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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

Everybody trip, to see Pasatono Orquesta at Freight tonight

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markweiss86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86U3k1BiKI 1.This joint has 18,000 views: I am also trying to suss out the relationship between Golem, a Jewish New Music Group I saw at SXSW in 2009 and talked to — they were playing with Pura Madre — and … Continue reading →

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Andrea Pritchett, Copwatch of Berkeley and I Cant Breathe and them

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I ran into Andrea Pritchett at a folk concert in SF and got her card. I suggested she could do a one-woman show, a combination of song and story. My understanding is that she is a musician and bandleader, The … Continue reading →

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City response to GJR is inadequate and more like a cover-up than the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

There was also the potential to explore the addition of a major public benefit through a regional community theater In section 5a of the official response — required by state law — to the Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report … Continue reading →

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Why does Gunn grad Keith Peters hate Gunn athletics?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

1. “I have no sour grapes and I don’t feel like I’ve been wronged,” Lavorato said. “But, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. We would have liked to have kept playing.” “It’s bittersweet, I suppose,” said Lavorato. … Continue reading →

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Kageyama w. Packer

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I got the news, from City of Palo Alto that Peter Kageyama is booked to either speak, read from his book or maybe it’s a clinic, soon, this winter. Sounds pretty good, but I wonder the backstory. And dear me … Continue reading →

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Ducks and deer cheer $160K additional coverage via Comment Ground of SF

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The City Council has approved a $160,000 contract with Ash Ahmad and Kate Stoodley, flunkies from what I would call old school Fourth Estate and pr, dba Comment Ground, to help Jim Keene, our city manager, Claudia Keith, our media … Continue reading →

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Nina on Bob or Cultural Red Dog

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

BLUF, and I got this from Michael McFaul my long-ago Deadhead buddy although he is not in McNally but George McGovern is, BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, as I was packing up to zip off to the movies — either “Gone … Continue reading →

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Near-pin of a Mayoral Proclamation for Chris Horpel and Gunn wrestling, circa 2012

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote this, Palo Alto Mayor and Gunn grad Yiaway Yeh approved it, yet it somehow never found its way from electronic media to official parchment and presentation. (And thanks to Emmie and Julie for their comments and commitments: their … Continue reading →

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Russell and I versus a cold, uncaring universe

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Three-seventeenths into my Guinness, Niners  down by 3 their third possession, bookbag dangling, girlfriend independent, still Harbaugh-hating, 30 plus years, I am of mixed demeanor at The Old Pro, pressed between two parties of strangers, missing a quansutts gritty familiar … Continue reading →

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Helge Ternsten art at Smith-Andersen in Palo Alto

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I own a Matt Gonzales collage referencing Buster Posey from a few years back, from Krevsky Baseball themed art show, so I texted Matt, then Helge Ternsten associate Paul Williams told me that Helge collects Matt, so it goes full … Continue reading →

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