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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

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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Jimmy Lee Sudduth detail in Palo Alto

Posted on November 24, 2014 by markweiss86
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To or from young dead soldier as selfie

Posted on November 24, 2014 by markweiss86
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What’s up, doc, with yo ‘Uptown Funk’ ok?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by markweiss86

I was working on a parody of Mark Ronson “Uptown Funk” the song that was on SNL; I was going to call it “Upzone Funk” about Palo Alto’s recent land-use debates and their impact on our recent elections. Meanwhile I … Continue reading →

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Wah hoo wah for Buddy Teevens win #100, Dartmouth 41, Princeton 10

Posted on November 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Backs went tearing by, gain by steady gain, Dartmouth Big Green wamps Princeton 41-10 to finish 8-2, 6-1 best finish in 17 years, second place to unbeaten Harvard and win #100 all-time for Eugene “Buddy” Teevens he of the five-pound-weight … Continue reading →

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Paly writer Josh Stern rocks that Viking craft

Posted on November 23, 2014 by markweiss86

During his senior year at Paly, scholar athlete Josh Stern, now at Brown, describes seven cases of Paly athletes leaving for private schools (or PAUSD students) and two counter-examples, Keller Chryst and Tolbert, of blue chip players arriving from elsewhere … Continue reading →

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New Harvard fight song, proposed

Posted on November 22, 2014 by markweiss86
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