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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

LAMI at 58: Alden Van Buskirk revisited

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

We should do another staged readings, this time A-to-Z of LAMI cast or celebrity readers! As I was trying to explain: Alden  Van Buskirk Was a student of Jack Hirschman at Dartmouth or a friend of his – before Hirschman … Continue reading →

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They’ve got the beat, but backwards and in heels

Posted on December 13, 2018 by markweiss86

I go in and out of obsession with The Beats. One, I read “Kaddish” (AG) with Tom Sleigh, at Dartmouth, in the 1980s, but didn’t really feel it. Two, in San Francisco, in late 1980s, I lived across the street … Continue reading →

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Rocker daze re 488

Posted on December 12, 2018 by markweiss86

Curious. When did the President Hotel become an apartment complex? When the band used to come to town, we’d book a few rooms to crash there after doing a show. It was kind of run-down back then but the overnight … Continue reading →

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Historic Palo Alto mansion open to public tour Thursday: Tobey House (1904) 567 Hale, at Hamilton: special meeting of HRB

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86

 Notes, 1, I hope somebody invites Mrs. Brunenberg a stalwart of the board who only recently left the board; 2, Agenda miss spells the family name as “Toby,”. 3, I wonder if the former residence of this house are related … Continue reading →

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Goodbye sadly Kimura Gallery

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86
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MongoDB market cap triples to $4.8B: in former Ole’s auto shop, Alma at Forest

Posted on December 11, 2018 by markweiss86

I am about as low tech as one can be without being physically removed, 86, from Palo Alto, but living here he learn to bluff your way through cocktail and coffeehouse conversations about tech.  I’ve heard of Oracle, this is … Continue reading →

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Call me a homer but I’d rather see a Linda Perry biopic than Lada Gaga A Star Is Born

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

I saw a star is born mainly because it was in a brand new movie house near my home. I didn’t understand why Brad Cooper died – spoiler alert Dash except maybe the three or four previous incarnations of his … Continue reading →

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I might like you better if you weren’t blocking my view of Romeo Void reunion with your stupid smart phone

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

No, it’s cool; I do it too. But when I first started producing concerts in 1994, which was before we had cell phones, with video, I banned recording devices from the shows on the grounds that a, I wanted people … Continue reading →

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RedVette Band, 1981

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

This will take a bit more sussin’. I post this here because Mesha Spivey, a former CCS high jump champ from Woodside, who grew up 12 years younger and across the street from CCS champ (and NBA Champ) Charles CJ … Continue reading →

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A classmate’s tribute to one of this area’s all-time greats: Charles ‘C.J.’ Johnson, of Sequoia High, Cal and the world champion Golden State Warriors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

By Mark Meltzer: I was a classmate of CJ’s from elementary school (Washington School) all the way through UC Berkeley. In elementary school he was just known as Charley, CJ was to come later. We weren’t close friends but I … Continue reading →

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