Author Archives: markweiss86

Unknown's avatar

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

David Shields’ ‘beast-mode’ doc

Posted on August 16, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w When will the Raiders find a star named either Silver or Black? And one I saw a guy on the train and spoke to him his shirt I thought said holy Toledo but spelled OLY. “Snap spot Stabler kick … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Happy 50th anniversary of Woodstock to Palo Alto’s Gregg Rolie of Santana

Posted on August 15, 2019 by markweiss86

The New York Times did not mention him, but ran an interview with Carlos about taking mescaline with Jerry, but the Grammy homepage did have Gregg Rolie on the panel interview about their thoughts on rock’s big day out, 50 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fake news I’m seeing little green men watching CNN

Posted on August 13, 2019 by markweiss86

Above, the world as it actually is, somewhere in Russia, a monument; below, similar info but in my limitless cave. I wrote “little” but changed to “limitlessly “. link to the actual, If fake, story or transcript Bw google doodle … Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic, words | Leave a comment

Jen Dziura’s upgrade from hamburgers to bull-sliders

Posted on August 13, 2019 by markweiss86

 In my 25 years in the arts a sub-project has been to cultivate a network of Dartmouth alums in those fields.  As distinct from the previous efforts to do so in journalism parentheses Paul Gigot, Budd Schulberg  or advertising – … Continue reading →

Posted in filthy lucre, sex, words | Tagged | Leave a comment

Alta Weiss VS Lynda Benglis

Posted on August 9, 2019 by markweiss86

Alta Weiss was a baseball player who defied gender expectations 111 years ago and then became a medical doctor. Lynda Benglis is a sculptor  who works with fabric and has a show coming up shortly in Palo Alto at the … Continue reading →

Posted in filthy lucre, sex | Tagged , | Leave a comment

It’s 2 bad I didn’t know this guy, nor his music

Posted on August 8, 2019 by markweiss86
Posted in ethniceities, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Prague police puppy pipeline

Posted on August 5, 2019 by markweiss86

After City Council business I met Officer J. Tannock and Bohdan. She says his or her name means “given by God” and the dog arrived from Czech Republic where we apparently get all our dogs here. Thanks in advance for … Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic | Tagged | Leave a comment

Assata Shakur (Kahlil Joseph) detail VS Miriam Schapiro detail, at Cantor

Posted on August 5, 2019 by markweiss86
Posted in art, ethniceities, sex | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Cliff Branch, Raider, dies at age 71

Posted on August 5, 2019 by markweiss86

Cliff Branch was one of my favorite football players. I got his autograph in the parking lot of the Coliseum in 1974, when I was 10, and he was 26. The photo is by Baron Wolman The Oakland Raiders team … Continue reading →

Posted in sports | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Chapman out at home VS White Sox reminds of Blue Moon Odom out at home, Morgan to Bench to end Game 5 of 1972 WS

Posted on August 4, 2019 by markweiss86

The A’s beat Chicago 3-2 last week but Ryan Cordell’s peg of Matt Chapman trying to score from third had me sussing out the clip of Blue Moon Odom, a pitcher, pinch-running and trying to score on a short foul … Continue reading →

Posted in sports | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment