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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

Weird plastic alto meta post, fall 2014

Posted on November 28, 2014 by markweiss86
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Nick Zaharias guest spot: mark you are a dick

Posted on November 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Nick Zaharias, who might have been Paly High Athlete of the Year in 1982 if not for a guy initials J.H., is an avid reader of Plastic Alto, and a frequent commenter, albeit under various fake names and email return … Continue reading →

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Gary post Turkey ponders lit life

Posted on November 27, 2014 by markweiss86
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Keyth lime pie guy

Posted on November 26, 2014 by markweiss86

I met Keyth from Bluchild bakers of Belmont twice, once on the eve of my Earthwise@20 at Cafe Zoe and then today erev Thanksgiving again at same venue and this time separated from him or him from a key lime … Continue reading →

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Xago Juarez in the house

Posted on November 26, 2014 by markweiss86

Xago Juarez, aka Luis Juarez, the professor at SJSU and from Salinas, where John Steinbreck lived when he wrote “In Dubious Battle” hangs at Cafe Zoe a place for peace hope humanity and community for reals — and did I … Continue reading →

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We got this say Stanford, or we got next?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by markweiss86

I met this woman, the head of Stanford’s Student Union and she told me she organized the event. I have a couple other shots. I did speak to the group for about 2 minutes, and missed most of the previous … Continue reading →

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Eddie Dyno in DA house

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86
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Hung Liu hung CDU

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86
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Tiny conductors

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

I just got noted that in Philly coming up, thanks to Mark Christman’s excellent Ars Nova series, two great jazz or out music events. The first is called Ballrog which is a Tolkein reference — the ballrog was a monster … Continue reading →

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Good luck, Chris Strausser, in your first Apple Cup

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

Chris Strausser was my Terman and Gunn classmate, 1976 to 1982, six years, but never a teammate. I do recall the first time we invited him over, seventh grade, and we played in our game room, which featured a billiards … Continue reading →

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