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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

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Posted on September 28, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w I am making an anonymous (except to you, dear rare Plastic Alto reader) to St Peters of New York for their hosting of a Sonny Fortune memorial AND a Donny McCaslin Jazz Vespers. Meanwhile I am producing a Molly … Continue reading →

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How significant is the fact that the president of Ukraine is a sitcom actor?

Posted on September 28, 2019 by markweiss86
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Fay Victor VS Fay Vincent

Posted on September 28, 2019 by markweiss86

Jazz singer. Unique phrasing. Baseball commissioner, with a limp. (What actually brought be here is that I am researching a show I just booked into the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, Thursday December 12, 2019 to feature Larry Ochs, of … Continue reading →

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Shelley Segal at Lytton Plaza tonite

Posted on September 27, 2019 by markweiss86

In a surrealistic twist I am NOT producing an event at Mitchell Park but an impromptu glorified busk-plus, by a young millennial indie answer to Tuck and Patty called Shelley and Shelley’s guitar player partner*. And it probably has nothing … Continue reading →

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Kara Maria, Larry Ochs at Art Center

Posted on September 27, 2019 by markweiss86

I actually went by the art center to rent the room for a concert featuring Larry Ochs in for others Thursday, December 12 details TBA should be a free show that’s how we roll. I’m super busy so in a … Continue reading →

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‘Death Of Stalin’ VS Bob Weir

Posted on September 26, 2019 by markweiss86

Sam Whiting in the Chron has their first official story about the group of tech entrepreneurs who have pledged to convert for $20m the Guild theater into a nonprofit concert hall like the university in Berkeley coincidentally once the flag … Continue reading →

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Come join The Robert Hunter Hoot, Palo Alto, Calif.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by markweiss86

Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto at the Mitchell Park Community Center is hosting a special music memorial to the life of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who died Monday in San Rafael at age 78. MORE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED. … Continue reading →

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Plastic Alto covers plastic: ghost chair by Starck at DWR $455

Posted on September 25, 2019 by markweiss86
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Robert Hunter VS Robert Mitchum

Posted on September 24, 2019 by markweiss86

plastic alto blog post outline — offline Robert Hunter VS Robert Mitchum Robert Hunter was a lyricist for The Grateful Dead, who, ironically*, died today. Robert Mitchum was an actor who played in a frightening movie, “The Night of The … Continue reading →

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‘Hands of Orlac’ at Mitchell Park Center Friday, October 25 with live score

Posted on September 24, 2019 by markweiss86

I made a rather macabre stage announcement at the Earthwise John Santos show in that John works with his hands and the movie I am showing, with six musicians performing simultaneously a live original score, is about a concert pianist … Continue reading →

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