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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

Searching for Kumiko

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

I am reading the New York Times on a computer and wondering where to see an American movie about a Japanese woman who freezes to death in Minnesota looking for treasure lost in the movie Fargo. The other night I … Continue reading →

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Savoys bon tempin’ Sunday Down Home 2 to 3 prompt

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

My favorite clan of musical Cajuns and wanna-be, write a book about, marry and divorce Cajuns the Savoys are coming to Down Home this Sunday, March 22, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m prompt. I started stalking the Savoys only … Continue reading →

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Genius grant laureate Ned Kahn is stumping for our new bridge, but I still think it is a pork barrel project

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Not that guy, this guy: and I: Ned Kahn was MacFound class of 2003 along with visual artist Karen Tze, future president of Dartmouth Kim Jim and composer Oscar Golijov. This team is also responsible for the Mary Avenue / … Continue reading →

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Two seconds of Led Zep in honor of Palo Alto’s Bridge debate, at tonight’s meeting

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I played two seconds of “The Crunge” from “Houses of the Holy” because of the tossed off line “where’s the confounded bridge?”. The song they say is a James Brown homage. Phyllis Wasserman a former commissioner turned around and I … Continue reading →

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Will Bernard for money

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

(For some reason, I post things to my blog that I don’t actually follow up on in real life. I was going to write to Will Bernard, then thought better. If any friends of fans of Will read this, tell … Continue reading →

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Foreigner to ride the Atherton pony May 16

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

In 1920 the first event at what is now known as Menlo Circus Club of Atherton was a pony ride that raised $500 for The Convalescent Center, the forerunner to Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. A century later — and countless … Continue reading →

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Grandi Operai del Jazz

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Non solo notizie.:
JACK WALRATH & GARY SMULYAN QUARTET al CottonJazzClub di Ascoli C=Lounge / 6 marzo 2015 h 21,45 (circa) A guardarli all’opera da vicino mi ricordano quei temerari ma tranquilli operai che costruivano grattacieli a…

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Jack Walrath w. AppleJack Walroth

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Jack Walrath, my former client, is a jazz trumpeter from Montana who went to Berklee and played with Mingus and lives in New York. Applejack Walroth is a bluesman from Chicago who played with Boz Scaggs at the 2009 Hardly … Continue reading →

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Scooby Doo nature of Palo Alto politics

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Five years in with my “constructive engagement” project, which comprises three runs at Council and now five runs for commission or boards and I have to admit I don’t think I know what is actually going on here. Even becoming … Continue reading →

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Sunday in the park, with Picasso

Posted on March 15, 2015 by markweiss86

Johnson Park, Downtown North, Palo Alto daylight savings. Picasso knew Frida  slightly and was sniffing her old stomping grounds.

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