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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

Jack Del Rio and Lisa M. Snyder

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Vic Tafur page 1 the Chron has a puff piece on former Hayward High great Jack Del Rio, 51, the new Raiders head coach. I distinctly recall asking my former The Dartmouth colleague Lisa M. Sndyer, a Hayward ’83 about … Continue reading →

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‘Close Gitmo’

Posted on January 21, 2015 by markweiss86
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Palo Alto Forward

Posted on January 20, 2015 by markweiss86

I said, promptly deleted by Censor In Charged at Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Forward members are the policy equivalent to Ring Girls at a boxing match: they look good, their message is oversimplified, they take their orders from somebody … Continue reading →

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Je suis Jim Yardley

Posted on January 20, 2015 by markweiss86

I doubt we ran Jim Yardley’s first byline above the fold page one of the Oracle, at Henry M. Gunn High of Palo Alto — something about middle class students using public transportation to school, spring 1981 — but his … Continue reading →

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More Blacks! More Poles! More Freaks!

Posted on January 19, 2015 by markweiss86
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Paul Cohen joins the set of immortals

Posted on January 18, 2015 by markweiss86

Well, that plus the picture in the LBJ archive and 1, 3 days later: Steve and Eric Cohen and I earned our MOCL degrees yesterday at Stanford, Masters of Creative Loafing. We went by Sloan the math building where Paul … Continue reading →

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Selma and shema

Posted on January 18, 2015 by markweiss86

Selma is a town in Alabama infamous for its role in the Civil Rights, while shema is a Hebrew word for HeAr or Listen and the name of an important morning prayer.

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Why aren’t the Windhovers signed?

Posted on January 18, 2015 by markweiss86
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‘There is a king in every crowd, why not you, Russell?’

Posted on January 18, 2015 by markweiss86
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Gunn-Paly shootout set for Feb. 7 at The Titensity Taj Maha, or The Paly Pit rather

Posted on January 16, 2015 by markweiss86

John Reid, who Hans outs as a former Awalt coach, lauds Kevin Mullin of the Vikes. Should be an interesting match up Feb. 7 Saturday at Gunn’s new gym (new to me). That’s in three weeks.check that, the game is … Continue reading →

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