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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

Third Eye Blind July 25 at San Francisco Masonic

Posted on March 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Kudos for Steve Jenkins, my Gunn and Terman schoolmate, for keeping his rock and roll fantasy alive to middle age. I remember Dorothy Bradshaw, my 8th grade drama teacher looking out the window at Steve and a kid named J.T. … Continue reading →

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47 posts so far in March to Plastic Alto by Mark Weiss, plus this photo of him, at BV rally

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

Thanks, Winter: (I was wearing a suit to atone for wearing pajamas to the County Supervisors hearing back in January, I described below. In case a casual Plasty reader does not match the svelte guy tossing a bowling ball in … Continue reading →

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Claude Sitton according to Gay Talese

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I was re-reading Gay Talese “The Kingdom and The Power” the New York Times book about their coverage of Selma, and Civil Rights generally, in reaction to the David Oyeloow movie so this obit of Claude Sitton seemed to ring … Continue reading →

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‘Joe McCarthy to come back or Bates Motel?’ queries Christopher Matthews, Hardball MSNBC

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I was nodding off late night but wanted to bone up on Chris Matthews, who I still call “Christopher Matthews”. Not that I read him when he was in Bay Area but that I roomed at Dartmouth with Scott Rafshoon … Continue reading →

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Dog Byte red nose in La-la

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I just updated a post from 2011 to lament that the stencil art of Miles Davis, on Cali Ave, near the Joey Piziali et al triptych was deleted. But the actual murals, paid for by we taxpayers, remain. This sent … Continue reading →

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Cold case: Elijah Wald, “Narcocorrido” (2001) and companion cd

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I bought the Elijah Wald corrido book at Down Home on recommendation of a clerk (whose name I know but I am a little shy about mentioning). Can’t say I read it cover to cover, but I think I got … Continue reading →

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Mr. Dubois Goes To HRB

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

Tom Dubois, fledgling Palo Alto City Council member, attended the Historic Resources Board meeting Thursday. He is the liaison from the Council to the Board. “Liaison” being fancy French word for “designated driver” of policy. HRB, Bunnenberg, Brower, Makinen, Kohler, … Continue reading →

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Hanna Cohan, 97

Posted on March 12, 2015 by markweiss86

I noticed in the rag that Hanna Cohan had passed away, March 9, at age 97. Oddly, I was just thinking about her, this morning, between when Terry got up to go to the hospital and when I got up, … Continue reading →

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Three point one four Jumbo Elliots

Posted on March 11, 2015 by markweiss86

I’m still trying — tri-ing — to figure out if if was me, my brother Rick or George Carlin himself who went from “jumbo shrimp” to “shrimpy jumbos” which means I will force myself to sit thru a re-listening probable … Continue reading →

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Things I Don’t Understand: The Graduate as Comedy

Posted on March 11, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on The Waiting:
Back when Wee Cee was just a glimmer in her daddy’s eye, I had the idea to start a blog about all the things I, as an adult, did not understand or was incapable of…

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