Steps in Stone” in front of the Westin, Palo Alto, says Mark Weiss, who admits to being Windows-aided, although he also saw two Middlebrookses just yesterdaze at Montalvo. Speaking of Montalvo, Beth Custer … Continue reading →

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Weird lucid Sled Allen art dream

Posted on May 13, 2012 by markweiss86

  I had a weird dream this morn. One of those early rising not quite asleep thingies. Like the Kubrick movies, eyes wide shut. It was mostly about Sled Allen the baseball player. He was from the 1920s, Lawrence Ritter-era. … Continue reading →

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Two points for Gehry and assorted dribbling

Posted on May 8, 2012 by markweiss86

Save me Frank Gehry. Continue reading →

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Clearer story about the mouse

Posted on May 7, 2012 by markweiss86

In Palo Alto Clear Story is both the name of public art by Mildred Howard and a venture backed startup in data. Continue reading →

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My sloppy Cake transcript sans typos

Posted on April 30, 2012 by markweiss86

i was high but cake was the sky, or at least on terrestrial radio, which travels literally thru the airwaves, all the way from KQED to our Palo Alto kitchen while Frida caked her chin with salmon-mush and I walked around in circles moving my arms but not my hips Continue reading →

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Announcing Earthwise Productions Institute and news-reading service, not necessarily in that order

Posted on April 23, 2012 by markweiss86

WE RECOMMEND YOU BUY THIS BOOK: Niners Stadium price shows how stakes are rising, by Gwen Knapp, who the very busy doctor, dad and blogger from the midwest Dr. Brian Moore, a transplanted New Englander helpfully or perhaps wishfully remembers … Continue reading →

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Lytton Green 4-20 shindig

Posted on April 21, 2012 by markweiss86

Earthwise Productions my day job predates “Plastic Alto” the blog by about 17 years and is a spinoff of Bay Area Action which produced a large Earth Day event in 1993, I worked on. In 1997 for Earth Day I … Continue reading →

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You Are Plural band at SFMOMA museums

Posted on April 17, 2012 by markweiss86

I hesitate to call You Are Plural a singular sensation. I caught their set at SFMOMA members party Saturday but could not stay to harass them or buy what looked to be pretty cool little needlepoint patches or somesuch homemadities, … Continue reading →

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Topps Baseball, Fang or Maroon 5

Posted on April 17, 2012 by markweiss86

One of these days is coming “The Purloined Gehrig” but until then find yourselves a merry little Harris and Boyd or skim this and then rush back to the airwaves or a local watering hole; let’s play eight or nine, cards I procured today and punted other things to get to, I mean I walked the elephant to pitch to the giraffe. Continue reading →

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Sweet smell of McGee

Posted on April 9, 2012 by markweiss86

Barry McGee  A special exhibition at our off-site space 1717 17th Street, San Francisco hours: Thursday – Saturday 11am -5pm April 14th – May 19th , 2012 Reception: April 14th from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m       Barry McGee and Friends … Continue reading →

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