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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

National cream sickle day and my corn beef hash

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86

1. Yesterday was National Creamsickle day*, although I missed the opportunity to drag my Oldenburg to the Oak Creek clubhouse to contextualize the event — a couple other opportunities popped up and one can only be so many places at … Continue reading →

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Weiss to appear at Elks Club Palo Alto September 22 at 1:11 p.m.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Palo Alto City Council candidate Mark Weiss, the minimalist who mixes Ralph Nader with Donald Judd*, will appear at the Elks Club on Monday, September 22, 2014 for exactly one minute, at 1:11 p.m. Twelve candidates will appear at a … Continue reading →

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Joe Zirker show at Art Center

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Joe Zirker actually asked me to shoot his show, both the art and the people, and I complied with about 34 shots before it got dark enough that my camera starts to automatically use a flash, and I stopped. That … Continue reading →

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It’s appalling and frankly it weakens our discourse and the diversity of perspectives

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86

or, Two Sides of Sid It’s appalling and frankly it weakens our discourse and the diversity of perspectives. sid espinosa on lack of women and asian and overall candidates or mark weiss on Measure D Amendment backed by Roger Smith, … Continue reading →

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Maverick intentions

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86
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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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