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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 Last Californian

Posted on August 25, 2016 by markweiss86

more to come      

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Jazz beats on KCSM

Posted on August 18, 2016 by markweiss86

Just now jazz in this afternoon the dj back-announced two tracks I half-heard that she said have a loose Beat theme. One was Roy Glenn reading from a Philip Whalen poem, from an album, I soon suss, called “Jazz Canto … Continue reading →

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That was me wearing Kent Lockhart’s 1981 Gunn basketball jersey on the treadmill at Palo Alto Y, in January, 2016, for about 15 minutes

Posted on August 15, 2016 by markweiss86

Hans Delannoy, approaching 500 career wins, coaching boys and girls in Palo Alto and San Ramon / Danville / Dublin, called and asked me to research the exact number of those came in 1973, at Cubberley. I went to Steve … Continue reading →

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Is Buena Vista ‘gone with the wind’?

Posted on June 27, 2016 by markweiss86

Driving past the landmark Stanford Theatre, and noting the upcoming marquee news of the cinematic classic, I am moved to compare the famous Margaret Mitchell-based movie to the situation here and now about Buena Vista mobile home park. How would … Continue reading →

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A quantum decoherence of jazz shows

Posted on May 24, 2016 by markweiss86

On a Tuesday, from 9:59 a.m. to 11:14, at Coupa Cafe, Palo Alto   Twenty years ago, or so, I produced a music series A Quantum Decoherence of Jazz shows. The series (not a festival) comprised five shows and ten … Continue reading →

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‘Red Poet’ doc about SF’s Jack Hirschman, who briefly taught at Dartmouth in 1961-1962

Posted on February 29, 2016 by markweiss86
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Hope Austin by STEVEJC

Posted on February 27, 2016 by markweiss86
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Kudos to Kobi, but it was Michael Wang of Paly who unearthed the David Starr Jordan concern

Posted on February 24, 2016 by markweiss86
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres pieces at Stanford until March 21 or so

Posted on February 24, 2016 by markweiss86

Terry and I went by Stanford’s Cantor Museum to see the student-curated, 50-piece show. One of the most memorable works, new to me but she had seen before, was by Felix Gonzalez- Torres (1957-1995), “Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A”(1991 … Continue reading →

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The tough, the strong

Posted on February 22, 2016 by markweiss86

For certain members of the Gunn student body and community, the pulse must quicken with anticipation this week and perhaps for the next 12 days, a rarified situation created by Gunn’s selection to the Central Coast Section basketball tournament. The … Continue reading →

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