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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

Ty Cobb of the Tigers, Chief Meyers of The Giants baseball pin suite

Posted on August 14, 2020 by markweiss86

Between various feng shui burglaries in the general chaos of the universe it was a pleasant surprise to find my set of 12 vintage baseball player pins, sweet chaparral P2 equivalent to T206. I pulled my 1975 baseball encyclopedia from … Continue reading →

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Five oh one saxophone blues

Posted on August 13, 2020 by markweiss86

In a former life, we used to have a notebook in which I wrote the names, date of birth of 1,001 saxophone players that I had culled from three different music reference books, all music guide, a British one, and … Continue reading →

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Blink 182 BMW sell out is ‘on’

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86

Fans call it ATST.  BMW and their agency call it “on and on” as in our summer sale is on and on, extended. She waited for him after the show, and said “dude after you sell 20 million records you’ll … Continue reading →

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Holy cow!!! Kamala to be first female president of United States!

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86

Edit to add: trifecta

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Captain Satellite circa 1970 VS Kuiper constellation 2021

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86
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Monk America Monk again

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m only kidding about the janitor actually being an FBI agent, but a lot of the press about Danny’s (Scher) concert with Monk does describe the timing of the event during an era when MLK had been shot and East … Continue reading →

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Whitney Denson tribute to Greg Brown

Posted on August 10, 2020 by markweiss86
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Ruth Weiss, 1010 vs Io, 10

Posted on August 8, 2020 by markweiss86

I was the first person to make a purchase at Bell’s book’s with its new germ shield configuration. I was trying to buy only a graphic novel about John Lewis, March. And I owed faith $60 for to Derek Wolcott … Continue reading →

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A gap-toothed woman I met at the cafe reminds me of Dori Seda, who I never knew except in the Les Blank film

Posted on August 7, 2020 by markweiss86

When I saw “Gap Toothed Women” I called Les Blank to express my enthusiasm and admitted I had a little crush on Dori Seda, who had also done the poster. He sadly shared that she had passed away.Richard Van Busack … Continue reading →

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What a difference a day makes or 17 years

Posted on August 7, 2020 by markweiss86

OR, DIAL MM FOR MONEY AND MUSIC AND MEMORY I met Mulgrew Miller in France, when Henry Butler played Xavier’s festival.He was on my list of potential management clients, but I never had the nerve to ask.Here is his old … Continue reading →

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