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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

Pulling My Daisy >> Summer Cannibals (6 stills distilled)

Posted on December 19, 2018 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 6 photos.

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Gail, you’re a Woman

Posted on December 18, 2018 by markweiss86
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Shaka brah in San Carlos

Posted on December 18, 2018 by markweiss86

I was actually on my way to hear jazz, Joey Fabian and Terry Hiatt, Tuesday’s at Savannah650, But arrived too early and ducked into the Looking Glass also known as Noelani’s Island Grill, 1037 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070 … Continue reading →

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‘Five, six, seven, eight Shlemiel….’

Posted on December 18, 2018 by markweiss86

edit to add: a few minutes later, I found the nine-minute clip of Laverne (and Shirley — Cindy Williams to her Penny Marshall) on Happy Days, the nidus, and then, for strange reasons, thought of Joyce Johnson and Elise Cowen.

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Jonah Matranga at Lytton Plaza, Election Day, 2012

Posted on December 14, 2018 by markweiss86

andandand: i’m not sure what this is but if you are feeling lucky click here   Have you ever thought of doing a Queen tribute a-to-z of an album, arranged for solo voice and acoustic guitar? There’s a good movie … Continue reading →

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Donnas stoker since way back when

Posted on December 14, 2018 by markweiss86

  I’ve been a fan of The Donnas since before they were The Donnas . They were Raggedy Ann with a 7 inch EP recorded by Bart the recording guy Thurber,  and his roommate Eugene Robinson of oxbow said he … Continue reading →

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Shaquille O’Neal interviews Norzin Lama on his social media, 90,000 likes

Posted on December 14, 2018 by markweiss86

Norzin has a Tibetan clothing and jewelry shop on University Avenue in Palo Alto, although it will close after Christmas, after nearly 25 years here. She seems optimistic about the future, the next chapter. Who knows, maybe she will be … Continue reading →

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After ‘Nighthawks’

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86
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Dramatis personae featuring minor characters

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

This started out as a private correspondence about sundry arts topics but I thought I’d reduce it to alphabetical list, short i.d., and a link, for general use: Alden Van Buskirk, minor Dartmouth Beat Poet (d. 1961); Aleta Hayes, teacher, … Continue reading →

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Cat Power w Cynthia Dall

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

There’s an article from a recent The New Yorker about Cat Power Chan Marshall. I clipped it out and filed it, between the pages of a library book I found, in SF, near the art institute — 800 Chestnut — … Continue reading →

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