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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

The remarkable JVB

Posted on August 4, 2018 by markweiss86

Coming attraction about a local artist I admire.

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Drekmeier For President

Posted on August 4, 2018 by markweiss86

ling story Edit to add: long story. Stupid cheap Costco progressives.

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Linsanity, Duboisity

Posted on August 3, 2018 by markweiss86

I had read about this but never until just now saw the video of Jeremy Lin playing on the new basketbal court at the new Mitchell Center in Palo Alto. And Greg Scharff, then the mayor and still on council, … Continue reading →

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Alcheck your head

Posted on August 3, 2018 by markweiss86

I like Alchek. He and I applied for the same seat for this board. when I tried to introduce myself to him months later, he said, “Oh, youre the guy who did a rap during his interview” which is not … Continue reading →

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Is Jim Tyrer the first CTE suicide?

Posted on August 3, 2018 by markweiss86

I met a man last weekend who told me he had a son my age, named HS, who died recently, at age 50 or so. He said his son played three years of football for the local high school team, … Continue reading →

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Artist studio, Palo Alto

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86
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Mem Chu

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86
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Howls holler

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86

I think there is a drain the swamp movement here that could be an unanticipated outcome from the establishment’s attempt to keep their snouts in the trough a wee bit longer via the 9>>7. Maybe Boone, Cormack and an August … Continue reading →

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Before there was ‘fake news’ there was Stew, The Negro Problem and ‘Birdcage’

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86

But what does Robert Hilburn know about rock and roll? (And for whatever reason I am hearing Stew all the time last couple of days and even leaving bad renditions of falsetto la-la’s on voice mail of poor innocents…which reminds … Continue reading →

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Sorry to bother you

Posted on August 1, 2018 by markweiss86

For listeners of “Welcome to Night Vale,” the series has a familiar sound; it borrows a structure from vintage radio drama, and it’s pumped with fantasy elements. But it also stakes a claim to a cultural conversation that’s still unfolding. … Continue reading →

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