Category Archives: New yorks

Clarence Thomas’ reckless disregard for intelligence

Posted on February 20, 2019 by markweiss86

Thanks to the Sullivan decision, it is indeed hard for public figures to win libel suits. They have to prove that something false was said about them, that it harmed their reputation and that the writer acted with “actual malice.” … Continue reading →

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I missed Rent Live by 24 hours, 600 minutes

Posted on January 29, 2019 by markweiss86

But I’ll get ahead of the curve for “Jagged Little Pull” . Which premiered at American repertory theater in Cambridge Mass. and is headed to Broadway with a $14 million budget. Yes I deliberately miss identify the album I was … Continue reading →

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A brief memoir regarding Jonah Mekas, 1922-2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by markweiss86

photo of New York Times, Thursday, January 24, 2019; p. A24; Screen capture or cut-and-paste of copy of note sent to Eden Arielle Gordon in New York, regarding Mekas, “Pull My Daisy” and “New American Cinema”, July 24, 2019 — … Continue reading →

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‘Gary Come Home’ performed live at Joe’s Pub by Colman Domingo and Stew v New York Times report of the death of George the Snail

Posted on January 14, 2019 by markweiss86

Not to confuse the matter but my wife does enjoy eating escargot And in his song about Florida which I wrote about yesterday Stew admits that edible “gator tail” is “the joint” Which I believe means very good

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Dan Mountain, Dan the Mountain, Dan the Mountain Man, Dan Deacon and Dan Auerbach

Posted on January 9, 2019 by markweiss86

Dan Mountain is an advertising writer who won the Howard Gossage Award the year I wanted to be a copywriter; I met him 30 years later and we watched Clay Kershaw pitch; Dan is also a mountain, somewhere pictuaresque. Seeking … Continue reading →

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Go, Sandy! Go, Sandy! (Maureen Dowd on the AOC)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by markweiss86

This makes me want to send her money more to come +TK Edit to add: but can she do the hora?

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Happy new year or ‘Oy vey’ yo musician and activist Si Kahn

Posted on January 4, 2019 by markweiss86

I had repressed the memory but suddenly recall his wonderful workshop how old a Dartmouth spring of my junior year Two thousand seventeen  lifetime achievement award from the folk alliance   . Maybe EarthWise productions can bring him out here. … Continue reading →

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Ed Sheeran, 563,132,637; Eden and Shea, 70

Posted on December 20, 2018 by markweiss86

  Obviously the original version by the British superstar is better, but the two young people from New York deserve to be heard, too. Hopefully their version — especially IF THEY RE-RECORD IT — will hit 10,000 views before Ed’s … Continue reading →

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Pulling My Daisy >> Summer Cannibals (6 stills distilled)

Posted on December 19, 2018 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 6 photos.

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Dramatis personae featuring minor characters

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

This started out as a private correspondence about sundry arts topics but I thought I’d reduce it to alphabetical list, short i.d., and a link, for general use: Alden Van Buskirk, minor Dartmouth Beat Poet (d. 1961); Aleta Hayes, teacher, … Continue reading →

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