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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

Not a genuine Filseth

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

I met a man who looked a lot like Eric Filseth, especially looking at him across the room, with my reading glasses. Earlier, I shouted out to James Lyons the dramatician. (He endorses me, I think, or at least signed … Continue reading →

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David Shields Nine Twenty-four

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

David Shields is in San Jose Wednesday evening and Thursday nooner. The Palo Alto Weekly ran an add Friday. From Reality Hunger, 9: One author pilfers the best of another and calls it reality hunger From Reality Hunger, 24: In … Continue reading →

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Weiss stands out among pool

Posted on September 22, 2014 by markweiss86
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Lobdell lives

Posted on September 21, 2014 by markweiss86
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World’s most sly reference to ‘1984’

Posted on September 21, 2014 by markweiss86

For the record, I like John Fredrich and look forward to whatever else he will say or do in the campaign. He taught at Gunn for a number of years, starting just after I left. He ran for council several … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara county poem or not

Posted on September 21, 2014 by markweiss86

This is kind of a longshot, but I am wondering if you as an individual might endorse me I am running for Palo Alto City Council. I am not a poet per se but I have promoted poetry events and … Continue reading →

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Tom Dubois is a genuine brown man

Posted on September 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Ran into Beau today, who I had to cover in the first ever game — despite what John Paye been saying — at the new Menlo Gym, in 1980. I think of Beau as a conservative, but I also think … Continue reading →

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Chez Franc queen garners laurels

Posted on September 20, 2014 by markweiss86

To be frank, this is not something I would relish.

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Good on Gunn’s Riley, Sweat and Miller

Posted on September 20, 2014 by markweiss86

“Noah Riley, our senior quarterback, played a fairly good game today, despite the miscues and error and the loss, by a final score of 42 to 6, to Branham of San Jose. He is our leader. He does a lot … Continue reading →

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From Taylor Ho Bynum ‘Technology Austerity Manifesto’

Posted on September 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Art is contemporary if it is fluid with its environment.” —John Cage, courtesy of a David Shields tweet; check back or “search” for photos of the actual event, “!Taylor Ho!” Recently my wife and I decided to try something new … Continue reading →

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