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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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I’m a little piece of leather, don’t you know!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by markweiss86

stella brooks was a little piece of leather and a piece of work. just ask: woody guthrie, marlon brando, tennessee williams and moe asch. Continue reading →

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Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em, brothers

Posted on January 3, 2012 by markweiss86

(Michael Pitre, of Port Arthur, Texas and The Boom Boom Room San Francisco, 1967 -December, 2011 — he was the guy who could bridge Stephen Jackson with Fela Kuti and will be sorely missed). David James his bandmate sent along … Continue reading →

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Lisa Fay Beatty (1964-2011)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by markweiss86
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Tommy Jordan sits in with Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads ‘Howl’

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

i saw the best minds of my generation employed by downtown street team Continue reading →

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Take me, “Portlandia”

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

I saw Sleater-Kinney three times. Sold out show Friday in SF. I didn’t realize I even get channel 503 IFC — yeah! I’m only a year or so behind the times! Photo of Carrie Brownstein at NPR showcase, at SXSW … Continue reading →

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Check “YES!” for Alex Carbonel music and hoops

Posted on December 24, 2011 by markweiss86

La di dah dot tot dah I caught via the tube a live performance on a sports show of a point guard from St. Mary’s University of Moraga, California (East Bay, halfway to Winnemucca), named, and they didn’t even have … Continue reading →

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Mr. Gore and Me

Posted on December 13, 2011 by markweiss86

there’s a little bit of maria in every post i do Continue reading →

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Cantor candids

Posted on December 11, 2011 by markweiss86

It is probably not advisable to try to make a regular practice of slyly shooting other people’s kids in museums and public places, but I could not resist catching these two twin girls in front of the Diebenkorn. Here I … Continue reading →

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