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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

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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She’s who tell my story

Posted on February 2, 2015 by markweiss86

I have 1,800 images stored in my phone and as an exercise uploaded a subset to my Yahoo, with plans to create a gallery here. The theme is “sex” which is Plastic Alto-lingo for gender, felinity and womanhood*. All these … Continue reading →

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Edel the dreidel

Posted on February 1, 2015 by markweiss86
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You’ve come a long way, baby

Posted on February 1, 2015 by markweiss86

And1 kinda confused by Jeep ad butchering Guthrie especially after hearing a My Morning Jacket version of This Land earlier today; search reveals that was commissioned by North Face.

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Leadership, 10 snapshots

Posted on January 31, 2015 by markweiss86

2 3 4 5 6 …10, a wild card

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Jerry Hannnan DaDAda

Posted on January 31, 2015 by markweiss86

Jerry Hannan sent me this selfie yesterday to help bring the peeps but it took me 24 hours to figure how to move it to my Plastic Alto. I may or may not update this, with coverage of the event. … Continue reading →

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