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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

Ruthie Foster rocks the Freight Tuesday

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

I met Ruthie Foster a few years back in Austin, Texas and cut her set once or twice over the years, so I am excited to see her full set next week, Tuesday, March 10 at Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage. … Continue reading →

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Ai Weiwei inspires Weiss

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Svayambh-PA, or New Residentialist Platform(NRP):
I saw the documentary film about the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, “Never Sorry” and it put me off the fence for good on whether or not to run for…

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More Palo Alto Posters

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on EPA and around the bay:
You can read all about this project here.

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Posters in Palo Alto

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on EPA and around the bay:
This is from a series of posters put up in Palo Alto. It’s a piece by Susan O’Malley called Community Advice. ? ? ?

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I shot 450 photos at 22 high school basketball games this season

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

and1: this one is on my camera/ phone but shot by I think former Coach Redfield, and shows me in front of the exact basket where 30 years or so prior, in 1981, my junior year at Gunn I scored … Continue reading →

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Lancers top Gators as easy

Posted on March 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Hats off to tiny Sacred Heart prep for coming within one trey, by Mason Randall of tying top-ranked St. Francis of Mountain View Tuesday in the CCS semifinals. The Lancers prevailed 64-59 but clearly had the fear of God put … Continue reading →

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Hey now you’re an All Star and CCS champ

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

This article shows the idiocy of the CCS format: you win Div. II and therefore can claim to be the 25th top team in the section? Why not have Div. I thru Div. L playoffs and give every other kid … Continue reading →

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And when he utters the imperative ‘Hush now,’ in ‘Don’t Explain,’ he could be talking to a lover or a hostage

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

This could almost fit above, in the Jamie Cullum piece. I was imagning or drumming –dramming dam u, stupid cumpooter — it’s a whiskey reference, although I am still on caffeine, and on bike, for what that’s worth, and walking … Continue reading →

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Kickin’ it with Jamie Cullum

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

Dear Jamie Cullum, when you play Hollywood Bowl on August 5, 2015, please swing by Palo Alto and do a free show at Lytton Plaza to raise awareness of “the Great Unwashed”. Thanks, Mark Weiss This is the quinetessentional plastic … Continue reading →

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Audaud.com: Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time – Review

Posted on March 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I interviewed, lunched and even jammed with David “Kracky” Krakauer and Josh “Socalled” Dolgin at KZSU Stanford the day this premiered live at Mem Aud…

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