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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

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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Why Gunn Titans are better than Paly Vikings in football

Posted on September 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Paly is 1 and 1 with an aggregate score of 30 for and 61 against. Gunn is 0 and 2 with an aggregate score of 39 for and 42 against. Gunn’s 39 points is 30 percent better than Paly’s 30. … Continue reading →

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A little chin music for the corporate behemoth

Posted on September 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Tom Hanks, or a character he played, said “there’s no crying in baseball”. Surely, you know there is no “center field foul pole / corporate communications behemoth 65 foot pole antenna” in baseball. At the risk of going full Juan … Continue reading →

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Allison Miller in Santa Fe fantasy league

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

ALI BOOM TIC BOMAYE October 9 Allison Miller Boom Tic Boom in Santa Fe, and also ALBQ (she likes the LBQ part) and then on to Denver, where I like a big blue stud with glowing red eyes. Harummph! I … Continue reading →

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Eastern Michigan and points over the Spartans, and Schauer over Snyder

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

i am kinda souring on the MS thing in that I’ve gotten about a dozen emails about money and none that acknowledge that I thought i connected to the candidate on a unique level, in palo alto. mark weiss 650.305.XXXX … Continue reading →

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Plastic Peters

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote earlier today about Steve Coleman, jazz musician and MacArthur Genius laureate. Earlier today, however, apropos of nothing, and he of infinite jest, I made a post-modern pseudo-writing job by cutting and pasting bits of nine previous works in … Continue reading →

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