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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

IMHO, or I am Ho

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

I M H O stands for “in my humble opinion” I read into the record John Paul Hanna’s letter to staff about the proposed demolition and rebuild of 429 University. My point was that if you are a $500/hr attorney … Continue reading →

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Tale of two Weiss stump speech transcripts

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

And this is a voice mail I left my neighbor and coreligionist the former Google exec and current Bridgepoint or something exec and Palo Alto planning commissioner Eric Rosenblum parroting back to me what “Google Voice” thinks I said to … Continue reading →

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Wor(l)ds of wander with friend and former client Dao Strom

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Writing this at 12:03 past midnight although it is lifted from something called 3AM Magazine dot com. Not really writing just cut-pasting: In the mountain town of Tam Dao, a man in the market points to the Chinese character tattoos … Continue reading →

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Ehren Tool w. Trevor Paglen

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

insert photo of an Ehren Tool 2014 mug here insert Amazon link to a Trevor Paglen book here, while watching PBS show coda: The Fact of a Doorframe means there is something to hold onto with both hands while slowly … Continue reading →

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Shave and a hair cut, two bits

Posted on November 19, 2014 by markweiss86

edit to add: does the complexion of this change as I add The Fact of a Doorframe means there is something to hold onto with both hands while slowly thrusting my forehead against the wood and taking it away one … Continue reading →

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Guy Kasznik touchdown catch and run versus Los Altos for Gunn High of Palo Alto Titans, November 2014

Posted on November 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Senior Guy Kasznik has stood out for Gunn of Palo Alto Titans football this season. He has close to ten touchdowns, most of which involve him breaking multiple tackles. He is an excellent student — I confirmed this with assistant … Continue reading →

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Beth Custer, my grandmother, Dina, Jess & David take New York

Posted on November 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Beth and I had breakfast Just For You yesterday and I bid her bon voyage as “My Grandmother” plays New York Saturday, part of a Georgian film festival with parts at Berkeley PFA and New York Museum of Modern Art. … Continue reading →

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Curtis McMurtry & Rachel Garlin to headline ‘earthwise@20’ Friday, Nov. 21 at Cafe Zoe Menlo Park

Posted on November 17, 2014 by markweiss86

Austin-based Curtis McMurtry and San Francisco’s by way of Berkeley singer-songwriter/activist Rachel Garlin headline a bill at Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park Friday. The event, open to all ages, is also known as the Earthwise Productions Twentieth Anniversary concert or … Continue reading →

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Gratuitos and random Cody Sanderson shout

Posted on November 17, 2014 by markweiss86

I been workin’ today from Palo Alto’s Mitchell Center Library, near Mitchell Park, the new building, the one with the Bruce Beasley granite arch marking the automobile entrance. I hereby declare that we raise a few extra bucks and replaced … Continue reading →

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Row row row the vote (John McNellis non-endorsement photo op)

Posted on November 17, 2014 by markweiss86

John McNellis is a former rower and a developer in Palo Alto, although he lives in Atherton. I run into him at a local coffee shop. He kindly posed for this photo during my campaign (see also the photo but … Continue reading →

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