Category Archives: New yorks

Keith Boykin coverage of Black Lives Matter in NYC

Posted on July 11, 2020 by markweiss86

 Keith Boykin has posted numerous short videos taken with his cell phone camera of Black Lives Matter protest activity in New York City near where he lives, his exact neighborhood. Dartmouth alumni magazine circulated today an essay Keith wrote about … Continue reading →

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Samora Pinderhughes mentions

Posted on July 7, 2020 by markweiss86

SAMORA PINDERHUGHES’S ‘VENUS’ at Le Poisson Rouge (July 19, 8 p.m.). Mr. Pinderhughes, a pianist and vocalist, grabbed attention in 2016 with his politically incisive “Transformations Suite.” At Le Poisson Rouge he returns with a new set of material, “Venus,” … Continue reading →

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DiSuvero and Noguchi in The Times today by Kimmelman and Weisz

Posted on June 1, 2020 by markweiss86

I met my wife when we were both interested enough in Palo Alto’s Percent for Art program that we both toured Bruce Beasley’s Oakland studio apropos of his sculpture at Mitchell Park Library and Community Center. So therefore I notice … Continue reading →

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Timo Andres and Molly Tuttle: two Palo Altans whose Carnegie Hall debuts were postponed by pandemic

Posted on May 26, 2020 by markweiss86
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Thumbs up for Nina Katchadourian and her 24,000 imitators

Posted on April 19, 2020 by markweiss86
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She’s a little piece of data don’t you know

Posted on April 17, 2020 by markweiss86

Stella Brooks(1910-2002) is earning money, 18 years after her death and, in effect, loaning the money back to the people of the United States for cultural purposes. The San Francisco singer has seven songs among the 60,000 in the catalog … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Sky Posse VS CA Plane Por Moi

Posted on April 4, 2020 by markweiss86

Sky Posse is a political action group lobbying to change federal aviation laws in favor of suburban quiet enjoyment. One of their people ran for city council and got 8,000 votes, but in retaliation the pilots are buzzing are homes … Continue reading →

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Kudos to HBO’s plot against fascist populists

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markweiss86

I recommend the book; I should re-read it, too.

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Dave Douglas, Trumpet, Aoife O’Donovan, voice ‘Barbara Allen’ VS ‘KC Moan’ Memphis Jug band, from Harry Smith Anthology

Posted on March 24, 2020 by markweiss86

Or the Aoife O’Donvan Time Warp Tour Dave Douglas sent around to his mailing list a version of exquisite Barbara Allenism, with Aoife O’Donvan, the singer from Bluegrass band escaping Crooked Still, she’s neither. it’s doesn’t ring true like something … Continue reading →

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Matthew Whitaker, right wing VS Matthew Whitaker, right hand

Posted on February 21, 2020 by markweiss86

I just got news of a jazz rising star named Matthew Whitaker, who plays piano. But when I tried to find more information, I was reminded of a former football player for Iowa who apparently took too many hits to … Continue reading →

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