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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

Dartmouth codex for English Studies, 12/84 thru S86

Posted on November 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Eoanthrophus will triumph finally over Homo sapiens Mencken, 1926 Horse-man Weiss, 1984 & 2014 According to a notebook I dug out of storage yesterday which would be also known as November 10, 2014, these are the classes I took towards … Continue reading →

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Ann Hagedorn elevator pitch plug review and or preview

Posted on November 10, 2014 by markweiss86

1. the first part; Or, The Pledge THE director of the Secret Service has resigned after, among other problems, the revelation that, in a visit to Atlanta on Sept. 16, President Obama rode in an elevator with a private security … Continue reading →

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Red Haring

Posted on November 10, 2014 by markweiss86

I will redact this if needs be, but my friend and sister in hoops Rachel Garlin reports that the Keith Haring show “The Political Line” at the DeYoung, Saturday thru February 16, 2015 rocks. She should know because she is … Continue reading →

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‘oohhahhhheeeeeoooohhh yeh yeh!’ 4 2 Toms

Posted on November 9, 2014 by markweiss86

Or, We Are Broadcasting Live and Want To Hear All of “Yah” at the bottom i am re-posting Tom Jordan 2 aka Tommy Jordan of Geggy Tah at Earthwise Showcase in 2009, trumpet solo and splits we are broadcasting live … Continue reading →

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Elisha Cook, Jr. Day in Palo Alto

Posted on November 9, 2014 by markweiss86

One of my weirder initiatives is Elisha Cook Jr Day in Palo Alto, in honor of the man who played Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon and an informant in The Big Sleep. It is a ploy to lure David Packard … Continue reading →

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Great future, Gunn football

Posted on November 9, 2014 by markweiss86

that’s a bob marley reference (“No Woman, No Cry”) and will addend later with photos and some thoughts; actually I caught Mrs. Sweat, Dietrich’s mom (#42) with a bouquet for Sonny Boy 2, and might have to lead with that; … Continue reading →

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My will is good; Or, the things I schlepped, II

Posted on November 9, 2014 by markweiss86

for dan 1. Lucky Magazine, 4th edited by Jean Godfrey-June nee Watt; 2. The U.S. Constitution, What It Says What It Means; 3. Math In Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant, esp pp. 58 Hilbert Hotel; 4. Who’s … Continue reading →

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in grapes of dubious battle wrath

Posted on November 8, 2014 by markweiss86

I am processing the results of the recent election. I got nearly 2,000 votes, which I think is great. On a cost basis (dollars spent to votes received) I lead the pack by a wide margin, a factor of five. … Continue reading →

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Julie Roche of Avenidas capital campaign

Posted on November 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Avenidas is working on a $12 million capital campaign to expand programming for seniors at its 450 Bryant historic location. I suggested, during oral communications of an unusual off-site and progressive public hearing and study session that a much simpler … Continue reading →

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Close but no Elizabeth Hutchinson

Posted on November 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Panel Discussion Reflections on Robert Frank in America Thursday, November 13, 5:30 pm, Cantor auditorium, free Distinguished scholars discuss Robert Frank in America: Alexander Nemerov, Stanford’s Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities; Elizabeth Bennett, Stanford’s … Continue reading →

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