Category Archives: this blue marble

means either geography as in something far away, as the blue marble is like a globe; or means environmental per se like recycling, pollution, green — ok, maybe should be a subcategory of “green marble”? formerly I wrote “this round marble” by mistake and then covered by linking posts to “geometry”. An oblique Jimmy Dale Gilmore Jesse Winchester reference through “Big blue Ball”.

Ralph Ziman art car

Posted on November 17, 2018 by markweiss86

Ralph is a film maker and activist from South Africa. I met him at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2008 or 2009. I liked his film “Jerusalema” about a tenant revolt and especially the soundtrack. We briefly corresponded … Continue reading →

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Eero w Mies

Posted on November 16, 2018 by markweiss86

and1: My parents and my sister lived there before we moved to Bennett and 92nd in Chicago:

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‘We’re just following orders’ says U. S. Military spokesman to NPR on asylum speakers approaching our border with Mexico

Posted on November 16, 2018 by markweiss86

Tv on the radio happy idiot War on drugs pain

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4 stills from the 303

Posted on November 15, 2018 by markweiss86

Outro by Denver son but world traveler, who I once rode a tour bus with from San Diego to Maine, Corey “Roar He” Harris edit to add, later that day: this was based on an NYT feature, “36 Hours in … Continue reading →

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Jenny Scheinman vehicle to get Earthwise treatment next spring ‘Kannapolis’ by Finn Taylor, maybe

Posted on October 31, 2018 by markweiss86

I always regret mentioning, to media or friends and I guess now my own blog, upcoming or potential bookings. However, I saw Jenny Scheinman last week in Santa Cruz, as part of Allison Miller Boom Tic Boom at Kuumbwa, and … Continue reading →

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Maybe my coffee is too strong but I see the face of a billy goat or Gandalf the White in this Trevor Paglen found photo at Altman-Siegel

Posted on October 31, 2018 by markweiss86
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Mountain View blues goddess Laura Chavez spotted in New Hampshire in Austin-based rockabilly band, by New Hampshire blogger Natalie Curtiss, or her hubby

Posted on October 24, 2018 by markweiss86

The person I mentioned below, regarding her tribute to Sorry To Bother You, also shot Laura Chavez at a music festival in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Laura was playing with Lindsay Beaver, the Alligator Records artist, based in Austin but from Halifax, … Continue reading →

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Lockhart re ducks

Posted on October 5, 2018 by markweiss86

My high school teammate Kent Lockhart was a 4th round draft pick out of Don Haskins’ UTEP for the New York Knicks but broke his arm and was cut. In 1988 he was MVP of the San Francisco Summer Pro … Continue reading →

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PaJaMa w COBRA

Posted on September 29, 2018 by markweiss86

PaJaMa are a group of gay photographers who also sometimes paint, I learned today after noticing the work Thursday at Whitney, including Paul Cadmus, whilst COBRA is acronym for art movement slightly early of cross pollinating artist from Copenhagen Brussels … Continue reading →

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The Boob Tube: 1) what is ‘Maniac’? 2) what is ‘Netflicks’? & 3) whose ‘Dick’ did Georgetown prep?

Posted on September 28, 2018 by markweiss86

I’ve never even seen Gsme of Thornes but tore a clip from the times about the real life town in Croatia being over run by tourists ( see also Mark Twain, Yankee in King Artur Ct). — also Hawking disproof … Continue reading →

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