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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

Fifty Palo Alto jazz tropes

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markweiss86

1. Thelonious Monk live at Paly, 1968 A Palo Alto high student organized a concert with Thelonious Monk at Palo Alto High during a time fo racial unrest (soon after murder of Dr. King), cited in Prof. Robin Kelley’s Monk’s … Continue reading →

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Remember these Titans

Posted on April 1, 2020 by markweiss86

Matt Nelson, tenor sax & Ryan Snow, trombone inducted into the Palo Alto Jazz Pantheon; the Titan Horns, anyone? I’m Gunn-a fly Matt Nelson and Ryan Snow to Palo Alto to reunite as the Titan Horns, maybe to guest for … Continue reading →

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Let it be latte

Posted on March 31, 2020 by markweiss86

Backed with A consideration of Todd Sickafoose 2008 “Bye Bye Bees” and a review of this band in the LA Times at Hammer Museum referencing a projection of a tree cycling thru seasons by Jennifer Steinkamp who might have synched … Continue reading →

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555 new trumpet players

Posted on March 30, 2020 by markweiss86

Aaron Mutchler • Aaron Shragge • ABQ • Adam O’Farrill • Afro Brass Assembly • Ahmed Abdullah • Alejandro Berti • Alicia Rau • Allison Philips • Ambrose Akinmusire • Amir El Saffar • Amy Horvey • Andrew Oom • … Continue reading →

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Mark me: ghost in the machine decries ‘murder most foul’

Posted on March 29, 2020 by markweiss86

I thought I saw Bob Dylan, at Frost, sitting in a chair. Me, I mean. Mark me. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbQkyvbw18 I was trying to post a 30 second clip from Bob Dylan show at Stanford West October but my computer is not … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Curley Neal hello, Normani

Posted on March 29, 2020 by markweiss86

I interviewed Curley Neal at his clinic in Menlo Park, winter 1984. I just noticed Normani “Motivation” video after buying Rolling Stone #1337   I was gonna compare her to Dr Hook until I noticed her ball handling. I think … Continue reading →

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Bird omenology (courtesy of I.D.G)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

(Ida sent out a two minute vine of birds singing in her yard, then I stepped out and did 30 seconds very similarly….a couple days later, I found this poem by Al Young, the poet laureate who has a birthday … Continue reading →

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Terubozu song in Japanese folk lore

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

If you read this blog serially or from top down and not just follow a link, you might notice a Japanese theme recently. yes, I was impacted by my work with Akira Tana. But there was also a movie festival … Continue reading →

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Top Hat and The Thin Man

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

I saw two women making music at Lytton Plaza on July 14, 2018 and thought they were great. I call them Top Hat and The Thin Man because I was on my way to watch some Fred Astaire movies at … Continue reading →

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Saturday shout out to ‘Original 9’ tennis players, 1970

Posted on March 28, 2020 by markweiss86

I caught about 30 minutes of Billie Jean King and Boomer Esiason talking about the launch of equity and equality for women athletes. The original nine played for one dollar each to launch the professional circuit. Billie Jean King, Rosie … Continue reading →

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