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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

LABOR ZIONISTS TENDED TO TOLERATE RELIGIOUS ZIONIST

Posted on February 7, 2024 by markweiss86

ORTHODOXY RATHER THAN CONFRONT IT vs Groucho Marx prunes riff

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Blackletter vs Blackfriar

Posted on February 5, 2024 by markweiss86

Blackletter is a typeface, for instance in the Bible, Gutenberg — itself subject to a Broadway musical; Black Friar is or was an arts org or senior society at University Chicago to which my grandfather belonged. He was also Phi … Continue reading →

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Earthwise welcomes Nefesh Mountain Friday in Palo Alto

Posted on February 5, 2024 by markweiss86

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium 1313 Newell at Embarcadero Doors 7:45 8 pm show all ages $18 advance, $5 students EventBrite Earthwise 31st season thank god it’s Friday

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A Page Pirate looks at 60: about Jim Yardley, ‘Brave Dragons’, Matt Passell and having this 40 minute block to blog twice

Posted on February 4, 2024 by markweiss86
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Posted on February 4, 2024 by markweiss86

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Death comes for the archbishop Riordan

Posted on February 1, 2024 by markweiss86

The author Willa Cather, when she mattered, in her best work said lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds. And I remember that, from my days at Dartmouth. Eighteen seventy-three, nineteen forty-seven. Seventeen sixty nine, nineteen eighty six rather. Do … Continue reading →

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Jumpin’ with symphony Cid

Posted on January 30, 2024 by markweiss86

Well, you’ve never heard of me, bob, even though I’ve written you 50 times.  (“What about Bob?”) 1) I did produce one Cindy Bullens show at the Stanford student union for Earthwise Productions. I Remember the radio promoter or the … Continue reading →

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THIRTY-SIX KEYBOARDS EMPLOYED BY VANGELIS

Posted on January 30, 2024 by markweiss86

Both grand pianos, the Roland SH-3A and the Rhodes 88 were retained for Vangelis’ active late 1970s and early 1980s setup, which also featured newer synthesizers by Yamaha (CS-40M and GS-1), ARP Instruments (Pro Soloist, 2500, Odyssey), Oberheim Electronics(TVS-1A, four and eight-voice Polyphonic Synthesizers), Sequential Circuits (Prophet-5 and … Continue reading →

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OPEN LETTER TO EI

Posted on January 26, 2024 by markweiss86

OPEN LETTER TO ETHAN IVERSON ONE OF MY FAVS ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES DIRVE HIM NUTS, RIGHT? DIRVE OR DRIVEL EITHER OR ETHER ORE I am a former journalist turned concert promoter and record producer so it is always a thrill … Continue reading →

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The Lost Weekend

Posted on January 23, 2024 by markweiss86

I knew Donald Burnham of dartmouth. By phone and buy letter. One verse players or teammates in cross country told me they thought it was funny when the movie came out about the drunker who had a homophone name to Don … Continue reading →

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