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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

‘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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Deidre McCalla is playing for keeps

Posted on February 3, 2015 by markweiss86

from public radio live show in West Florida, a minute past edit to add, interestingly and somewhat new to me, that the artist’s homepage features a photo of her, if you click on the photo it says “image is protected … Continue reading →

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Weiss declared winner on cost-basis

Posted on February 3, 2015 by markweiss86

Weiss declared winner on cost-basis tally Mark Weiss, spending $1,000 out of pocket yet garnering 2,171 votes was the winner in the Fall Palo Alto election, as tabulated on a cost-basis. He spent a mere 46 cents per vote. Karen … Continue reading →

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Clockers (3)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by markweiss86

Clockers: 1) book by Richard Price, I got 5 pages in to learn that drug dealers such as “shanelle or shanette, with baby fat” have a 2 minute attention span, or hear and now mentality; 2) http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Clockers-Jungle-Better-Crooklyn/dp/B000E40QC4 dvd of film, … Continue reading →

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