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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

V.Vale v Eve Valois

Posted on September 12, 2019 by markweiss86

If it is not obvious on first instance, one might recognize a pattern wherein a common trope at Plastic Alto is to compare two dissimilar items with similar names. Wasn’t there a guy on Saturday Night Live who would have … Continue reading →

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One millón runs, twenty thousand players, five hundred Venezuelans

Posted on September 11, 2019 by markweiss86

Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates, a former Giant, beat his old team the other night, blowing a fine start by Mad Bum. I noticed on the leading online baseball reference that he is listed as the nineteen thousand and somethingth … Continue reading →

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East Palo Altan artist and curator Kameelah Janan Rasheed in The New York Times today for big show in Brooklyn

Posted on September 10, 2019 by markweiss86

The New York Times has an article about a show in Brooklyn. It turns out that the woman in the accompanying picture, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, has roots in East Palo Alto and a master’s in education from Stanford, and also … Continue reading →

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Marlon Brando as conguero in ‘The Wild One’, Johnny VS John Santos, appearing in Palo Alto Friday

Posted on September 8, 2019 by markweiss86

What have we got? How about conga master and guru John Santos and his Sextet Friday at The Mitch, baby? Con-guru? Yeah, man, get your tickets on-line for a Jackson at Eventbrite or just roll on in at 7:30 for … Continue reading →

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Chip Kelly,Ryan Day, Dan Mullen — Jason Cole — all Manchester football honchos from the 1980s

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86

source: BW There are three D1 football coaches who were all preps simultaenously in Manchester, New Hampshire, according to my source, BW. Plus a strength training guru for Michigan. Which prompts our asking: greatest football player born in New Hampshire? … Continue reading →

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Molly Tuttle, most talented hands in bluegrass VS David Hess, assault rifles built from found objects

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86

I’ve been geeking on all kinds of things Molly Tuttle since announcing a show with the locally-raised bluegrass guitar star — articles, videos, sound files, correspondence. David Hess is a college classmate of mine in Baltimore who is a renowned … Continue reading →

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Jim Coulter sent me…

Posted on September 7, 2019 by markweiss86
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Crowe descends from Palo Alto high towers to greet great green unwashed in former SF landfill space

Posted on September 6, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w McNAMEE BUY-ON AT BUSINESS CONFERENCE Free show by Moonalice this Sunday Sept 8 at 2 pm Union Square SF.

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Thirty thirty night for Joc Pederson

Posted on September 4, 2019 by markweiss86

Joc Pederson of Palo Alto, Albuquerque, Israel national team and The Dodgers had a thirty thirty night in that he hit his career-high 30th home run of the season but then crashed into a wall in the fifth inning, making … Continue reading →

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Tom Waits Man Man Dave Douglas Sex Mob

Posted on September 3, 2019 by markweiss86

Or, An Incomplete Communion: I spent about 20 minutes listening to four or five cds, from my collection, between 1999 and 2006 or so — and this is 2019, almost 2020. With 20-20 hindsight and more discipline I would know … Continue reading →

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