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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

Mad Bum is 16th baseballer as SI Sportsman of the Year

Posted on December 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry sent me to CVS for batteries and I could not resist SI with Mad Bum on the cover, Sportsman of the Year. The first was Roger Bannsiter (track) but I was surprised that there were so many, 16. Johnny … Continue reading →

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Flashback 2008: Steven Bernstein Diaspora Suite at BOTH San Francisco

Posted on December 28, 2014 by markweiss86

CD1 (54:44): 1. intro: Mark Weiss 2. intro: Steven Bernstein 3. Reuben 4. Simeon (Yis May Chu) 5. Levi 6. Judah 7. Dan 8. Naphtali 9. Gad CD2 (31:57): 1. Asher* 2. Issachar* 3. Zebulon* 4. Joseph* 5. Benjamin* total … Continue reading →

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Continued from below, milk tales, witness and Weiss

Posted on December 28, 2014 by markweiss86

I have about 15 other items in my bike bag that I meant to tag to the bottom of the previous post “Jello Biafra w. Laura Grace of Against Me: or, Witness by Dave Douglas”. And as Cafe Zoe was … Continue reading →

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Laura Jane Grace w. Jello Biafra: or, Witness

Posted on December 28, 2014 by markweiss86

or r u with this? 1. the first part Laura Jane Grace formerly of Against Me! influential punk band of Warp Tour variety is playing tonight at Slim’s. Steve and Eric Cohen were threatening to go to City last night … Continue reading →

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Weiss fugue

Posted on December 27, 2014 by markweiss86

part two edit to add or the next day: although part of this exercise was too so quickly post, and from my mobile device, I did cut from their site this crop, including, if logic holds, Lisa Weiss the violin:

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James Lipton at Robin Williams Memorial, as seen from lobby of “Old Hats” intermission, September, 2014, exclusive for Plastic Alto

Posted on December 26, 2014 by markweiss86

My dad and I went to see “Old Hats” the Bill Irwin David Shiner clown vehicle, which deserves it’s own post, but instead I am doing a quickie about shooting James Lipton walking past me going to the Saint Francis … Continue reading →

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Lefsetz say Luke song of year

Posted on December 26, 2014 by markweiss86
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We say war

Posted on December 25, 2014 by markweiss86

My nephew Ben the scientist and musician gave me War on Drugs “Lost in the Dream” for Xmas. The card referenced “the eighties”. The original war of drugs was a Reagan-era effort to social engineer but backfired and enabled the … Continue reading →

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Osie Johnson w. A.C. Johnston

Posted on December 25, 2014 by markweiss86

Osie Johnson was a jazz drummer. A.C. Johnston, aka Alan Cope Johnston or, and he said I could call him Ace Johnson, is managing partner of MoFo and got 6,000 votes (to my 2,150) in the race for City Council. … Continue reading →

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Sunbaked Honey baked wait

Posted on December 24, 2014 by markweiss86
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