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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

He’s Reddy. R U?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by markweiss86

Seelam Reddy of College Terrace tells the Weekly he is running for Council, but is besieged by haters, many along the lines of “don’t run, it will hurt our candidates’ chances”. My response:   Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident … Continue reading →

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Go Daddy Dorado!!

Posted on July 3, 2014 by markweiss86

Grocery Outlet, Berkeley-based chain, actually controlled by a hedge fund, going public, I read, for $1 Billion dollars, we gave them an oversized sign on Alma. Go Daddy, a website, one of whose bigger investors is a six-billion dollar hedge … Continue reading →

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Two free cultural events in Palo Alto

Posted on July 2, 2014 by markweiss86

I am involved with two free cultural events in Palo Alto: 1) tomorrow, Thursday, July 3, 2014, Doris Williams, a performer known as Lady Doris, performs Celtic music (lute and vocals) at Lytton Plaza, University and Emerson. The event starts … Continue reading →

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Historic Theatre as more downtown office space in Palo Alto

Posted on July 2, 2014 by markweiss86

Staff planner Steven Turner dropped a bombshell this morning at the close of the HRB meeting: uber-owner and self-proclaimed “parking czar” Charles J. “Chop” Keenan III has submitted plans, not yet viewable electronically but agendized for historical review as soon … Continue reading →

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Don’t Weep For Me, the Wepner musical

Posted on July 1, 2014 by markweiss86

  I just watched the replay of a song from “Rocky” the musical on Letterman and it set me to suss around a bit about Chuck Wepner, Sylvester Stallone, the Rocky franchise and this new musical. More to come. I … Continue reading →

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Happy 70th birthday to Jazz guitarist and Gemini Jack Wilkins

Posted on July 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Jack Wilkins is a jazz guitarist celebrating his 70th birthday this weekend at a hit at the Jazz Standard, although he is actually a Gemini. His “Red Clay” cover of a Freddie Hubbard song is also sampled by a few … Continue reading →

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Mark my words

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

We picked up one excellent word–a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word–‘lagniappe.’ They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish–so they said. We discovered it at the head of a column of odds … Continue reading →

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Maria and Popovi versus Maria Popova

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Maria and Popovi are a mother and son set of collaborators who made some of the most coveted San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery from New Mexico (as we call it), mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. I found a bit from … Continue reading →

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Our Palo Alto pseudo-mandate

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve been meaning to organize my thoughts about Our Palo Alto, and the workshop I attended last week, at the Elks Club. I was seated, via purportedly random processes, at a group of 7 that included insiders Steve Levy and … Continue reading →

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Something about Hannah May Allison

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Hannah May Allison, the Palo Alto and Nashville singer-songwriter, plays Tuesday in Los Gatos, at the historic The Cats. It is a happy hour show, 6 to 9. If memory serves, there will be victuals. Speaking of memory, I am … Continue reading →

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