Category Archives: austistic

has to do with austin, texas the music capital, the 512, especially south austin, where I spent a month in 2009, slackers the movie, linklatter, austin street spankers, bands from austin who played the cub, crazy heart the movie, near kerrville, austin city limits the show more than the festival, papa mali, and or sxsw

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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Andrew Bird and I and I

Posted on March 31, 2012 by markweiss86

Wednesday Andrew Bird performed live on Jimmy Fallon to congratulate himself on the release of his sixth solo cd “Break It Yourself.” Wasn’t too long ago that I caught Andrew playing in the convention center daytime during SXSW, and it … Continue reading →

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Hey now, you’re a rock star

Posted on March 29, 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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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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Laurel Nakadate James Franco

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Am I in a coma? How could it have taken me three months too late to imagine a collaboration between James Franco and Laurel Nakadate? Can they “bring it” to Palo Alto? http://11.performa-arts.org/event/laurel-nakadate-and-james-franco One of my nightmares is that, like … Continue reading →

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Yuan Yuan and Dan Dan

Posted on January 12, 2012 by markweiss86

Yuan Yuan Tan in SF Ballet “Little Mermaid” on PBS score by Lera Auerbach gives new meaning to “white russian” and I hope to catch for atone for missing this “NIxon in China” Continue reading →

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Thao and the get down stay down

Posted on November 3, 2011 by markweiss86

I am only like two years late to give props to Thao Nguyen. I met her in 2009 at SXSW NPR show in Austin, day party. I met Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney a few minutes prior, and then Tom Waits’ … Continue reading →

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film studies teacher

Posted on October 23, 2011 by markweiss86

Do you know any good racist and specist and dated songs like “Why Does the Monkey Dunk His Nuts in My Margarita, Sharona?” Continue reading →

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Deerhoof at SFMOMA

Posted on September 16, 2011 by markweiss86

Who was the funny dude with the glasses and the bow-tie? Continue reading →

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