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
Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Barron Park 0 minutes ago Kudos to Winter Dellenbach for her compassion and diligence and tenacity here. Shame on local leadership — Council, commissioners and staff — for not doing more to broker … Continue reading →
SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST Steve Lacy, with Jean-Jacques Avenel, string bass, and John Betsch, drums – a “free jazz” ensemble – performed exquisite and innovative chamber music for the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in the Pete Douglas Beach House at Miramar … Continue reading →
Sunday afternoon consists of watching Tim Lincecum struggle with the Marlins — it’s 2-2 in the third as I commence — while posting a fairly mindless little ditty, comprising for the most part 21 images I managed to move from … Continue reading →
I caught, for the third time, the young band that performs and creates video content at Lytton Plaza. A guy I met who moved here from Ivory Coast 20 years ago and has an 11-year-old himself congratulated or gave well-wishes … Continue reading →
Bleachers released his her or its debut cd on Tuesday, but I just heard about it yesterday or today due to a Kimmel re-run (I was actually taping to capta St. Paul and the Broken Bones or something — I … Continue reading →
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Originally posted on Art, the Bible & the Big Apple:
Coinciding with the release of his new feature film, Noah, director Darren Aronofsky presents an exhibition of contemporary art inspired by the biblical story of Noah and the Flood. Fountains…
Pete Douglas the founder of the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay took his last bow Sunday, at 85. That’s a tough act to follow.
I clicked thru a note about Carolyn Castano show closing at Meridian Gallery on Post in SF — Sunday, July 20, 2 to 4 p.m, 2014 — to rip this salute to Escobar the football player who was murdered after … Continue reading →
Eight hundred and eighty ceramics mugs comprise a type of Old Glory reference and codex, at Palo Alto Art Center, which I am calling Palo Alto Peace Center for the next eighty eight days or so. Here is my reading … Continue reading →
edit to add: I later decided not only to run for City Council but to double down and apply for ARB; meanwhile I happened on to Rita Varell working on her garden and she added her name to the list … Continue reading →