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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

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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Give the drummers some

Posted on August 19, 2019 by markweiss86

I have two or three bigger topics but since somebody just asked me to refer a drummer I want to give it up for Malachi Whitson who held down the corner or the pocket or the corner pocket with Dayna … Continue reading →

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Don’t bring a chicken bone to a knife fight

Posted on August 16, 2019 by markweiss86
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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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

Posted on August 8, 2019 by markweiss86
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