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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

Charlie Musselwhite signed cd’s at Down Home in El Cerrito, while supplies last

Posted on January 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I called up to Down Home to learn there are 8 or 9 signed copies of Charlie Musselwhile cd on sale for a reasonable price. I might have to mosey up there to fetch me one. (And if Plastic Alto … Continue reading →

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Daphne Hannig, October 28, 2014, 5:13 p.m.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by markweiss86

(Daphne Hannig worked on my campaign, for Palo Alto City Council. I met she and Karen Guttieri her mother while walking a precinct in their south Palo Alto, Eichlerized neighborhood. Daphne and I met a second time a few days … Continue reading →

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Mark B. Weiss the millionaire developer

Posted on January 15, 2015 by markweiss86

I am not Mark B. Weiss the millionaire developer. I spoke to Mark B. Weiss the millionaire developer, and author while on tour, in Chicago. He happened to have a shingle hanging around the corner from my appointment, with a … Continue reading →

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Two events, Earthwise and otherwise

Posted on January 14, 2015 by markweiss86

I am working on two events this month, a Jan. 25 jazz panel I am organizing and moderating, and a Jan. 30 concert featuring Jerry Hannan, for Earthwise. The Sunday, Jan. 25 event will be part of the program of … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Herb

Posted on January 14, 2015 by markweiss86

On Tuesday, November 12, 2012 — 11/12/13 if you are counting — I snuck out of the house and motored over to Paly High to check out Herb Wong’s Adult School class on Woody Herman. Although I contemplated flashing my … Continue reading →

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Agit props

Posted on January 14, 2015 by markweiss86
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Pharaoh, Pharoah

Posted on January 14, 2015 by markweiss86

My notes on Don Cherry, which are actually Don’s notes on himself, circa 1970 have the traditional Egyptian to English spelling for his collaborator Sanders, see for you self:

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Dennis Whittaker’s 5 no 4 rules to follow to stay out of harm’s way, 1971 2013

Posted on January 14, 2015 by markweiss86
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Jason Garrett high road

Posted on January 13, 2015 by markweiss86

When Jason Garrett head coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team, was interviewed post-game about the loss to the Packers he said something like “we had our opportunities to prevail but did not, and the officiating was not the reason … Continue reading →

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It’s a girl, or triplets

Posted on January 13, 2015 by markweiss86

1. Echo Brown: Not sure why I was being so PC (politically correct) or dorky to write my previous piece as if I was leaving room for this woman to be transgender, but upon further review, unlike Dez Bryant — … Continue reading →

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