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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

Price lauds c.b.a. and labor in farewell address

Posted on January 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Thank you, Gail, for your service and role model. Good luck mayor-elect Karen Holman. Good luck, vice mayor-elect, mayor to be, we hope, Greg Schmid. Politics make strange bedfellows. I gave brief speech for Nancy Shepherd about how I voted … Continue reading →

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Happy new years and back to work, on the ‘stinkers’

Posted on January 5, 2015 by markweiss86

I posted this on the Weekly site and will check back every few hours to see how long until they censor me. I suggest rather than censoring me outright, they substitute a euphemism “stinkers” for my word of choice, “asshole”. … Continue reading →

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Sleater-Kinney back in black

Posted on January 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Jon Pareles in Sunday The New York Times on Sleater-Kinney reunion: yeah!!!

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Gunn grad victim of ‘graffiti hate crime’ hoax, not the perp

Posted on January 4, 2015 by markweiss86

“Yell ‘FIRE’ yo, eo yo yo”, Michael Franti, 2006* Sean Berry, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, a stones throw – but be careful — from Stanford University, will be sentenced January 26 by … Continue reading →

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Yes, Peggy, there is a Jerry Garcia thread to the Palo Alto jazz story

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

Peggy McKee, a history teacher and board member of PAHA, asked me, while advancing our Jan. 25, 2015 event, whether there would be any Jerry Garcia discussions during the event, a discussion of jazz here. I said no, that Jerry … Continue reading →

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War on Drugs on Conan

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I taped the other night The War on Drugs on Conan, actually from October, 2014. They play “Burning” track 8, from their latest release. It is six minutes on the album but closer to four here. 2. I interviewed two … Continue reading →

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Talking of Kiri te Kanawa

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

1. I went into Starbucks not Peets because Terry’s brother Gary gave me a gift card of $10 for Channukah. There was $2 left on it, the coffee was $1.80 and I asked the young clerk if I could donate … Continue reading →

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Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry….and Dartmouth?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by markweiss86

and prologue talk about karma I did reach Chris Cortez just now or an hour after posting the first draft of this in the booth of KCSM and he agreed that my Pharaoh take is pretty esoteric and funky like … Continue reading →

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My message to neighbor Eric Rosenblum versus what his computer may have told him I said:

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

What I said: Hi Eric, Mark Weiss, 
I can’t resist. I didn’t see the meeting
 and I haven’t seen the tape, either, but 
The Post quotes you regarding the term “privatization” 
as it applies to Downtown North parking 
and I … Continue reading →

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Cajuste and Williamson lead Stanford bowl romp

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

My two favorite Stanford footballers were young men I met in town, Devon Cajuste a wide receiver and Jordan Williamson the all-time leading Cardinal scorer as kicker, from Texas. If I only get the chance to fast-forward to see three … Continue reading →

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