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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

Twenty five years of Soledad

Posted on August 25, 2020 by markweiss86

When Brad Raymond married Soledad O’Brien his Harvard schoolmate I left a message on his answering machine wishing him “cien anos de Soledad” I thought of that just now going through the times noticing the obituary of Mercedes Berkshire 87 … Continue reading →

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Who knows ‘Why The Sax Player has Cyrillic on his t-shirt’?

Posted on August 24, 2020 by markweiss86

There’s a media group called Black Palm that did a No Use For a Name Tony Sly tribute with all Slavic female leads, plus a Clint Mansell doubledate Slavic or Russian looking couples video plus California Dreaming with the late … Continue reading →

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Equality VS Equity (the rainbow world of Palo Alto’s Molly Tuttle)

Posted on August 24, 2020 by markweiss86

She comes in colors. This is the 27th time I’ve blogged about Molly Tuttle in a year, or more likely name-checked. Meanwhile there are people who’ve been following her for 15 years. This is a great video, of a great … Continue reading →

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Elvin and Charlie and Bruce and Jack and Michael & Ashlyn and me

Posted on August 24, 2020 by markweiss86

I just got word and or deduced that there is a new collaborative record featuring Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop. I tried to feature this concept in my Earthwise productions concert series last year and could not get them within … Continue reading →

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Avenge Hana Morita

Posted on August 24, 2020 by markweiss86

Hana Morita Is a community member, artist and activist who is Heritage is Okinawa. She is part of a collective of 20 or so like minded people whose comment on Black Lives Matter were briefly displayed on the 200 block … Continue reading →

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Mbappe VS M- Base

Posted on August 23, 2020 by markweiss86

20 woodwind vs denied by the woodwork Lewandowski for red, but I’m blue

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Pop Smoke, tee shirt Vs MC Lars bandcamp

Posted on August 22, 2020 by markweiss86
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Cam, burning house VS Duffy, orange ball

Posted on August 20, 2020 by markweiss86
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Thank you for your service

Posted on August 19, 2020 by markweiss86
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Big Sister

Posted on August 19, 2020 by markweiss86

I voted for Hillary Clinton and not Donald Trump and I will definitely vote for Joe Biden with Kamala Harris and not Donald Trump and my wife was very very disappointed that we did not have a female president yet … Continue reading →

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