Category Archives: art

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

Thirty-three things I (might) write about on “Plastic Alto”

Posted on April 8, 2012 by markweiss86

1. Laurel Nakadate ‘The Wolf Knife”, free in Believer; 2. Andrew Bogut, and Kent Lockhart: Kent told me he once coached Bogut, who worked out with Dandenong, Kent’s old team, in 1997 as a teenager and guard; 3. A Passover … Continue reading →

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True professor and Lehrer

Posted on April 4, 2012 by markweiss86

Great interview between Michael Krasny and Jonah Lehrer right now on KQED — I am racing them to the top of the hour to post this entry of “Plastic Alto”. I had seen the article in yesterday’s Times about his … Continue reading →

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Happy Dao, and how!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by markweiss86

“Happy birthday, Dao. From Mark” that was a text I sent to my former client, the singer-songwriter, novelist and mom Dao Strom, who lives in Portland now, at about 9:45 last night, as Terry and I were both falling asleep … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara tattoo, jazz and bike party April 12 featuring Akira Tana

Posted on March 26, 2012 by markweiss86

 

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Nellie McKay is Dynamo and Virgin

Posted on March 26, 2012 by markweiss86

Henry Adams wrote a famous essay about a hundred years ago about the dynamo and the virgin. He was observing changes especially technology and his eloquent treatise states that the machines are upsetting the apple cart in terms of the … Continue reading →

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Thrilling Kansas victory bodes well for teen music and art initiative

Posted on March 18, 2012 by markweiss86

With Kansas trailing Purdue early in the second half, and the dog curiously obsessed with the taste of her own front paws, our neighbor Marjorie Ford, wearing a furry cap she bought recently in Budapest came by to ask us … Continue reading →

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review fragment of laura veirs old demo: girl with dragon tattoo

Posted on March 10, 2012 by markweiss86

with thanks to or sorry to ever kipp: Lisbeth Salander I mean Ever picking up a loose thread is that the girl with the dragon tattoo is Noomi Rapace or Karen Orzolek yet it is Laura Veirs who sent me … Continue reading →

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Hold the date for Reading Rainbow May 12

Posted on March 8, 2012 by markweiss86

Hold the date, for Reading Rainbow in the Park. I just came back from a meeting for the second Reading Rainbow in the Park, a book fair for kids and K-12, scheduled Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10 to 3 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Bruce Conner Mabuhay Paule Anglim V.Vale made Marian

Posted on February 26, 2012 by markweiss86

preview for bruce conner mabuhay gardens at gallery paule anglim 14 geary street sf ca 94108 415.433.2710 feb 29 march 31 2012 reception march 3 4 to 6 p.m. Continue reading →

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tone art

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

i have a series of correspondences with santa fe and pueblo artists in pottery, jewelry and painting. most of these are facilitated by mateo romero who is also my fellow dartmouth alum. i am getting psyched for stanford’s native painting … Continue reading →

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