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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

60 Days ’til the Luke

Posted on February 17, 2015 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Terry Acebo Davis :
Author at work with Darby! Darby and Tory Burches So I’m back in the studio again after a “visual block”. ? ? Entangled Sister Sangre ? ? My schiz world which is that  of…

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Phil Wessells hitting on Melanie Griffith the working girl

Posted on February 17, 2015 by markweiss86

When the Gunn Titans championship teams had their our 25th reunion someone said “What? You don’t remember Phil’s spin move?” but eventually it came to me. So in honor of Mardi Gras and who knows I am suggesting that Phil … Continue reading →

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My Indie red Tuesday fatty

Posted on February 17, 2015 by markweiss86

I am psyched about Paly basketball in a must-win at Los Gatos, more so that Gunn at whoever, Cupertino at 5-5 league. Seven p.m. tip off, Paly is 17-5, ranked #9 in CCS, out of 124 teams, while the Cats … Continue reading →

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Meklit Hadero at Stanford Wednesday, February 18

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86
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I wish w. I want

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86
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What’s going on? w. bombs: dawn richard(son)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86
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Out of closet w. censored or double-secret probation

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I liked that the Stanford band played music by three groups that I once booked into Cubberley center: blink 182, Cake, and Squirrel Nut Zippers. I liked the Lili Thompson handshake video shown overhead. I would have gone to the … Continue reading →

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Sam Yates COPA the gift that keeps giving

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Breena your story on Sam Yates is pretty disappointing. The central point is that Palo Alto unwisely withheld payment and closure for two years because someone put the idea out there that the artwork should include a data base useful … Continue reading →

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Library pottery as focal point

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s renovated Rinconada Library, formerly known as Main Library, has on display a white Raku-style pottery pod or jar maybe not an olla by a local artist named Stephen A. Stephens (1943-1983). The staff, especially “Karen” are quite fond … Continue reading →

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Colin Bonini for Governor (of Delaware, a small state back east)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I tried to place this comment on a news site, but could not: I am not on Facebook, I am a refuse-nik, so was not actually able to post this: I think Colin Bonini has a core value system about … Continue reading →

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