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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

Salute to Dempseys’ three generations of mid-Peninsula diamond stars: Con, Dave, Nolan

This is not Nolan Dempsey the former Serra and Fresno State Star, but it is a snippet of the Stanford – Fresno State game on June 3, 2019 9-7 eliminating Fresno although Dempsey scored twice and was cheered on by … Continue reading

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Cam may or may not be appearing in Palo Alto in June, but I caught her in tv in March

bw The Resisters, by Gish Jen;

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Sun Ra vS sun Kil moon

sun Ra  Herman Blount shares a May 22 birthday with Richard Wagner Naomi Campbell Arthur Conan Doyle Laurence Olivier and Harvey milk Sun Kil Moon is named after a boxer.

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Ants marching VS ants dancing

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Hopkins Struever “Painted Perfection” Wheelright Museum Santa Fe, New Mexico 2001 p 68: The insects holding hands illustrate a Hopi story of how ants got tiny waists. matthews circa 1994: Lights out we up and Die…mommy. Dextra  

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Tory Burch hand bag from Nordstrom VS demonstration of supergravity in Daniel Z. Freedman / Antoine Van Proeyen sense with a little help from Magritte

This is $348 to me at least if I click on the correct virtual buttons and in the right order according to an email I got 14 minutes ago.

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Ring Lardner VS Otto Correct

It rained down in Cincinnati one day and somebody organized a little game of cards they was shy to man to make six and asked hi and Kari to play. “I’m with you if you get AC and make it … Continue reading

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Laura V. ‘Galaxies’ tutorial prompt VS Ben L. ‘Giving Tree’ result

Laura Veirs a singer-songwriter, mom, teacher and author in Portland, was slated to teach at Stanford April 4-5, then perform at The Mitch, April 6 — all postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic and “shelter in place”. Laura meanwhile … Continue reading

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Bong’s ‘The Host’ featuring Jerry Stiller

Yesterday I read the Times’ preview of the TNT pilot of an adaptation of another Bong movie, “Snowpiercer” and commented that current Hollywood should do a remake of “The Host” as a comedy, with Jerry Stiller as the creature. (I … Continue reading

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Came Sunday: Valerie Troutt, her father, Charlie Musselwhite and me —Palo alto December 29, 2019

This is an Ellington song made famous for Mahalia Jackson version:

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Trump appointee to ramp up war on wild horses

Seeks increase of $25 million in next budget to capture mustangs The chronicle had a small wire item about wild horses in the Bureau of land management which I clipped out today. Reminds me that right before I started Earthways … Continue reading

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