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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

Yei dancers w. Yes Men movie

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markweiss86

At 645 tonite were I not on my bike I could at Camera 3 see “Yes Men Are Revolting”

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Altoon Sultan, ‘Angles and Bar’ w. ‘Dark Ellipse’

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markweiss86

Altoon Sultan, via her blog, describes briefly the relationship between two of her small recent egg tempura paintings, a couple years apart, “Angles and Bar” and “Dark Ellipse”. Both pieces are based on agricultural equipment she has seen near her … Continue reading →

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Kirk Hammett horror collection at SFO Museum (Post-security, May thru December or so)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markweiss86

Steve Cohen sent me a link to Phil Hellmuth (who won his bracelet #14) lauding Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr bluffing (lying) about the lineup change from Bogut to Iguodola, which sent me to Kirk Hammett’s social media feed, because Kirk … Continue reading →

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Charles M. “Jeff” Tesreau, New York NL (baseball) (LOC)

Posted on June 14, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Vintage Photo Library:
Jeff Tesreau, the Ozark Bear Vintage Photo Library View original post

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Nudist caught in shady siphon sting

Posted on June 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Visual artist turned nudist innkeeper Lori Kay Stout and Glyn Stout are in hot water after being accused of diverting creek water for their Santa Cruz mountains lodge. Terry and I saw Lori at an art show in Burlingame a … Continue reading →

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Where exactly is this 1913 corner saloon?

Posted on June 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Ephemeral New York:
Edward Hopper’s simply titled “Corner Saloon,” from 1913, depicts the kind of regular city bar on an ordinary street corner that makes it almost impossible to figure out exactly where it was located. The…

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Eric suggests I stick with ‘Plastic Alto’ and not morph to ‘Frisco Enamel’

Posted on June 13, 2015 by markweiss86
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Goodbye, Mr. Plastic Alto: Ornette Coleman, 1930-2015

Posted on June 12, 2015 by markweiss86

(When City of Palo Alto and Stanford University in 2006 combined to create the two-field soccer complex, the Mayfield Site, at corner of Page Mill Road and El Camino, I remember tripping on –figuratively — the little rubber pebbles that … Continue reading →

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Jeff Tesreau w. Jack Chesbro

Posted on June 11, 2015 by markweiss86

Henry Schulman in the Chronicle, apropos of the Chris Heston gem, mis-identified the previous Giants rookie to toss a no-no; he called Jeff Tesreau “Jack Tesreau.” I texted him on that, or I tried, at least to send something from … Continue reading →

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Some notes on provenance and Stanford’s Hopper

Posted on June 11, 2015 by markweiss86

The Cantor Museum at Stanford announced its acquisition of an important painting, the 1913 Edward Hopper oil “New York Corner” also known as “Corner Saloon”. The press release lists 13 funds, couples, people, entities or anonymousi who helped the museum … Continue reading →

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