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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

Fay Victor, ‘Barn songs’ featuring cellist Marika Hughes VS a painting I saw at the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco today called ‘The Cello Player’

Posted on November 15, 2019 by markweiss86

Sometimes these posts are just indicative of what someone might write. Maybe I will add as a coda other photos I took at the museum today: a radish help up next to the Oldenburg paperclip; the shapeshifter Innuit piece, bear-man … Continue reading →

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Earthwise songwriter showcase Saturday at The Cub to feature Austin and Oakland artists

Posted on November 14, 2019 by markweiss86

One of these days, I’m going to sit right down and update this with links and bios and all that, but what got me buzzing this morning as I was rising and thinking ahead to my day and the life … Continue reading →

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Model for model city after Oldenburg and Kapoor with a gratuitous wink towards very early and very late Gehry

Posted on November 13, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w a parallax view of the table, 3 o’clock on a Wednesday at Coupa, stoic focused millennial not quite in frame — nice white faux leather bag or purse:

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Gordon Dyal vs Paul Krugman

Posted on November 12, 2019 by markweiss86

What would I know about billionaires? Apropos of Gunn football I posted a comment about Gordon Dyal, Gunn ‘79 Dartmouth ‘83, who I said had made tens of millions as a Wall Street Guy. Fact checking my own blurb – … Continue reading →

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Bob, Jimmy, Andy, Terry, Mark & Mitch

Posted on November 12, 2019 by markweiss86

Bob Margolin and Jimmy Vivino headlined a show at Mitchell Park, for Earthwise on Saturday, July 6, 2019, with Mitch Woods opening then sitting in. Afterwards, Terry and I, along with our sound guy Andy Heller, posed for this photo. … Continue reading →

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Old Davis band circa 1970

Posted on November 12, 2019 by markweiss86

I got a call from Greg Brown one day saying that he wanted to show me a flyer he did for Old Davis. He said it was a band featuring a member of what would become Journey, either Gregg Rolie … Continue reading →

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Tool of The Times

Posted on November 11, 2019 by markweiss86

Today is Veterans Day and I thought of my father, a mug Ehren Tool made, then noticed this article from May featuring Berkeley veteran artist Ehren Tool, who Dad, Terry and I befriended during his Palo Alto Art Center residency … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Earthwise showcases for Troutt, Simmons and Rothwell

Posted on November 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Valerie Troutt is a composer, teacher, leader and singer out of the East Bay. Her ensemble supports blues legend Charlie Musselwhite at the Palo Alto JCC on Dec. 29. Sylvie Simmons is a ukelele based singer-songwriter, also internationally known for … Continue reading →

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Repertory bands VS Tribute bands VS cover bands

Posted on November 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Two cases: case one Tom Harrell took ill two weeks ago in Palo alto and his Trio played on without him; Raises the question is Harrell’scomposition so well regarded by his peers that future generations will play his music; Did … Continue reading →

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Journalism is dead

Posted on November 10, 2019 by markweiss86

“Doonesbury turning 50”

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