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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

Mark Stewart VS Mark Stewart pka Stew

Posted on June 11, 2019 by markweiss86

I just got word from City Winery that they are doing a series of special shows in honor of deceased legends. There is a Pete Seeger show for example, that is curated by Mark Stewart “of the Paul Simon Band”. … Continue reading →

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Vijay Iyer Trio ‘Optimism’ 7:23 VS Anish Kapoor ‘Mother As A Mountain’ 1985, for Donald, Janice and Mark

Posted on June 11, 2019 by markweiss86

Terry TMW bought a Bose cd player but it turns on by itself if you plug in a MacPro to charge and lay it near or on the black sleek otherwise fairly intelligent box. Like today. And it chose to … Continue reading →

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Minneapolis Institute show of female artists and catching up with my old neighbor and classmate

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Alisa Patnuade says she’s fixing to retire and start a new life as an artist of some sort after many years of service for we the people and our fair state. She sent regrets about having to miss my Jane … Continue reading →

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A Call for ‘Kurt Cobain Plaza’

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Ok, I admit it was I who under a nom de plume posted an attack on the effort to re-name Lytton Plaza for a then recently deceased prominent Palo Alto clan figurehead and namesake. I spoofed the idea by posting … Continue reading →

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Ragady Anne, ‘Valley Girl’ VS Sun Kil Moon ‘Duk Koo Kim’

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

I don’t know where this came from other than YouTube and its smarty pants algo-rhythm thought that I or you would like this or thought it could convince me to post this here, talk about Auto Co Wrecked. One is … Continue reading →

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The ‘V’ Word; or et tu VS me too

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss a resident of Downtown North 11 minutes ago Mark Weiss is a registered user. I misread this to believe for a second that the screen writer was a Casti grad — as Grace Slick was. I … Continue reading →

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T is for Tah (Palo Alto Rock a A to Z): Tommy Jordan, Paly ’81

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

I just left Tommy Jordan a long voice mail, to inform him he is Mr. T, in the context of Palo Alto rock history. (Actually, although I probably said forty things and made five jokes, before the machine cut me … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Rock a A to Z: Y

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Y is actually where this started. Y is for Yatovitz, Hershel Yatovitz, Paly High class of 1982, learned guitar here in his public elementary school, has played as Chris Isaak’s sideman on guitar for 20 years but was also partnered … Continue reading →

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THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT

Posted on June 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Not really. We are in the cellar. But Mad Bum has 80 strikeouts in 79 innings and I found this cool 90 second video from 1951…

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Say ‘Goodnight’ Ralphie

Posted on June 9, 2019 by markweiss86

Good night, Ralphie   It’s not in the way that your  Love gets me through/ it’s not what you say or the things that you do /Hey man I just walked 10 miles and ran another three so I deserve … Continue reading →

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