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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

Slow pitch softball plus a pinch of Carl Hubbell the usual

Posted on October 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Mr. Weiss, My name is Erin Ashby and I am a Stanford student currently enrolled in COMM 104: Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News. We are currently making candidate profiles for the upcoming Palo Alto City Council election and I have … Continue reading →

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Weiss spurs jangle jingle

Posted on October 22, 2014 by markweiss86

A musician and composer sent me this 14 second performance that I hope people listen to apropos of my campaign for Palo Alto City Council. A young person named Daphne who lives near East Meadown and Arbitus (her mom is … Continue reading →

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Newk’s fade, or an hour at Peet’s and I’m guessing 40 items or topics

Posted on October 22, 2014 by markweiss86

1. my notes from last night at CoHo, although filed under “Tuesday Sept 2” (“Strike up the band” was crossed off, meaning i missed seeing the showing, at Stanford Theatre) Tues at CoHo – Esther Berndt, Giants, 3-0 Game 1 … Continue reading →

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party with trees rasta x large

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Party with Trees Party with Trees Rasta / X Large speaking of which Leon Russell at Yoshis oakland 2 nights tues and wed, $43 each 8 p.m. show STOP THE PRESSES BEN BRADLEE DEAD AT 93 (rasta x large indeedy)

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Identical v. a stone and a stone

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

I am pretty weak on Scott Turow, but I could not resist posting mention I teared literally from the Times of some weeks ago a blurb about “Identical” a murder mystery involving twins. Because I had been writing Muff Bonini … Continue reading →

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Please endorse me, William T. Vollman

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Mr. Vollmann wanders the globe like a man-child, it seems, or an outsider artist, gathering grim experience while remaining po-faced and curiously innocent. His sentences can be boring, but he himself rarely is. Last year, out of the blue, he … Continue reading →

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Gratuitous Esther Wojcicki James Franco item

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Actually what is inspiring me to run this gratuitous Esther Wojcicki James Franco item is the blogger Victoria Thorpe who called my Michael Wolff – Nat Wolff – Val Kilmer – Jack Kilmer – Billy Kilmer – Mateo Romero – … Continue reading →

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Vale endorses Weiss

Posted on October 21, 2014 by markweiss86

updated, three years later: I changed the headline of this because I did not complete my thoughts about the connection between tactics that political operatives use and dumb luck. There’s a lot here to edit but I am leaving most … Continue reading →

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Arts ATL: Review: Locked-out ASO musicians perform DIY concert with guest cellist Matt Haimovitz

Posted on October 20, 2014 by markweiss86
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Christina Velazquez at Palo Alto Art Center, her work that is, thru December 23

Posted on October 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Christina Velazquez has work installed at Palo Alto Art Center, thru December 23. I missed her residency per se, perhaps owing to the campaign trial. Terry my Terry the artist and arts commissioner Terry Acebo Davis has known Velazquez for … Continue reading →

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