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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

Hey, please don’t steal my Sun Kil Moon posters

 Tickets are going pretty fast at Eventbrite  for $20 all ages general admission. Earthwise productions has a total of five shows on sale most at Mitchell Park, The Mitch. There is a free Tom Harrell Quartet jazz concert also available … Continue reading →

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Jenn Clemena ‘Hot Cheetos’ VS John Cale ‘Caged Heat’

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    And1: Cake, 1994, “cream rinse and tobacco smoke” (of Jolene) b/w ATE IN YOUR SIX So that’s a pun on the Filipino word for elder or aunt and continuing the food theme which is appropriate because I heard … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman VS Matzo Man

Parentheses I ripped this from an article in the New York Times about 25 important Modern arts and the screen capture is from an edited video of the 1970s super hero show whereas the other piece is from a well … Continue reading →

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Jen Shyu VS Steph Chou

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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

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John Santos Machete VS Willow Teller shot pot

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

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

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Earthwise on-sales at The Mitch

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

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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