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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

No waffling on Brown Sugar Kitchen

Posted on February 8, 2015 by markweiss86

Terry, Maggie and I did not mind waiting 90 minutes to be seated Saturday at West Oakland’s famous Brown Sugar Kitchen especially since a, owner and hubby of the chef Tanya Holland Phil Surkis schmoozed us a bit during the … Continue reading →

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These colors don’t run and gun

Posted on February 8, 2015 by markweiss86

(I wrote the bulk of this Sunday morning but let it breath for a day before posting. I thought of the relative value of working behind the scenes to get traction on this, or just letting it go completely. Beyond … Continue reading →

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Titan hoops bring momentum into Viking tilt

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Gunn defeated Pinewood Thursday by 9 to create some momentum before their matchup Saturday versus the cross-town rival Paly. Gunn stands at 14-2, with a four-game winning streak. 69-60, I have it as. Jonathan Davis drained a few key threes … Continue reading →

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‘The Protest Singer’ a book about Pete Seeger

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Alec Wilkinson’s excellent job handling the story of math genius Yitang Zhang in The New Yorker earned this plug from Plastic Alto, which is after all a culture journal more than math or policy. With Bruce, at the Obama event: … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, old friend: Candlestick Park, (1960-2015)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

My first visit to Candlestick was to see Giants and Astros, Bat Day, 1972 I think. You could here, via the radio, the kids pounding the bats on the cement. My dad and I saw more than 100 49ers games, … Continue reading →

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Richard Sherman, 25, Rayden Sherman 2/5

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Mazel tov to Richard Sherman and Ashley Moss, proud parents of Rayden Sherman, born today I guess February 5, 2015, also abbreviated to 2/5/15. Sherman in his social media feed noted that he wears football uniform (for Seattle Seahawks) #25, … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on the Paul J. Cohen film, eight years after his passing

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

I’m a family friend, of the sons, but I also knew Paul. They started filming, before Paul’s illness presented. They went with him to Austria for Godel@100, and filmed that lecture, which is searchable on Youtube. The boys, although Stanford … Continue reading →

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28 types of primes, or 2 times 2 times 7 rather

Posted on February 5, 2015 by markweiss86

bounded primes? No, I mean, “bound gaps“. RTFA I sent the link to the article on Yitang Zhang to Steve and Eric Cohen; I also posted elsewhere: Steve and Eric Cohen, the twinned sons of Paul J. Cohen, are making … Continue reading →

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Two more books for the pile, from library: Hunter S. Thompson and Chucky Mullin

Posted on February 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Hunter S. Thompson, I wrote my college essay on; Chucky Mullins never heard of, but I’ve been writing, critically, about football for a few months. edit to add, a week later: speaking of Mullin, or Mullins in this case: I … Continue reading →

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‘Excellence’ Gunn w. Raiders

Posted on February 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I shot my former Gunn hoops contemporary and champion Matt Passell at the scorers table for his boy’s frosh soph game Tuesday and noticed a motto: “A tradition of excellence”. Reminds that after two years helming The Oracle I established … Continue reading →

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