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About markweiss86

Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play

Post-modern exchange with Pam Mandel

Posted on November 11, 2020 by markweiss86

Regarding her memoir “Same River Twice” published by Skyhorse Press and distributed by Simon and Schuster. Pam is from Palo Alto, graduated from San Jose State and makes Seattle her home base. Actual title is The Same River Twice: A … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Day salute with Lee Marvin and Evri Kwong

Posted on November 11, 2020 by markweiss86
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My notes on an Os Elliott lecture from October, 1985 VS ‘Six Degrees of Separation’

Posted on November 9, 2020 by markweiss86
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Warhol soup VS Thiebaud pie

Posted on November 8, 2020 by markweiss86

After Scott Shields in Wall Street Journal Emily Borrow

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We’ve been ‘burted’

Posted on November 6, 2020 by markweiss86

I would not say Pat Burt “championed a business tax” in that during his sixteen years in leadership Palo Alto failed to enact a business tax and now had budget cuts, having let off the hook a trillion dollars worth … Continue reading →

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Eight female forms painted by Marcy Friedman of Sacramento

Posted on November 6, 2020 by markweiss86

Marcy is a Stanford grad and a major donor to the Crocker Museum of Sacramento; not to be confused with Marcy Freedman of San Francisco and San Diego who is a writer it would be cool if Friedman with an … Continue reading →

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Spectacular catch by Davante Adams of Palo Alto and Packers should count as a touchdown

Posted on November 5, 2020 by markweiss86

Same exact thing happened to me on the final play of the Terman -Wilbur game in 1977, right Zlotnick, Kjos?

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Twenty five years of Dawn Richardson drums

Posted on November 5, 2020 by markweiss86

Dawn with Four Non Blondes circa 1994 Dawn with Mental 99 (Joe Gore Dawn Richardson duo) 2010 There’s more to say but for now I tagged this “music” “sfmoma’ “sex” I forget when I split “sex” and “sfmoma” into two … Continue reading →

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Still waiting

Posted on November 4, 2020 by markweiss86
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Personal to Plastic Alto voters in Palo Alto: you have 90 more minutes to get to the polls and vote REBECCA

Posted on November 3, 2020 by markweiss86

I met Rebecca Eisenberg walking our dogs at the new park at Peers Park and then have followed her campaign avidly since it started in June. I mention her here 23 times. I voted for she and three others, but … Continue reading →

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