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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

Art imitating artist

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86

OR, ALO STATUE? I’m editing about 1,000 photographs and short films on my new Motorola smart-phone droid. I’m posting photo-essays on about a subset of 80 of those. I hope to delete another 500 or so, if I get a … Continue reading →

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Counting blue cars

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Outro, a number one modern rock hit by Dishwalla, on Pet Your Friends:

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Stanford garners Fields Prize

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Paul J. Cohen won the Fields Prize in 1966 for work he did on the continuum hypothesis in 1963 while living in Palo Alto, on Princeton Street in College Terrace (actually quite close to where Zuckerberg founded Facebook years later). … Continue reading →

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Endorsements, encounters, engagement

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

This is a 40-picture set of images I took with my new Motorola droid, most of which pertains to my Palo Alto City Council candidacy. Check back if this looks like less than 40. It actually is Weird Beers of … Continue reading →

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Our Mayor Nancy Scombridae

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I spoke at Council twice yesterday, once on our “parks deficit” and once on the dubious public benefit at the former JJ&F site, and both times Nancy Shepherd botched my name. (She called me “weese” once and “mike”). Reminds me … Continue reading →

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Joe 90 v. Joe 90

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I never heard of Joe 90 until my cousin Craig told me that his band had changed it’s name to it, to wit:

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Happy 90th birthday, Joseph Zirker and good luck at art show opening Thursday in Palo Alto

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

From our friends at Art Center: Thursday, August 14, 6-8 p.m. Palo Alto Art Center, Meeting Room FREE Join us on Thursday for refreshments (and cake!) as we celebrate the 90th birthday of internationally recognized local artist Joseph Zirker, and … Continue reading →

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Britt of 534 Ramona (from series of casual portraits of people I meet oftentimes)

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Years ago, before I moved back to Palo Alto from San Francisco I worked in ad agencies as a freelance copywriter and also had some of my own small clients. In that spirit I toured the then-new store on Ramona … Continue reading →

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Hoops legend endorses former player for Palo Alto City Council

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

(my coach Hans Delannoy strolled Cubberley campus today and talked about old times. Hans led Gunn to league championships in 1980 and 1981 and was California Coach of the Year for leading San Ramon girls to a section championship in … Continue reading →

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Meet Mike Cassidy and eat Chinese Tuesday

Posted on August 11, 2014 by markweiss86

TASC event — news to me Mike Cassidy August 12th Women and Computing: The Promise Denied Mike Cassidy, former Silicon Valley Dispatches columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, and currently the storyteller at BloomReach, a big data marketing application … Continue reading →

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