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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

Jungle Jim Loscutoff, the hoops champion w Maxim Loskutoff, who writes about encounters in the wild

Posted on August 17, 2018 by markweiss86
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A little more foghorn

Posted on August 17, 2018 by markweiss86

I did listen to a wee dram of San Francisco singer-songwriter maybe bandleader and supervisor candidate Tom Valtin and I would say it has a quality, but I would say also that it could use a little more foghorn. Foghorn … Continue reading →

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Mitch Woods to hit the Lytt in about 88 shakes

Posted on August 16, 2018 by markweiss86

He also had a very fine cd out “Friends Along The Way” With a fine cast of guests very find of virtual cornucopia including Ruthie Foster Who is previous CDs going to go home parentheses a guy stole my chair … Continue reading →

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20th anniversary of Dartmouth scholar athlete, but not a playboy

Posted on August 16, 2018 by markweiss86

Librarian and former St. Francis athlete Dave Sigua helped me research an item that magically popped into my head earlier today (it started with me returning a book about Lefty O’Doul and commenting that Paly grad Joc Pedersen of the … Continue reading →

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Wallace Loh must go

Posted on August 15, 2018 by markweiss86

University Of Maryland president Loh and football coach DJ zDurkin are responsible for the death of a student athlete. there are two reasons i am edit-adding to this today: one, a dude named Jake or Jack with a dog named … Continue reading →

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Birth of a Wilco song

Posted on August 15, 2018 by markweiss86
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Broadway By The Bay’s 53rd season artistic director Alicia Jeffrey w John Travolta Tony Manero 2 min solo

Posted on August 14, 2018 by markweiss86

Ine owe ahm ah homer but I prefer Ms Jeffrey…ahm jess sayin’. The movie was made for $3m, grossed $300m and featured some incredible indelible performances

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Garage Mahal w. Garage Mahal w. donkey poop news

Posted on August 14, 2018 by markweiss86

Local band garage Mahal I was likely the only one expecting to see Fareed Haque at the Father’s Day street music festival (“World Music Day”). Nothing against cute local kids rocking out. This is from June, two months ago, but … Continue reading →

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Cox milk

Posted on August 14, 2018 by markweiss86

this is not quite an item either but it turns out that a man named tom valtin got 552 votes in the 2008 supe race (won by David Campos) i think its bernal heights and my research shows he is … Continue reading →

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Cage w. Moe

Posted on August 14, 2018 by markweiss86

(and I am indebed-tah to The Wedge and a KFJC guy Thursday named Max Levell for this itemizer) So, John Cage is the guy who brought our ears training to the ambient sound in a room and for example when … Continue reading →

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