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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

Citizen 11.7

Posted on January 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Doctor Jonathan Reichental and his ilk consume $11.7 MILLION — that’s a thousand thousands for you or we non-math-majors and roughly 7 percent of our Palo Alto overall civic $150 M budget, and although staff and council gushed Monday during … Continue reading →

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My thought in context (for M.L., K.L. & G.A.)

Posted on January 26, 2015 by markweiss86
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New day in Palo Alto

Posted on January 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Janus is shifting her gaze from the winter to the spring, rebirth, what comes out of the ashes, what is around the corner now, the fourth week — my birthday week — of the new year. An auspice, I spied … Continue reading →

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After Marclay and during

Posted on January 24, 2015 by markweiss86

2nd state

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Marking Marclay

Posted on January 24, 2015 by markweiss86
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Palo Alto Forwalk

Posted on January 24, 2015 by markweiss86

If, Elaine, Steve, Kate & Eric you are interested in walkability  per se and not just being useful to the devrlopers , shouldn’t you advocate a shoe factory, good for the tax base. And ignoring 456 as your group transverses … Continue reading →

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Subdural pacino bleeding

Posted on January 24, 2015 by markweiss86

PANIC GROWING OVER GOO LOS ANGELES — An Al Pacino movie broke out in the middle of a concert by the band Chicago, with thousands of fans serving as extras. Cameras were wheeled onstage during intermission of the group’s show … Continue reading →

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Ben Goldberg Orphic hit with 9 musicians at YBCA

Posted on January 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Ben Goldberg and I spoke briefly the other day about his upcoming hit at YBCA, and he emphasized that this is the only live performance of a project with a new cd he recorded and his releasing Orphic Machine, featuring … Continue reading →

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John Ellis LA-story w. Don Ellis ‘Whiplash’

Posted on January 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Go, John! I didn’t realize. Caveat: “hundreds” of recording credits is a big of a stretch: All Music Guide lists 138 credits which is closer to 42 sessions, still pretty busy dude, because that includes up to 5 each on … Continue reading →

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Jim Newton pen James Newton flute

Posted on January 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Wah hoo wah not wah-who-cares? to Jim Newton the former Paly Campanile Editor, The Dartmouth publisher, James Reston intern and LA Times editorialist and his new job teaching or reaching at UCLA, our tax dollars at work (although I still … Continue reading →

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