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

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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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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New Yoshi’s boogie

Posted on February 21, 2012 by markweiss86

i’ve spent a little time on the mountains, where the air is thin so i started trippin’ long strange that Continue reading →

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Jerry East

Posted on February 20, 2012 by markweiss86

I was going to recommend “Jerry East” as a nickname for Jeremy Lin; it’s a play on “Jerry West” the Lakers star who is the model for the NBA logo. I found this song that makes the same association: which … Continue reading →

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William B. Gould IV to throw out first pitch Friday at Stanford-Vandy baseball game

Posted on February 16, 2012 by markweiss86

take me out to the ballgame in a red camero z-24 with BOSOX98 plates and get there in time for the ceremonial first pitch, bring a cap not a wig Continue reading →

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Plastic Alto Top Dozen Posts All-Time

Posted on February 14, 2012 by markweiss86

its’ been a long time been a long been a long lonely lonely lonely 279 no 280 posts time. Rock and blogroll. Continue reading →

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Lin “gunning it out” with Kobe Bryant

Posted on February 10, 2012 by markweiss86

this is my dream being lived out, by jeremy lin. hoop dreams two. the humble hero from harvard leads knicks over lakers 92-85 primetime on ESPN from Madison Square garden. the kid from gunn i mean paly high — that was Joshua Lin at Gunn. Jeremy and Joseph somehow ended up at Paly — state champs. Continue reading →

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Absurd tension for IM

Posted on February 9, 2012 by markweiss86

  edit to add, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012: I went in to Safeway to try to buy the Jeremy Lin Sports Illustrated but instead walked out with The New Yorker because it had a blurb about Doomtree in New York … Continue reading →

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My left foot or fist

Posted on January 31, 2012 by markweiss86

French footballer Gael Clichy, from Martiniquis heritage and playing for Manchester City in the Premier League, developed his left foot on the advice of his father, I am reading. Truth be told, I captured this shot merely because I liked … Continue reading →

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Fueled by Dohatsuten

Posted on January 30, 2012 by markweiss86

cut is what i aim for, sic. Continue reading →

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