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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

CJ, Coach, Rambis and me, no kidding: honorable mentions of all time Bay Area and Palo Alto prep hoops legends

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Hans Delannoy and I it seems like just yesterday — March 25, 2015 — were discussing an all time Palo Alto All City team, maybe five groups of five or 25 deep, and maybe a top 20 all Gunn team … Continue reading →

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Judy Kleinberg says corporations are people too

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Judy Kleinberg said recently that “corporations are people too” if that helps explain her stance here. She was speaking of the German software giant SAP (market cap $18B) which is now also a tenant on University, running the cafe in … Continue reading →

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Vannevar Bush

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

I am working on something about Vannevar Bush. He worked with Lewis Terman. More to come. Whatever fits, print. http://www.dougengelbart.org/events/vannevar-bush-symposium.html

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Greenberry RFB

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

I was grooving on the track #8 and probably single four or five from the multi-platinum Green Day break-thru “Dookie” from 1994 or so, “She”: She, she screams in silence. As I whistle it, hack that I am, it sounds … Continue reading →

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Times plugs Stanford new work in drama, with tech history theme

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

John Markoff The New York Times tech writer today has a preview of a new theatrical work at Stanford, “The Demo” about Douglas Engelbart’s famous demonstration in 1968 of what is now ubiquitous, the use of a “mouse” to control … Continue reading →

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CBC

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Yeah i hear you, I’ve written since 2010 1,400 posts (not all about music, certainly not all about jazz) but have probably been to less than 100 shows. I’ve only produced 10 shows, down from 30 a year in my … Continue reading →

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Henry Butler is no small, Japanese woman although Mimi Jones is a West Indian ram

Posted on March 25, 2015 by markweiss86

I was Henry Butler’s manager, for six months. (blind piano player from New Orleans) Malcolm Papa Mali Welbourne (who actually got his moniker from his reggae days, dubbed such by Burning Spear himself, because Malcolm or Mali had four kids … Continue reading →

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She’s literally the 6th man

Posted on March 24, 2015 by markweiss86
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Scharff: Not a cap, a halo

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Live from 250 Hamilton, in real time: Council members are taking five minutes each to tell us their latest thinking, on the downtown cap (meaning: LIMIT) which has been on the books since at least the 1998 Comp Plan, general … Continue reading →

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Office versus culture in Palo Alto

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

I am late for the City Council study session on water because I am reviewing the voluminous packet of letters regarding tonight’s later item about a Downtown Cap or a moratorium on office space. I want to chime in, via … Continue reading →

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