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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

Allen Touissant, 1938-2015

Posted on November 11, 2015 by markweiss86

(I heard a KPFA dj named Tim Lynch back-announce a set of Toussaint covers last night and immediately pulled over in my car to find via hand-held the announcemnet in Times of New York and then drove by a magazine … Continue reading →

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Raymond Smullyan’s Dracula w. Colin Meloy

Posted on November 7, 2015 by markweiss86

I saw a book worth purchasing and someday reading, at Bell’s books, about Dracula and logic. “What is the Name of This Book:…” is the name of the book. The subhead is about the Dracula riddle. It does have a … Continue reading →

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Vienna Teng at Bol Park, Palo Alto, 2007

Posted on November 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Someone taped this show by Vienna Teng on August 7, 2008 and then uploaded it to Youtube — that is, well before it was acquired by Google — the very next day, where more that 100,000 times it has been … Continue reading →

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Coupa Cafe blue room

Posted on November 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Coupa Cafe on Ramona has added a blue room to augment its super-crowded red (main) room. I say: some of the best ideas in Silicon Valley start with someone eavesdropping at Coupa Cafe. J.P. Coupal, pictured above, says there are … Continue reading →

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Rigo art in San Jose State for Olympic fist protest

Posted on November 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Steve Cohen sent me an interesting article about the Australian athlete who stood on the podium with John Carlos and Tommy Smith at the 1968 Olympics. Reminds that a year ago I took these two snapshots: The sculpture is by … Continue reading →

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Bird omenology

Posted on November 4, 2015 by markweiss86
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Barry Eisler coming to Kepler’s in February, Jerry Rice coming to Kepler’s tonite

Posted on November 4, 2015 by markweiss86

I’ve met Jerry Rice twice and would say I don’t think he actually wrote this book. I don’t think I’ve met Barry Eisler, but I’ve stopped strangers two or three times to say “Are you Barry Eisler?” I will add … Continue reading →

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Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of

Posted on November 2, 2015 by markweiss86

Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of. The artists, if not these new works. Not yet. One, is Dave Douglas, for “Brazen Heart” a quintet that features Jon … Continue reading →

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My first b-2-b emoji, or Michael Fracasso confirmed in Menalto, or Earthwise 20th Anniversary series part three

Posted on November 2, 2015 by markweiss86

“By the way, he makes the best pasta around.” – Lucinda Williams, 1996 At 11:21 Laura Thomas of ComboPlate booking of Austin, Texas tex’d me to say that she had spoken with Kathleen Daly of Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park … Continue reading →

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We have a nap for that

Posted on October 29, 2015 by markweiss86

I am not saying that an app targeted at 2 to 6 year olds to prevent bullying could not work. (I happened to meet Rosie Linder of PeppyPals having a meeting on my right and across from me at the … Continue reading →

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