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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

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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Green red light cameras NOT part 2

Posted on January 31, 2015 by markweiss86

this gets its own post: Fw: green red light cameras NOT People me Today at 10:12 AM To Liz Kniss CC Peter Drekmeier Liz shame on you for re-hashing a 2009 local debate and, with your charm and humanity, suggesting … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s democracy sabbath

Posted on January 31, 2015 by markweiss86

I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God. Just as Shani Kleinhaus the bird advocate spoke, and I tried to mentally … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on the schools

Posted on January 30, 2015 by markweiss86

I stood after leaving the Open Forum part of Tuesday’s meeting in the dark with three strangers, with a Mom, her son and another boy,who might have been a speaker, a source quoted above and the son of someone I … Continue reading →

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Musician to recreate Portola expedition, using car, guitar, original songs, social media, wry wit

Posted on January 30, 2015 by markweiss86

Marin-based troubadour Jerry Hannan today and tonight will tip his hat to Portola, who in 1769 left San Diego with 50 men and 50 mules, sought Monterrey Bay — then only searchable by sea — and wound up camping under … Continue reading →

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Jerry Hannan show Friday in Menlo Park

Posted on January 29, 2015 by markweiss86

Early show with Jerry Hannan Friday Jerry Hannan is playing a special set Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. at Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park. The show is all ages, with a $10 cover. Sounds like a story, and or … Continue reading →

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