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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

Stanford great soccer player Catalina Macario

Posted on August 28, 2019 by markweiss86

I have not been to a Stanford Women’s soccer game in many years, but I may go this year to check out a special player named Catalina Macario. An SB sports columnist posted a vine of a great goal against … Continue reading →

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Ledesi VS Jennifer Eberhardt

Posted on August 28, 2019 by markweiss86

I literally just this minute got a message from Stanford that a psychology professor and PhD who specializes in racial bias is going to be speaking at Cubberley the former high school auditorium or theater, in conversation with LaDoris Cordell. … Continue reading →

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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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