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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

If I Had A Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em

Posted on October 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Or: The silver saxophones say I refuse you, PASZ and Measure D considered, with kid gloves Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Keep Council at 9 not 7, but vote for 5 not 3, who do this for love not money … Continue reading →

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Harbaugh mutiny deja vu or total recall?

Posted on September 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I was chatting with the early morning dudes at Peet’s and Harbaugh came up again. One of the dudes is the father of a blue chip player, Paly class of 1981, who played with Jim and together they went deep … Continue reading →

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Eighteen Raider coaches sorted by wins

Posted on September 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Eighteen Raider coaches sorted by wins: John Madden, 112 (1978) Tom Flores 91 (19870 Art Shell, 53 (2006) Jon Gruden, 39 (2001) John Rausch, 35 (1968) Al Davis, 23 (1965) Tom Cable, 17 (2010) Eddie Erdelatz, 16 (1961) Bill Callahan … Continue reading →

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Ya Es Tiempo Amanda Renteria of Sanger for Congress

Posted on September 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I must admit that Sheryl Gay Stohlberg of The New York Times scooped me by five months on the Amanda Renteria of Sanger, California (Central Valley, near Delano) for Congress story. I met Amanda last night at a taco klatch … Continue reading →

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Ghost-dogging and gehry’d ARB ap

Posted on September 30, 2014 by markweiss86

In the film you and Gehry compare filmmaking with architecture. What similarities or differences in the two arts struck you the most? A: They’re both mosaic arts in that they’re comprised of many, many, many other art forms all put … Continue reading →

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Terry, Bruce and I

Posted on September 27, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry shot this view:

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Gunn football chasing first win

Posted on September 27, 2014 by markweiss86

Gunn dropped a 35-28 decision at Prospect of Saratoga Friday, its four straight defeat. Coach Shinichi Hirano’s Titans are continuing to remind me of “The Seven Samurai” from the famous Japanese movie about a small group of fighters trying to … Continue reading →

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David Shields San Jose 225 229 A

Posted on September 25, 2014 by markweiss86

1 I was expecting a more content rich experience.

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Grand Jury Report, our response and my real time qualms

Posted on September 24, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve read the Grand Jury Report. I have not seen the response, written by Pat Burt (council),Greg Schmid (council) and Jim Keene (staff, City Manager). Here is a reprint of a speech I gave to ARB two years ago, in … Continue reading →

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U.S. State Department and McFaul Support Jailed Rock Band

Posted on September 24, 2014 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Svayambh-PA, or New Residentialist Platform(NRP):
Russian authorities interrupt performance by agitprop group Pussy Riot, February, 2012 The United States is concerned about both the verdict and the disproportionate sentences handed down by a Moscow court in…

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