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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

I am wearing my third eye blind T-shirt today but not sure ‘how’s it going to be?’

Posted on June 15, 2019 by markweiss86

Yesterday I wore a golden state Warriors replica jersey of Stephen Curry in Los Angeles and six or seven people stopped me on the street.  One lady, Carmen, said she was from San Lorenzo but had moved here parentheses Sherman … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Malachi: Hard rock, hip hop jazz the gospel glam

Posted on June 15, 2019 by markweiss86

B/w my visit to “Contact High” hip hop photo exhibit at Annenberg CAA 2200 curated by former Palo Alto Arts Commissioner Vikki Tobak, I read about in Rolling Stone. The fickle computer ate my caption about Carolyn Malachi the DC … Continue reading →

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Has ‘Rock and Roll’ jumped the shark?

Posted on June 11, 2019 by markweiss86

I remember in 1992 getting a Christmas card from Lane Wurster of mammoth records and thinking that there was an oasis somewhere where people could be “punk” or “Indie” and still be in business  Mammoth had seven or eight employees … Continue reading →

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Rose B Simpson, Maria (black on black car) VS Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin (blues man)

Posted on June 11, 2019 by markweiss86

The name “Rose” could reference a fragrant flower or physical motion in this case upward. Whereas “Bob” could be a nicked name for “Robert” or the motion or path of a solid object of wood or plastic (and or captured … Continue reading →

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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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