Category Archives: media

when i sneak my cell into stanford theatre and the lady, who is cool with almost falling off a ladder for minimum wage when she changes the names on the marquee, asks me not to use my cell, marshall mcluhan, noam chomsky and more

I am Elektro, err, Earthwise

Posted on December 7, 2012 by markweiss86

I made a poster in 1999 that advertised four shows, including Train, Mother Hips (who play tonight in Felton) and featured a photograph of a robot I had ripped from an ad and gave to my designer to photo-shop for … Continue reading →

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Dana King and Rodin ‘Prayer’

Posted on December 6, 2012 by markweiss86

Leah Garchik had a scoop about Dana King leaving KPIX to do her art fulltime. I linked from the comments to the Dana King art homepage and was suitably impressed with her sculpture and her charcoal drawings. Later that same … Continue reading →

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Pandora is evil, Linda is beautiful

Posted on December 4, 2012 by markweiss86

Linda Perry, the song writer who penned Christina Aguilera’s hit tune ‘Beautiful,’ saw the song played more than 12 million times on Pandora during the first three months of the year. For that Perry earned $350. (Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET) Read … Continue reading →

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life is so strange

Posted on December 3, 2012 by markweiss86

life is so strange (short review, plagiarized from heather desaulniers, about new work by mary armentrout) read more here: ^ ^ ^ > > ^ ‘   ,    , hey look I made the little mark dance along the … Continue reading →

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51 Plastic Alto posts that mention ‘Chicago’

Posted on November 30, 2012 by markweiss86

The search functions would like us to believe that all 51 of these posts mention Chicago, my kind of town, where I did burst forth two score and eight years ago, into this great nation: Birds of Chicago is: JT … Continue reading →

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the theme of my life is blank

Posted on November 27, 2012 by markweiss86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGE1vX1m-_I&feature=channel&list=UL Terry and I went to a lecture and screening tonight on campus hosted by Penny Lane. Terry asked a question. I enjoyed the presentation and was suitably impressed although nodded off a few times. Penny has made or is … Continue reading →

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Burden of D.R.E.A.Ms

Posted on November 15, 2012 by markweiss86

I’M A LITTLE MACAPUNOS, DON’T YOU KNOW? Speaking of “bonfire of the vanities” (Frank was, at 1:40, above), I would like to eventually get to, as Steve Cohen reports he already has, the new Tom Wolfe book. Meanwhile, Terry Acebo … Continue reading →

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Mark O’Brien and Stephen Hawking

Posted on November 10, 2012 by markweiss86

“Doctor Hawking, what can you say to all the disabled people who are stuck in nursing homes or living with their parents or in some other untenable situation and who feel that their life is over, that they have no … Continue reading →

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Eusebio

Posted on October 14, 2012 by markweiss86

Most people if they follow sports would say Pele is the best all time. I am talking soccer. I met a man from Cape Verde, a singer, who co-wrote one of the most famous songs of his genre — he … Continue reading →

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Lefsetz on Westergren

Posted on October 10, 2012 by markweiss86

I’ve been a hater on Pandora since day one. I was psyched to see that industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz didn’t mince words on this topic: This is why the music industry hates technologists. Self-satisfied pricks like Tim Westergren who believe … Continue reading →

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