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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

Oregon 84, Amendola 19

Posted on March 9, 2019 by markweiss86

I ran into Randall Klein at the screening of never look away and he mentioned that his very first show was in Palo Alto at the varsity theater with the band called Aragon I told him I created my Amendola … Continue reading →

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Tina In It To Win It

Posted on March 8, 2019 by markweiss86
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Bhi Bhiman cd release

Posted on March 8, 2019 by markweiss86

This is one of the best places to read about  Bhi Bhiman,  I mean after Christgau. Although it’s kind of obscure in previous posts I’ve compared him to Bob Dylan and Barack Obama. I think I wanted to suggest he … Continue reading →

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Christopher Wallace vs Paul Frees

Posted on March 7, 2019 by markweiss86

I. II.   (One of these guys is the Notorious B.I.G. While the other is the voice of popping fresh Pillsbury doughboy;  in the movie Spiderman spider verse there is a clip from hypnotize with the lyric Poppa been fresh … Continue reading →

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Good luck, soccer Palo Altans Japic, as their lore spreads to Waco, Texas

Posted on March 7, 2019 by markweiss86

BLUF: Three months later, I do admit I found it odd that a student from Palo Alto would early-commit to playing intercollegiate sports in Waco, Texas after her junior high school year, and that my comments therefore on the Weekly … Continue reading →

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TAD or Davis

Posted on March 7, 2019 by markweiss86

i just had a flashback to summer, 1977 and I played tennis every day and used a Davis racket and to determine serve: it showed either “TAD” or “Davis” on its handle depending, like a coin flip, how it landed … Continue reading →

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The hitcher

Posted on March 3, 2019 by markweiss86

and the hitched Edit: Visual artist Chyna arts administrator cherry assembled Davis – that’s no lady that’s my wife see Ranch California Guyala curator she says March 3, 2019

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Roughing it (after Twain, 1861/1871/2019)

Posted on March 3, 2019 by markweiss86

”Careful to something something something…” More of my visual doggerel :

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I’ve taken 655 photos since the one of me and Bruce Solar, which was my main target when I went to the music conference in LA two weeks ago

Posted on March 1, 2019 by markweiss86

And written 24 blog posts. And sent and or composed to her and 64 emails parentheses since February 11 parentheses Better if I went back and edited those 600 photos broke them down by compositions, scenes, site.  Once I compose … Continue reading →

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Holy Ollie-Sacks!!

Posted on February 27, 2019 by markweiss86

While reading, albeit too close to two tables at Oren’s Hummus, the new The New Yorker (Trump holding a banner during a flood), I momentarily — measured 15/16s of four beef kebab-balls and 976/1,000th of a bowl of turmeric rice … Continue reading →

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