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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

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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People who inscribed my Terman yearbook, in 1977

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I think of the internet as a business tool, not personal, yet cannot help this frivolous and esoteric post. The people who signed my Tiger Tracks: 1. Anna Lee 2. Andy Zenoff 3. Brad Chinn, or maybe Brad Scott, but … Continue reading →

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I have been floated to this thought this hour

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

1. I spent two minutes trying to hear a recording made at a show I produced in 1999 at the Cub, over the ambient music and noise in 2014 a Sunday at Coupa in Palo Alto, and I caught a … Continue reading →

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Oren’s mousse best dessert in town

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86
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Ollie, a dog

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86
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Neutral Milk, June 2 at Cubberley?????

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Merge Records, celebrating 25 years of not working for you, but working, tips the news that Jeff Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel are going on the road next spring and summer, for a limited run. There is what looks like … Continue reading →

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Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed as “Sugar” on Rumpus

Posted on December 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve been a bit of a hater of Cheryl Strayed but am softening now that I know that Steve Almond has a connection to her. He started the “Sugar” advice column on Rumpus* and then passed that “Torch” to Cheryl. … Continue reading →

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