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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

Mays Vs Fingers

Posted on July 14, 2020 by markweiss86

Bw bert campaneris bunt base hit soundtrack to Mary fall fall fall fingers down my spine

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Bruce Springsteen ‘American Skin (41 Shots)’

Posted on July 13, 2020 by markweiss86

Jake Clemons nephew of the Big Man: song about Amadou Diallo (who, sadly I confused with Abner Louima who was brutalized but not killed by police)     bw Big ups to Sean Wilentz in Rolling Stone RS 1341 on … Continue reading →

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I May S1:01 Or Hemingway black cat story

Posted on July 13, 2020 by markweiss86

I watched the first 10 minutes of HBO date rape show and then went to walk my dog and then watched the final 5 minutes or so, then reviewed backwards minutes 26 thru 13 — the meat of the matter. … Continue reading →

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Should the new Palo alto police headquarters be reviewed in the light of Black Lives Matter and coronavirus?

Posted on July 12, 2020 by markweiss86

Should the new Palo alto police headquarters be reviewed in the light of Black Lives Matter and coronavirus? The answer is yes of course. I wrote separately about my dismay that the bureaucracy arbitrarily cut the guts out of the … Continue reading →

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Bowden Bell Ringers does Dameron

Posted on July 11, 2020 by markweiss86
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Keith Boykin coverage of Black Lives Matter in NYC

Posted on July 11, 2020 by markweiss86

 Keith Boykin has posted numerous short videos taken with his cell phone camera of Black Lives Matter protest activity in New York City near where he lives, his exact neighborhood. Dartmouth alumni magazine circulated today an essay Keith wrote about … Continue reading →

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Ron Jones, The Wave 1969 VS Ukraine Holocaust Disneyland 2016 filmmaker

Posted on July 10, 2020 by markweiss86
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Many of the Zomba men know who is Messi, but Ed Sheeran hell no (Ian Brennan, 2019)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by markweiss86

(Not sure who the Zomba men are but you have me curious…rrr n)

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Robertson, Basirico, Carpio work in progress, Palo Alto, June, 2020

Posted on July 9, 2020 by markweiss86

Black Lives Matter mural, artists at work, a week ago:

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Preview of Crocker Museum auction, 8 works

Posted on July 7, 2020 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 16 photos.

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