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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

‘Hinky-Pinky’

Posted on September 24, 2019 by markweiss86

‘Hinky’ is not a word, not in my lexicon at least. Since about 1983, I’ve been using Webster’s Ninth. If it’s not in Webster’s Ninth, I do not believe it exists in the English language, except as slang. (So, yes, … Continue reading →

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AFI, ‘Girl’s Not Grey’ circa 2000 VS Natalie Wood, ‘Sun is Gray’

Posted on September 24, 2019 by markweiss86

  I happen to TCM movie called Penelope because it had Natalie wood and it turns out she may or may not have sung a song called the sun is gray in the movies someone somewhere said it was cut … Continue reading →

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Mark and Molly shows, almost fabulous

Posted on September 23, 2019 by markweiss86

Big week for Earthwise Productions, The Mitch, and me. Eight days that is, today, Monday, September 23 thru midnight September 30. One hundred eighty or so golden hours. Mark Kozelek, performer known as Sun Kil Moon, has an evening at … Continue reading →

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Sun Kil Moon VS Eitan Smolyar

Posted on September 23, 2019 by markweiss86

One is a faux- Korean stage name of a middle American turned San Franciscan dark indie rocker with 20 cds while the other is an Israeli- American halfback with  close to 20 touchdowns for a Gunn football team that is … Continue reading →

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First of the Mohegans

Posted on September 23, 2019 by markweiss86

I just think that we offer an escape. That people are tired of watching the news. They are so disgusted with the negativity, the daily 24/7 media bombardment of what is wrong; that they can’t wait to have fun, and … Continue reading →

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14-inch wooden paint stirrer V Antonio Brown #17

Posted on September 21, 2019 by markweiss86
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Plastic Alto crushes the 100k hits mark

Posted on September 20, 2019 by markweiss86

I write this for myself and strangers. Today I noticed the total hits are 100,311. Because I knew the great mathematician Paul J Cohen, my first thought is: does that number factor or is it a prime? It adds to … Continue reading →

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Earthwise announces Tim and Greg of The Mother Hips on-sales; fair warning on last 40 seats to local product Molly Tuttle’s show

Posted on September 19, 2019 by markweiss86

Earthwise Productions, my concert company, has seven shows on-sale at EventBrite. The most recent announcement is for a set of two shows with Tim and Greg of The Mother Hips (playing as a duo, unplugged). Those shows are Friday, March … Continue reading →

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Gunn tennis V Lynbrook; or Gunn tennis ‘W’

Posted on September 19, 2019 by markweiss86

  Edit to add, two hours later: Gunn won 4-3  At Lynbrook thanks to a freshman number two singles player from los altos Hills and Nixon elementary whose mother in attendance is a executive with one of the leading tech … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara leadeship tells 49ers and Stones to ‘flick off’

Posted on September 18, 2019 by markweiss86

I’m an independent concert promoter in Santa Clara County so maybe the industry players’ loss is my gain, my chance to step up and promote at the Santa Clara Football Stadium. But it’s more fun to riff off the headlines … Continue reading →

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