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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

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Posted on October 23, 2023 by markweiss86

mark weiss, bear hotel rm 32, San Francisco, May, 2021 bw from my former neighbor  

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Bee’s knees jazz show by Chris Jonas group

Posted on October 20, 2023 by markweiss86

Chris Jonas,,reeds; Jason Levis, drums; Lisa Mezzacappa bass; Cory Wright, reeds, at Palo Alto Art Center, by Earthwise Productions October 20, 2023      

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Fuck the Astros and their oil company uniform ad

Posted on October 18, 2023 by markweiss86
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Tale of two Cubberleys

Posted on October 17, 2023 by markweiss86

The Palo Alto Weekly ran a picture of two geezers with medicine balls in an otherwise empty Cubberley hallway, to signify or suborn apathy about that important public asset. I think they’re thinking by publishing these weak messages that if … Continue reading →

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Black Virgins are Not For Hipsters by Earthwise

Posted on October 16, 2023 by markweiss86

I’m risking $3,600 in seed money for a work derivative of Echo Brown’s one woman show, “Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters” which debuted at The Marsh in San Francisco eight years ago. It would be a postmodern work — … Continue reading →

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Stanford students bullied and harassed by Arabs, liberals and those sympathetic to or thrilled by the murder of hundreds of music-lovers in Israel last week

Posted on October 14, 2023 by markweiss86

“He put together a really epic performance,” Stanford coach Troy Taylor said of Elic as in “epic” Ayomanor. The Post — Braden Cartwright — says a Stanford instructor named Ameer Hasan Loggins is the one I read about previously, who … Continue reading →

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EARthwise Jazz ‘Rox Stretch’ at Palo Alto Art Center, The Mitch and Mitch Bowl

Posted on October 11, 2023 by markweiss86

1) Adam Klipple (above) Quintet at Palo Alto Art Center, Wednesday October 11, 2023; 2) Mads Tolling Quartet, Caitlin Djerdrum-Adam Klipple, Sunday October 15, 2 pm Mitch Bowl —last outdoor show of the season; 3) Chris Jonas something EARSy Desert … Continue reading →

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Day of show: October 11, 2023, Wednesday, Adam Klipple Quintet, Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium

Posted on October 11, 2023 by markweiss86

first thing I do on day of show, 50 times or so so far this year, more than 500 career, is to place my Shingo in front of the venue. No, Shingo was an inventor, .No, Shingo was an inventor … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe Elegy for Paul E. Weiss by Dan Bern with Mads Tolling, Charith and Orit Shimony (‘Camaro’ world premier; ‘Albuquerque Lullaby’) Mitchell Park Community Center, by Earthwise/ Mark Weiss

Posted on October 10, 2023 by markweiss86
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Matt Butler Everyone Orchestra is not Matt Butler one man show at The Marsh

Posted on October 9, 2023 by markweiss86
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