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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

Alexis Cuadrado and Vijay Iyer on a panel together, unless that’s Anderson Cooper and Dinesh D’Souza

Posted on June 16, 2018 by markweiss86
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Something about Mary, Obama, NYT, Yo La Tengo, Mad Bum

Posted on June 16, 2018 by markweiss86

based on a story by Nate Chinen   Gary my brother in law encouraged me to check out Yo La Tengo at the Fillmore last week after we lapped up 75 fairly strong left handed hurls by Mad Bum. He … Continue reading →

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Egg, sky

Posted on June 16, 2018 by markweiss86

This is not an egg it’s a ceramic flower and Rome or young

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Bay area action action

Posted on June 15, 2018 by markweiss86

    Bluf: Leroy says “ You keep on Rockin’ girl” https://vimeo.com/99288663 Bay area action action This is not quite an item even buy plastic alto standards but this is a preview of a private function at a block party … Continue reading →

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I’ve got your 3

Posted on June 14, 2018 by markweiss86
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Frank Turner coming to save us all

Posted on June 13, 2018 by markweiss86
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Those ‘persky’ bullets

Posted on June 13, 2018 by markweiss86

This is a weird story I should probably skip it but I already told it on the record to a reporter from the post to tape-record it At an exit interview after voting last week I was anti-recall following the … Continue reading →

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Dan Hicks, ‘I Scare Myself’ w. Terry Allen, ‘Shaking Man’

Posted on June 13, 2018 by markweiss86

Dan Hicks wrote and recorded a song “I Scare Myself”. Terry Allen, a visual artist and musician, has a statue at Yerba Buena Gardens in SF, depicting a man whose hands shake so much that in this dimension it looks … Continue reading →

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Cloud gates between 2009 and 2018 and 2009

Posted on June 12, 2018 by markweiss86

Hello, Dao. I am still in Chicago and leave for airport at 6 a.m. for 8:30 a.m. flight. I am meeting my former high school basketball coach directly from airport to help him plan his 400th victory party (representing his … Continue reading →

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Jules et mar

Posted on June 11, 2018 by markweiss86

Film by Mark Becker of Stanford not mark Decker of Dartmouth https://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/arts/music/05halv.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/11/sfjazz-brings-mary-halvorson-and-thumbscrew-to-the-san-francisco-stage/amp/Julian lag documentary Jules at eight Mary Halvorson New York Times same day as Obama Mary Helgerson in New York Times same day as Obama victory Appearing as co-bill … Continue reading →

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