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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

Quien es mas stupido, Elizabeth Holmes o Beale Hahn’s son?

Posted on September 5, 2018 by markweiss86

Do you think Elizabeth Holmes deserves respect? respect? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2018, at 2:28 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: Hi Mark, Posts from the Midtown Starbuck’s are blocked because of repeated problems with comments made from that … Continue reading →

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Bring Ben Back w Ron Jones Cubberley H-1

Posted on September 5, 2018 by markweiss86

Palo Alto Verde student publication and website has amazingly complete coverage of the Ron Jones incident from 1967, which I will edit to add here. I sent them 2 comments. Their advisor is Paul Kandell not The Woj, unless she … Continue reading →

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John Zorn Redbird 1995 w Agnes Martin Pace Palo Alto 9/18

Posted on September 5, 2018 by markweiss86

That’s a prologue to this show, from 1995 although I was not feeling it until today. There’s also a museum or gallery of her work (with accents by Donald Judd) at University of New Mexico. Pace show is as follows: … Continue reading →

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Ali on the Seth

Posted on September 5, 2018 by markweiss86

I like when Seth Meyers calls Ted Cruz a big toe. That makes Beto O’Rorke my pinky. And: other Ali I should rename this “Ali, Ali, Apple”:

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Beez in trap w Schoolhouse Rock electricity

Posted on September 4, 2018 by markweiss86

In my youth although I did watch too much tv, we had Schoolhouse Rock, especially the Bob Dorough meloldies. People my age still be quoting “conjunction,junction” and “i’m just a bill” for instance. The other day I was channel surfing, … Continue reading →

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Who is the hottie behind the hot seat?

Posted on September 4, 2018 by markweiss86

Edit to add:is it Quebecois drummer and Seth Myers kit banger Emanuelle Caplette? Speaking of which Alison Miller of boom tick boom is on Seth tonight. edit to add, two weeks later: this is already outdated. I hope truth and … Continue reading →

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Altoon at Shelbourne vt close crop

Posted on September 3, 2018 by markweiss86

And artist we admire, all to insult time also known as Altoon Sultan and maybe are all knowing a personal assistant has secretly been reading kids I would do Grecian urn and is making fun of us lowly humans – … Continue reading →

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Blues man on the come

Posted on September 3, 2018 by markweiss86

Aki Kumar at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass October 6 or 7 or 8 and I saw a poster at Poor House SJ so stay tuned. Speaking of Poor House props to the double mixologist Kennedy Jacobi —despite the NY cap — … Continue reading →

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Big Red Machine ‘off the reservation’ is cat nip for blogger who riffs on Jacoby Ellsbury, feel me?

Posted on September 2, 2018 by markweiss86

Edit to add, nearly two years later plus now Black Lives Matter: White guy Aaron Dessner of The National and white guy Justin from Bon Iver are Big Red Machine and have songs about “off the reservation” and “teepee’ (Green, … Continue reading →

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Fly Emirates visit Malaysia by car, by arse (4LW)

Posted on September 2, 2018 by markweiss86

And coinkydinky I watched 2 min of Blazezers Men for first time 30 secs before after seeing buying book at Keplers butt haven’t cracked it yet. Did I say butt crack? TMW and I also fell ass leap watching CNN … Continue reading →

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