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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

Clay wheels

Posted on December 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Palo Alto has a new bike shop, Shinola on Hamilton 261, although new is a relative term since the whole concept is retro. Sky the bike guru (who came to the company four years ago, she says, after ten years … Continue reading →

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Marissa Mayer is too legit 2 quit

Posted on December 22, 2015 by markweiss86

I did read thru the 90 page Spring Owl report on Yahoo and am not a shareholder (although I do have 50,000 messages saved in their mail if that is skin in the game) and think she should stay the … Continue reading →

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Bird Dog meat loaf

Posted on December 22, 2015 by markweiss86

I don’t know if they have meat loaf at Bird Dog in Palo Alto. Michael Fracasso, who cruised the Mexican market on Menalto with me, said it reminds him of an old Everly Brothers song about dudes who would steal … Continue reading →

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Marc Cohn to headline JCC Palo Alto benefit event in February

Posted on December 21, 2015 by markweiss86

Marc Cohn, whose “Walking In Memphis” from 1992 is twenty years later still a staple at KFOG and other adult contemporary stations, headlines a benefit event at and for the Oshman Jewish Community Center, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Tickets are … Continue reading →

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Natural mystic blows in Vermont

Posted on December 17, 2015 by markweiss86
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Welcome home The Lofts at SodoSoPa!

Posted on December 15, 2015 by markweiss86
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Welcome home The Lofts at SodaSoPa!

Posted on December 15, 2015 by markweiss86
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‘Every ad is an attack on the soul’, John Trudell, Hayward, Calif., circa 1992

Posted on December 14, 2015 by markweiss86
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Bitch, I’m Johanson

Posted on December 11, 2015 by markweiss86

  I have merging two items, one about the damage to the Chris Johanson mural on Cali Ave in Palo Alto, the second, about a despute 35 miles north regarding proposed public art near Mission district BART, because the headline … Continue reading →

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Amir Aczel approaching infinity

Posted on December 9, 2015 by markweiss86
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