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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

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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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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Chip Conley where r u?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

I met Chip Conley the day he was touring Uni Ave apropos of his conversion of Casa Olga into The Epithany and Lure +Till. I said I had stayed in his rock and roll dive, The Phoenix in SF. I … Continue reading →

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Down with hateful license plates from Texas and Florida

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

NPR radio had a report about rightwing weirdos and hate-mongers in Texas wanting to use the government to sponsor their views via special license plates and how the Roberts Court is trying to figure whether the First Amendment applies here … Continue reading →

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This is the best link to Cheryl Wheeler gun song

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Quick back and forth with Nashville music manager and mensch Tony Gottlieb reveals that the best link to Cheryl Wheeler “If it were up to me…” is via Soundcloud. Here. God bless. Cheryl played the Cub back in June, 1998, … Continue reading →

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‘Mr. Mastodon Farm’ w. ‘Guitar’: birds fall w. if i throw my guitar

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

windows 1,418.0* Birds fall from the window ledge above mine Then they flap their wings at the last second w. this is deep hamlet-type stuffing: If I threw my guitar Out the window, so far down Would I start to … Continue reading →

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