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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

Jazz panel to air on local cable in March

Posted on February 27, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add, the following Friday: I will try to remember to turn on tv tomorrow Saturday at 1 p.m. to watch the edited version of January’s jazz panel. Meanwhile I am wrapping up my Week which WordPress says can … Continue reading →

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Bob Marley reggae consciousness in kids road show

Posted on February 27, 2015 by markweiss86
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Experience itself reduced to instrumental function

Posted on February 27, 2015 by markweiss86
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Hunt at Hunk and Moo’s

Posted on February 26, 2015 by markweiss86
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Black, white or gray

Posted on February 25, 2015 by markweiss86

Scott-Heron was one of five black students among a class of a hundred, and in his second year he got in trouble for playing the piano. “They had a beautiful Steinway they used for the choir and the chorus, but … Continue reading →

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Is Jim Beall trying to privatize ‘Communications Hill’ workout spot?

Posted on February 25, 2015 by markweiss86

City-Sponsored Legislation SB 236 to Address Communications Hill Grand Staircase – State Senator Jim Beall has introduced SB 236 that would amend the Vehicle Code in order to exempt from the definition of “sidewalk” a stairway used or designed primarily … Continue reading →

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Titans defense seals CCS win, 52-45 over Evergreen Valley

Posted on February 25, 2015 by markweiss86

Gunn Titans (19-3) play Oak Grove Eagles (15-9) in 2nd round CCS action Thursday at 7. Take 280 and 85 South to Blossom Hill road exit, right, then another mile and a half. Give it about 45 minutes. Oak Grove … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Gigot

Posted on February 24, 2015 by markweiss86
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Council welcomes monsters in South Paly

Posted on February 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Council cited property rights and current perhaps flawed rule of law to rationalize the denial of a long-time resident’s appeal of a 4,000 square foot two-story house on Corina, dwarfing the Brown Kaufman modest homes already there. Council voted 5-2 … Continue reading →

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Tom McCarthy Satin Island channels Guy Debord society of the spectacle

Posted on February 23, 2015 by markweiss86

According Jeff Turrentine of The New York Times Book Review, 022215, to wit

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