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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

Spooks take center stage at former downtown art studio

Posted on August 28, 2019 by markweiss86

I chuckled and thought of the long time dissent leader Tom Jordan who when I ran for city Council told me that like in the towel of poo I should find a parade and jump in front of it. I … Continue reading →

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3M VS 31 M’s

Posted on August 28, 2019 by markweiss86

3M, also known as Minnesota Mining, is an 89 billion dollar corporate conglomerate. The “31 M’s” are the bands booked by Eric Dimenstein and Jim Romeo’s Ground Control Touring of Los Angeles and Brooklyn (but apparently not Chapel Hill or … Continue reading →

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Earthwise Welcomes Molly Tuttle, to The Mitch, Monday, September 30

Posted on August 27, 2019 by markweiss86

Molly Tuttle performs a rare hometown concert at Mitchell Park Community Center, Monday, September 30. Tickets are $20 in advance at EventBrite. edit to add: this is selling very briskly. Thanks to Karla Kane of the Palo Alto Weekly for … Continue reading →

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Earthwise welcomes September 13 John Santos 6

Posted on August 27, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the refrigerator that you were probably saving for breakfast, so sweet and so cold forgive me

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12 Galaxies sighted in Palo Alto

Posted on August 24, 2019 by markweiss86

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$4,500 smiling Lowden guitar from Gryphon VS $1.45 Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie homage collectible

Posted on August 23, 2019 by markweiss86
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Will pop culture out live Christianity?

Posted on August 23, 2019 by markweiss86

Will pop culture out live Christianity? Fuck yes  He also the movie Zardoz

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‘You’re One’, Imperial Teen (song) VS ‘You’re’ Sylvia Plath (poem)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by markweiss86

Clownlike, sleeping with the enemy. Nuf sed.

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Hello Lionel Richie from Silicon Valley

Posted on August 21, 2019 by markweiss86

I’m a Ludditte, I work in the arts not tech, so I try to refer to this as Santa Clara Valley, not “Silicon Valley”. In this case I am talking about the fact that by buying 6 tickets to see … Continue reading →

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Twenty-one arts photos from my email feed, butt-to-butt

Posted on August 20, 2019 by markweiss86
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