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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

Jack O The Clock live in Palo Alto

Posted on July 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I don’t think Jack O The Clock, the improv music group, have played Palo Alto. Jumping the eye across a scrolling screen of 0’s and 1’s disguised as A, B, C, &’s & #’s, it seems they like Starry Plough … Continue reading →

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Registry of historic rock venues, Portola Valley

Posted on July 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Twenty nineteen, five years from now, brings an anniversary of Portola discovering, so to speak, Palo Alto, on behalf of the King of Spain, , in 1769 and I have been thinking that it sounds like a good concept for … Continue reading →

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I and Thou, 1 Borges y Yo, 0

Posted on July 15, 2014 by markweiss86

    (I read “Borges Y Yo” in Spanish 3 at Dartmouth, in its original Argentine; was my professor named Russell? And I found it recently, in English, at a good used book store near the Plaza in Santa Fe, … Continue reading →

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Me-too ‘Happy’ about smart

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

At 9:10 on Monday, I am reading the Times in the common room of my apartment complex. I notice the chart on Downloads. Katy Perry number one, Pharrell Williams “Happy” number two. I suddenly am reminded that as of a … Continue reading →

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May I pay my Palo Alto library fine with Bitcoin?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I owe the library about $5. I have three books out, on J.D. Salinger, on “Dollarocracy”, something else, and an Ornette Coleman cd called “Space”. I think there are about 100 titles in the library database that I have paid … Continue reading →

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Stew spiked by Lee

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I should probably not write about “Passing Strange” Mark “Stew” Stewart or The Negro Problem — MY FORMER CLIENT, 2003-2004, TEN YEARS AGO, let the Sunshine Clause in — SUNSET — WHATEVER — but it suddenly occurs to me that … Continue reading →

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To redeem the work of fools

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

People have the power, says Patti Smith. And what says Palo Alto???????

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Oh, Donna

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

I posted on Gennady Sheyner  (“Candidate Season opens”) that any fewer than 10 candidates for five seats for Palo Alto City Council would mean that Palo Alto has thrown in the towel on Democracy. The period to pull papers, he … Continue reading →

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No man is an island, one man is a mountain

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

No man is an island, one man is a mountain. I’ve been carrying that line around for a couple days now. Don’t have time to complete the thought, let alone circle the square, but will paste in something Howard Gossage … Continue reading →

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Greetings, fellow democrats, all 56 of us

Posted on July 14, 2014 by markweiss86

What level of change is appropriate in the California Avenue Focus Area? Low Elaborate and describe your vision for the focus area. Consider land uses, urban design, transportation, social equity, and any other aspects that are important to you. I’d … Continue reading →

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