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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

Killing my Lobster plus Mostly Other People Do the Killing mashup: or weird review of Charles Rumback, considered as a band leader

Posted on October 29, 2015 by markweiss86

(maybe ain’t nobody home, dove ventured — UPDATE: if this post were about lobsters and not jazz music I would add information about lobster references in “South Pacific”, “Ah, Wilderness” and the works of David Foster Wallace; and or, I … Continue reading →

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The mentawai went away

Posted on October 29, 2015 by markweiss86

I was at Cantor yesterday, looking for the Lucy Lewis owl, but noted that the famous or infamous mentawai gibbons is gone. Could be merely moved, or probably rotated meaning stored, but I recall and dear readers of Plastic Alto … Continue reading →

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In truth, Bruce Springsteen never played Palo Alto, except a cameo for a Clarence Clemons show

Posted on October 15, 2015 by markweiss86

If you look, you can find a review by Jeff Santosuosso in the Stanford Daily, from the December 3, 1982 show. edita: The Jerry Garcia photo, by Baron Wolman, makes sense, since he played there 81 times. The Ray Charles … Continue reading →

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Several pueblo pots, mostly black, considered

Posted on October 13, 2015 by markweiss86

15 Pueblo pots, considered, or 16 artists and their work I recently became aware, or it drifted to the front of my mind, and to the top of my agenda today, although it took me until about 3 p.m to … Continue reading →

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Paul Weiss in Mexico with Cupertino Rotary, July, 2005

Posted on October 12, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: Brian Moore commented on the Weekly’s obit page, which I was somewhat pleased to notice my Dad shared a column, and in the print version the page, with George Liddicoat, the father of my friend John Liddicoat: … Continue reading →

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‘Open curtain’ at SF Opera

Posted on October 11, 2015 by markweiss86
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Race track turns monkey house

Posted on October 2, 2015 by markweiss86

Chimps or chumps? Their slogan is “The best decisions start here” so I’m sure they know what they are doing. My simple reaction is “good riddance” but my reaction is more nuanced than that. Palo Alto, its physical site and … Continue reading →

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Paul E. Weiss, October 6, 1924 – August 25, 2015

Posted on September 29, 2015 by markweiss86

Some photo memories, previously published on “Plastic Alto” edit to add, October 6, 2015 (would be Paul’s 91st birthday): This is one of my favorite photos, that was stored in my phone for about a year until just now: Dad … Continue reading →

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49ers from Section 20, Box 5K Seats 1, 2

Posted on September 24, 2015 by markweiss86

My father, Paul E. Weiss (1924-2015) and I sat together for the San Francisco 49ers games for roughly 30 years, near the 20 yard line. Our seats were first called Section 20, Box 5K, seats 1, 2 and then Lower … Continue reading →

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‘Pixilated’ w. ‘pixelated’

Posted on August 30, 2015 by markweiss86

In deeds

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