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Cut ties and tight cuts

Posted on January 29, 2012 by markweiss86

(this riff is temporarily postponed but for now enjoy vinage Von Iva doing “LALA”) Rob Schneider – name popped up when I logged in today, new show “Rob” Adam Werbach – of Sierra Club and Saatchi; ran into at art … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to me from Palo Alto’s Finest

Posted on January 28, 2012 by markweiss86

But in this case Agent David Lee was working for the taxi companies, the landlords and the pubs and not for me or you my neighbors and voters and taxpayers and citizens of Palo Alto. Continue reading →

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Jurassic 5 meets Tortilla Phlat

Posted on January 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I have always held that a broom and dust-pan, properly, easily, 2na be and cleverly used are more thorough and certainly more colorful that a talisman, no motor, no electricity available, big shiny vacuum. — Steinbeck, TF, p. 86 and, on p. 91 it say: that machine was worth three or four gallons of wine but the miser Torrelli would give no more than two. Bah dah dah dah dee dee dee dee and all that. Continue reading →

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3 Short Posts about Jason Mraz, SF Public Press and Dr. Dawn Norfleet jazz

Posted on January 20, 2012 by markweiss86

Rushing back to my secret (wired) hideout to prepare for a presentation Monday on Steinbeck’s “Tortilla Flat”, I wrote in my head two short posts for “Plastic Alto.” But then, and only because I have known Matt Nathanson since he … Continue reading →

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Lemon Twist meets Aussie not-green not-bitter; more on The Kent Lockhart Legend

Posted on January 18, 2012 by markweiss86

i made a little chap book with this info, for eric, and then bored Reeves with the story so here goes: She comes in colors. She’s like a rainbow. This Stones lyric I truly believe is about the mother of … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Potrerolandia

Posted on January 17, 2012 by markweiss86

  On my way into the City this fine sunny yet cold morning, I shot Richard Serra’s “Ballast” — I was reminded of its existential 160-ton weight on the world by a brochure I got earlier in the month at … Continue reading →

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Is Richard Cory one of us or one of them?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86
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A Wealth of Ideas to Examine Poverty via Literature at Foothill

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86

OR HOW I ATE TOO MUCH SOUP AND TOO MANY CHIPS AND TRIED TO PASS IT OFF AS HOMEWORK Jordana Finnegan’s English class 1B at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California uses two main texts to frame a series … Continue reading →

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Man in the Arena

Posted on January 8, 2012 by markweiss86

These famous words are by Teddy Roosevelt from 1910 but also are echoed in Nixon’s resignation, the actual events portrayed in the rugby movie “Invictus” and in the 1999 film “That Championship Season” in a speech by Paul Sorvino playing … Continue reading →

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Clare Rojas at Paule Anglim

Posted on January 3, 2012 by markweiss86

It was Kim Chun who told me about Clare Rojas and her music under the name Peggy Honeywell Clare Rojas Piecemeal January 4 – 28, 2012 Reception: January 7, 4 – 6pm Swann’s Way, 2011   acrylic on linen, 49″ … Continue reading →

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