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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

I’ll trade you a 1960 Minnie Minoso for a hair cut

Posted on March 6, 2015 by markweiss86

this is from the Times obit: Minnie Minoso has been one of my all-time favorite players for close to 40 years. I never saw him in his prime, but I collected his cards in their prime. I sometimes think about … Continue reading →

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Something fishy about Stevenson House new management proposal

Posted on March 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Stevenson House is a 120-unit senior non-profit housing that staff recommends be turned to a for-profit limited partnership, granted a Planned Community zoning exemption, be given $1 M of tax payers money from SUMC (Stanford hospital expansion hush money slush … Continue reading →

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More from Bill Johnson’s slaughterhouse of ideas

Posted on March 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood 2 minutes ago Due to violations of our Terms of Use, comments from this poster are only visible to registered users. Click here to view comment. Why? This is … Continue reading →

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Merchants of shadows

Posted on March 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Yahoo Mail Sent Re: “Merchants of Doubt” People me Today at 12:35 PM To Peter Drekmeier CC Timothy Gray Tom DuBois Eric Filseth John Fredrich Nancy Shepherd Sidney Espinosa Wayne Douglass Chris Gaither Sea Aram James good call. I recommend … Continue reading →

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Transcript of Mark Weiss 2015 application for Palo Alto Human Relations Commission

Posted on March 6, 2015 by markweiss86

Just today, for about an hour, I was talking with a nice lady from Stevenson House, about elder care. 2. Earlier today, for one hour, I held a vigil at Lytton Plaza, re Susan O’Malley “Community Advice”. 3. Pretty consistently, … Continue reading →

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1234 Big Chief want wood cube D4 alarm clock

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86

$30 at kikkerland 8668225571

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Wiener queen works extra long hours

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Big Oil doofus

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86
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State of the horse, Palo Alto

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86

IF this little magic doo-hickey is not f-ing with me gray matters, Palo Alto before it was a city near Leland Stanford’s farm was a horse owned by Leland Stanford the farmer and driven by his famous jockey Charles Marvin. … Continue reading →

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Waxwings at 250

Posted on March 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Laura Jacobson and I crossed path at Peet’s, she on her way to nearby studio me to this virtual world of 1’s and 0’s and signifying monk keys. Sundry topics flew by, as the lines shrank. One, the line for … Continue reading →

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