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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

Let’s play two Chez Franc hot dogs at Mitchell Park grand opening

Posted on December 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Let’s Play Two with Chez Franc ‘Chez-cago’ dogs (Note: I took about 26 photos at Mitchell Center and a few more at Farmers Market but will have to suffice with just two: 1, Jacquetta the Chez Franc Queen; 2, Weiss … Continue reading →

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Weiss, Cohen and Acebo Davis at Turrell at DeYoung, near Keith Haring show

Posted on December 5, 2014 by markweiss86

ok, that above is previously unpublished I think picture of Steve and Eric Cohen as Hunter S. Thompson Twins but what I was fishing for was a more natural picture of half of the above duo (or one-third, as the … Continue reading →

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Free speech pendant by Ai Wei Wei for $2,750 while surprise

Posted on December 5, 2014 by markweiss86
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Should Palo Alto pardon Jeremy Lin?

Posted on December 5, 2014 by markweiss86

prologue, from February 10, 2012: Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85. Later I will read this … Continue reading →

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Beth Custer meets Sol Lewitt

Posted on December 5, 2014 by markweiss86

David James, guitar, Beth Custer, composer and clarinet, Dina McAbee, violin in front of Sol Lewitt installation at New York MoMA, fall 2014 backed with (edit to add, a few days later) do as I do and take 30 seconds … Continue reading →

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Gunn up 13-0 to start hoops campaign

Posted on December 4, 2014 by markweiss86

Part Two: Gunn routs Summit by 40 in cage opener This being “Silicon Valley”, well, I tend to call it “Santa Clara Valley” and in, “I played for the 1980-81 Titans, champions of the SANTA CLARA VALLEY Athletic League”, I … Continue reading →

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Dohatsuten good omen smile face Cola

Posted on December 4, 2014 by markweiss86

  edit to add, or ask: now why would the robot brain ai in WordPress suggest these three “Plastic Alto” titles or posts as follow up to this little ditty: a) “Happy Travels Patience Young” about a woman who retired … Continue reading →

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Original G, or Lah med yah weh

Posted on December 4, 2014 by markweiss86

(Note: I wrote this exactly one month ago but re-reading it, it eludes even me. The basic story is that a barista at Peet’s in South Palo Alto who did not look particularly interested in Torah had four Hebrew characters … Continue reading →

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Lucy Slater of Byrd Lane, LAH

Posted on December 3, 2014 by markweiss86

Otto & Lucy Slater were my neighbors more than 20 years, on Byrd Lane where the Weisses arrived in 1974 but the Slaters had pioneered circa 1960. I snapped and then had printed this scene of Lucy with either Jed … Continue reading →

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Titans’ holiday classic, 1979-2014

Posted on December 3, 2014 by markweiss86
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