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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

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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Sharks nip Preds in shirt out

Posted on November 9, 2019 by markweiss86
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As the backs go tearing by

Posted on November 9, 2019 by markweiss86
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Back-to-back wins VS chin-to-toes beard

Posted on November 9, 2019 by markweiss86
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My first ever glimpse of Edmonton Oiler Conner McDavid

Posted on November 6, 2019 by markweiss86

in quasi real time NHL highlights tonite tho my hero is #13 for Nashville American Brian Bonino who got a hat trick last week v Chicago.  

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Kind of trippin’ on the Sudan Archives thing coming to duNord in February

Posted on November 6, 2019 by markweiss86

Montage: Heath Burian on reality tv; Mark Weiss, Tim Bluhm circa 1998; Weiss, Walter Palmer; HSB fan w Wookie shirt; fellow traveler from LA with masters in social work on her birthday at San Jose Rock N Roll Half Marathon … Continue reading →

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The list of Africa nations in ascending order, by population VS new video of Michael Kiwanuka ‘You Ain’t The Problem’

Posted on November 4, 2019 by markweiss86

Djibouti Eswatini Equatorial Guinea Mauritius Guinea- Bissau Gabon Gambia Lesotho Botswana Namibia Mauritania Liberia Central African Republic Republic of The Congo Libya Sierra Leone Eritrea Togo (that’s 18 of 46 — it ends with Nigeria) South Sudan Burundi Benin (10,008,749) … Continue reading →

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Joyce YuJean Lee vs Helen Sung

Posted on November 3, 2019 by markweiss86

  I think I’m still the only person on the Internet who is trying to compare the visual artist Joyce Yu Jean Lee with the pianist Helen Sung: they’re cousins.

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