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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

Veterans art panel

Posted on September 7, 2014 by markweiss86

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Let my dog pee where the app and property rights (Ventura Park)

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Not to be baited too easily, and I do note that my relationship with Dr. Levy is experiencing a type of glasnost, I worry that when people say “property rights” they are somehow commingled with the “corporations are people” crowd, … Continue reading →

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Zipcar and corporate creep

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

My first reaction to seeing public lands and mind-share and resources given to a private car company is that this is further example of Palo Alto being a dupe of the corporate sector. Sorry Nancy, Jim and unnamed corporate lieutenant. … Continue reading →

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My 12 picks: Stanford, Northwestern, Army, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, Schauer, New Mexico, Michigan, Texas, UCLA and UTEP

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

I am not actually a gambler nor do I advocate such. I picked 11 teams plus the Democratic challenger for the gubernatorial seat of Michigan, Mark Schauer just as an experiment. It is more like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern picking a … Continue reading →

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Of haps and hap tics

Posted on September 3, 2014 by markweiss86

1. I ran into my Oak Creek neighbor Serkin at Farmer’s Market and gave him my only Weiss for Council pin, from 2012. New York Times article about robotics, Stanford byline, by John Markoff: “Brainy, Yes, But Far From Handy: … Continue reading →

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Of haps and haptics

Posted on September 3, 2014 by markweiss86

1. I ran into my Oak Creek neighbor Serkin at Farmer’s Market and gave him my only Weiss for Council pin, from 2012. New York Times article about robotics, Stanford date-line, by John Markoff: “Brainy, Yes, But Far From Handy: … Continue reading →

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Dayna Stephens hands

Posted on September 2, 2014 by markweiss86

I met Dayna Stephens at the Stanford Jazz workshop last month. While we chatted a young composer and trumpet stopped by for Dayna to eye-ball the chart he made, I presume of one of Dayna’s pieces. I heard the young … Continue reading →

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Spiro & Me, baby makes three

Posted on September 2, 2014 by markweiss86
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Gunn Football at Sequoia jamboree

Posted on August 30, 2014 by markweiss86

My two favorite Gunn football players are Andrew Maltz, son of my classmate Matt, and Sam Rothstein, son of my fellow Dartmouthian, Scott. Both young men, by the way, are sophomores. Meanwhile, I am posting this from the fantasy football … Continue reading →

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The Steve Emslie Rule

Posted on August 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I wonder if the City will hire a Berkeley based consultant for $1.7 million to help them draft the response or I should say help us draft the formal required response to the GJ. Or, maybe they will pay Steve … Continue reading →

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