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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

Jen Shyu VS Steph Chou

Posted on July 15, 2019 by markweiss86

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Actually Steph Chou, who was written up in the recent Downbeat, reminds me of Patricia Barber.

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Deep blue sky over Oaxaca

Posted on July 14, 2019 by markweiss86
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John Santos Machete VS Willow Teller shot pot

Posted on July 14, 2019 by markweiss86

I passed through the plastic arts show yesterday afternoon just long enough to meet, in the courtyard of the Art Center, near the Oliveira bronze lady, Willow Teller, a young ceramicist from Palo Alto. I had noticed her work, a … Continue reading →

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Sabathia to Alonso to Barco vs Tinker to Evers to Chance

Posted on July 12, 2019 by markweiss86

I cannot recite much of Canterbury tales beyond April being the cruelest month, eventually, but somehow I can do this from memory: These are cruelest of baseball words Tinker to Evers to Chance A trio of bearcubs yet fleeter than … Continue reading →

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Joan VS Barb

Posted on July 11, 2019 by markweiss86
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Earthwise on-sales at The Mitch

Posted on July 11, 2019 by markweiss86

I have five shows onsale at EventBrite, mostly at The Mitch. Jazz Matinee, Sunday, August 18, 2019 2 pm at Mitchell Park El Palo Alto room. I cannot announce the name of this act until next week or so. So … Continue reading →

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Piziali mural VS Piziali poster

Posted on July 5, 2019 by markweiss86

I am sort of an expert on the triptych on the Bishop Building in Palo Alto, although I do sometimes namecheck it in terms of the chain coffee house it faces. The third part is by former Paly footballer Joey … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Jimbo: isn’t it time, baby?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by markweiss86

OR TO HIS AGENT AND PUBLICIST Hello, [NAME OF AGENT]: Ask Jimbo if he wants to play a free show Sunday August 4 in Palo Alto, downtown at Lytton Plaza*. Afternoon, daylight. It would be a makeup to a cancelled … Continue reading →

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3 Tenors VS Lynyrd Skynyrd

Posted on July 4, 2019 by markweiss86

The wife TMW is playing the Three Tenors this holiday and I admit I couldn’t recall their names. But she couldn’t get the original guitar lineup for Lynyrd Skynyrd: Rossington, Collins and Ed King. I’m spending my 4th at Palo … Continue reading →

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‘Jolene’ VS ‘Jungle Boogie’

Posted on July 3, 2019 by markweiss86

Get downs; For Cake, in this signature and seminary track from 1994’s “Motorcade of Generosity” John McCrea auspiciously leads the band in a plausibly live sounding workout at the resolution of the jam, signaling doomed sideman Greg Brown to fire … Continue reading →

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