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The world accordin’ to Les blank

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Les Blank is a prize-winning independent filmmaker, best known for a series of poetic films that led Time Magazine critic Jay Cocks to write, “I can’t believe that anyone interested in movies or America…could watch Blank’s work without feeling they’d … Continue reading →

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Always for Pleasure 1978 and 2012 Mardi Gras Indians

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86
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Galactic March 30 and 31 at Fillmore

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Psyched to see Galactic in yesterday’s Times today which is how I realized today is Mardi Gras. Or, as Fess would say, The Mardi Gras. I then also heard Stanton Moore on NPR although at first I didn’t recognize his … Continue reading →

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Partial list (Lami@50 poem by Mark Weiss)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Partial List Matt Gonzalez, Jack Hirschman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Highsmith, Garrett Caples, John Paige. John Ceeley, Lauren Van Buskirk Pikes. John Mitchell, Clive Matson, Martha Muhs, Andrew Hoyem Sarah Hartwell, Dartmouth Archives. Bob Rosen — IS BOB ROSEN’S STEP-DAUGHTER HERE?? … Continue reading →

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Clap your hands for Cross Your Fingers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by markweiss86

  oops that is the old band, Souldiers. The new band or at least new name same personel is Cross Your Fingers, featuring my cousin Isaac Blumfield on guitar and vocals. This post, which is four months old, features one … Continue reading →

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Harbaugh comedy monologue at Rockage

Posted on February 20, 2012 by markweiss86

Abstract: Doctor Popular Rockage Jim Harbaugh Jim Blake Tom Blake Rockage Eric Fanali The Harbaugina Monologue Norman Mailer (cameo) Herbie Herbert (cameo) Sy Klopps Dan Olmstead (cameo) Stew (cameo) Cake This is like four or five posts, but work with … 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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dozens: your momma’s so fat she sat on a quarter and pushed a booger out of George Washington’s nose

Posted on February 16, 2012 by markweiss86
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Asian Women Designers Rule at Fashionweek

Posted on February 16, 2012 by markweiss86

Suzy Menkes, of IHT, on Charlie Rose, claims that young Asian women designers, from New York City and West Coast, are breaking out at Fashionweek this year. Sounds good to me. Anna Sui? I have been wearing a lot of … Continue reading →

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Pay No Attention to the Woman Behind the Walls Curtain Glass Castle

Posted on February 15, 2012 by markweiss86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE The So-Called “Innocent Expression” of Jeannette Walls Family History as Memoir of Classroom Text I am pretty much done with Jeannette Walls “The Glass Castle”. I’ve read the lion’s share,  and have a sense of it – stylistically, factually, aesthetically … Continue reading →

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