Category Archives: art

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My first earthquake

Posted on November 18, 2011 by markweiss86

I got this tip from the cousin of My First Earthquake singer and c0-leader Rebecca Bortman, who walks past my girlfriend’s house occassionally here in Palo Alto AND whom I have twice mistaken for someone I think lives nearby but … Continue reading →

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To be young and well-hung in New York: Diego Rivera at MOMA

Posted on November 16, 2011 by markweiss86

I saw in the New York Times the news that five of Diego Rivera’s murals are being reunited for an exhibit at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). The murals were part of a show in 1931 that … Continue reading →

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Stencil artists reach Palo Alto

Posted on November 2, 2011 by markweiss86

This stencil art graffiti is on California Avenue near the authorized Palo Alto Public Art triptych by Joey Piziali, and also Chris Johansen and David Huffman. A clerk from Accent Arts said that in the alley near their storage space … Continue reading →

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Plastissimo Alto: or, don’t walk away from the arts, Palo Alto

Posted on November 2, 2011 by markweiss86

sid meet bethany. bethay meet sid, and sara and karen and jeanne and enrique and ms. rose if not the Roses per se Continue reading →

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dog dude illusion

Posted on October 23, 2011 by markweiss86

When my girlfriend texted me a photo of her holding the chin of her dog Frida, I at first saw a dude, maybe an image of John Lennon, or maybe some kind of post-Warhol Mister BrainWash type image, of a … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Needs Music

Posted on October 19, 2011 by markweiss86

This is a detail of a drawing offered by the lovely Annie Pletz of Berkeley  regarding TLPW456, the initiative to revive the historic and beloved Varsity Theatre in Palo Alto. The drawing actually shows a bass player performing under a … Continue reading →

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Posted on October 16, 2011 by markweiss86

This is what democracy looks like: three versions, including six or seven young actors and playwrights giving it up under the name PMSTA. Continue reading →

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Singing seems to ease me

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

I’ve been rocking an old cassette (probably documented and dubbed for me by David Schwartz of Fast Atmosphere) of Mother Hips live at Cubberley Center, January 19, 2001. The document is one of about 40 hours of tapes and cds … Continue reading →

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Orozco fresco at Dartmouth’s Baker Library reserve corridor

Posted on September 29, 2011 by markweiss86

jose clemente orozco born in 1883 died in 1949 one of the big three mexican muralists and I used to walk past this a couple times a week when i was an undergrad at dartmouth Continue reading →

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Are you ready for some PUEBLO?!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by markweiss86

yo microphone check one two what is this 15 photos of my trips to santa fe Continue reading →

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