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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

Titan gridders it shall come to pass

Posted on November 15, 2014 by markweiss86
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Rachel Garlin cd release Saturday, December 6 in San Francisco

Posted on November 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Rachel Garlin has been on my radar, and intermittently, like a comet, come to think of it, in my orbit for about 15 years. I heard “Sweetly” on KZSU and tracked her down. The song was produced by a member … Continue reading →

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Landing on a comet

Posted on November 13, 2014 by markweiss86

If I am landing on a comet today, and that’s pulled from the headlines of The New York Times, I am doing so with eight books, a DVD three consecutive years of Who’s Who In Baseball and fourteen cilps or … Continue reading →

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MARK WEISS 2014 My vote for Palo Alto City Council

Posted on November 13, 2014 by markweiss86

mark got a parking ticket most likely because he was chatting up a citizen or potential voter, he is like that. he listens to all comers and takes them at face value. yes, i will pay the ticket, duh, sometimes before it go DBW Continue reading →

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Kismet Kate

Posted on November 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Steve Levy and Eric Rosenblum have appealed to me ex parte that I am under-estimating Kiss Me Kate. Duly noted. What I actually said, in my own blog post, which started merely as a back-up to the points I raised … Continue reading →

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Newsvendor be livelier (1973/2014)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Newsvendor, be livelier! The lady with the dog, faster! More activity around the subway! Now the white car! Alphonse, get ready! Come out of … Continue reading →

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I got 2,115 votes and have posted 23 times since the election but forgot to publish the photo of Mark Weiss at the polls

Posted on November 13, 2014 by markweiss86

At midnight on the following Wednesday>Thursday, I have 2,115 votes (and counting?) and Cory Wolbach looks like he will hang on to the fifth seat, behind Karen Holman, Greg Scharff, Tom Dubois and Eric Filseth, all of whom I am … Continue reading →

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I dreamt I saw Sara Choy play tennis

Posted on November 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry and I split a sandwich from Refuge in Menlo Park. She likes Russian dressing, I prefer yellow mustard. I saved the receipt. Then I dropped her at my apartment, at Oak Creek and rushed out. She said she was … Continue reading →

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There’s an article in New Yorker about Wayne Thiebaud and Lady M cakes, expensive and him playing tennis at 93, that’s all I got time for

Posted on November 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Marty Ivener the founder of Marty’s Restaurant in San Jose and Annette Ivener’s ex-husband — Annette Sunshine? — not bad for AARP-age speaking of delicacies and sweets — said that at his house they eat desert first. This makes me … Continue reading →

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Help me identify 109 shots of “Happy Dartmouth” video

Posted on November 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to the young filmmakers who parodied the Pharell monster hit “Happy” as a type of ex parte Dartmouth recruiting film. I am actually trying to suss out the film they showed in 2011 at my 25 that featured a … Continue reading →

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