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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

Sexting cases and PAPD

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

If you follow the link the auditors’ report states that the PAPD officer’s actions “easily left someone with the impression that it was sent as a joke.” Worse than that, it would be reasonable to assume from that act that … Continue reading →

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Schapling and Wurster stole their act from me

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

A whiles ago I sent a fake fan letter to Superchunk: Dear Mac- Enclosed is my toe nail. Can you use it as a guitar pick on “Hyper Enough? Thanks. Your biggest fan. Elton X. Schmerk Fairloaf, California I wrote … Continue reading →

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DeYoung v. deform, and Comaroff architecture book

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Laughing out loud and rather hardily, at the humorous distortion of the Weissian chin and nose; talk about chin music?! And I juxtapurposed this photo by Eric Cohen, who not not incidentally studied masters level with Paul McCarthy at UCLA … Continue reading →

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Eric Cohen in da house

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86
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Return to Pomelo

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86
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George Munroe, Dartmouth trustee and hoops

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Former Dartmouth All-American George Munroe, who passed away last month, had a 29-year career as an executive with Phelps Dodge Corp., including vice president in 1962, president/director in 1966, CEO in 1969 and chair/CEO from 1975 to 1987. Phelps Dodge … Continue reading →

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Two red dogs, or 3

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Red dog number one I saw at UNICEF gift shop in Palo Alto, I nearly bought it for Terry who misses our Frida so. Red dog number two is made by and watched over by Julie Brown, Justin’s mom and … Continue reading →

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The ‘credible hulks’

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a sports fan, and a sports-writer –trained by four or five publications, plus the 100 or so sports-themed posts here in Plasticlandia — so I do recall hearing of the two Palo Altans winning medals at the Olympics in … Continue reading →

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Passell hits trey

Posted on November 29, 2014 by markweiss86
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Hang time with Griff

Posted on November 29, 2014 by markweiss86
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