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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

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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Palo Alto Rock a a to z z

Posted on June 8, 2019 by markweiss86

Z And I thought about meeting Paul de Barros a Cubberley grad and long time jazz writer for the Seattle daily news or one of the two at Zotts A couple years ago; his mother had died he came to … Continue reading →

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Zuni bear fetish to honor Mac Rebennack Dr. John

Posted on June 8, 2019 by markweiss86

In a previous post, seven years ago, I mentioned buying for Dr. John a Zuni bear fetish, at a Trading Post on College Street in Berkeley, and giving it to him back stage. (Like the time I gave to Steve … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Rock a a to z w

Posted on June 7, 2019 by markweiss86

W World For Ransom is or was a Palo Alto based rock band featuring Billie Eyeball — her legal name for as long as I’ve known her — and Dave Womack as manager. Ray Poague, a Gunn 1980 graduate, played … Continue reading →

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Mr. Duffy v William Russel Dudley

Posted on June 4, 2019 by markweiss86

This is very esoteric and then it got deleted but someone next to me at Coupa mentioned a James Joyce line about Mr. Duffy a short distance from his body from Dubliners 1914 and I thought of and sussed out … Continue reading →

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Dextra Quotskuyva, 1928-2019

Posted on June 4, 2019 by markweiss86

The King Galleries in Phoenix list Dextra Quotskuyva, the great Hopi potter and epitome of the Nampeyo matrilineal descent of greatness, as having died this year. News to me. Coincidentally I had pulled from my shelf this morning for my … Continue reading →

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Jane Monheit and Bob Margolin now on-sale at EventBrite

Posted on June 3, 2019 by markweiss86

I have two shows now on sale via EventBrite, Jane Monheit June 21 and Bob Margolin, July 6, both at the new Mitchell Park Community Center El Palo Alto Room. In my 25 years as a concert promoter, I’ve likely … Continue reading →

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