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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

Random Clyde photo

Posted on June 29, 2014 by markweiss86

New York Times today has a random Clyde photo so I will follow suit. by Dave Pickoff. I will edita names of the other 3 players plus some brief explanation of the article this illustrates

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Kristen Strom Getz tribute at Stanford Jazz series

Posted on June 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Kristen Strom will appear at the Stanford Jazz series, performing a tribute to Stan Getz. It’s a matinee, 2 p.m. July 13 Sunday. Info here. The show is at Dink, with tickets ranging from $15 to $35, which actually seems a … Continue reading →

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deus ex machina: sugimoto in sf LAST DAYS

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

I chose to interpret this as the invisible hand of God coming down to bring my monumental, but unfinished Last Supper to completion. Leonardo completed his Last Supper over five hundred years ago, and it has deteriorated beautifully. I can only be grateful to … Continue reading →

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Nin Filip photography & philosophy

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

In Nan Goldin’s work, it is, redemptively, one of its central themes. Goldin’s art is filled with a generous attentiveness towards the lives of its subjects. Although we might not be conscious of it at first, her photograph of a … Continue reading →

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Clemens Weiss and Plato’s Retreat

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

The esteemed pathologist and blogger Dr. Brian E. Moore of Springfield, Illinois, who was a drama major with honors, and documentary filmmaker at Dartmouth, gave me grief about having a category of post called “Plato’s Republic” when what I really … Continue reading →

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Really young band video shoot at Lytton Plaza

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

I watched nearly two sets by a very young band Thursday evening at Lytton Plaza. The event started around 6 and probably didn’t load out until 8 or 9. The band was a trio: vocalist, guitarist, hand-drummer. There were at … Continue reading →

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Blues Broads in Berkeley

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

J.Poet in 48 hours (the Chron) has Blues Broads playing Freight and Salvage tonight. I doubt I will make it, mostly because Terry works until 8. I had been meaning to update my long Marcia Ball story about Rick Koster’s … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Teen Sniper

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

There’s no hostages that I can see, only about 475 meters of open courtyard between me and Cherry G. The shot will be a tricky one: the bullet will become wobbly and transient as it moves through different temperature zones … Continue reading →

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What’s the Freak-quency, Timmy?

Posted on June 25, 2014 by markweiss86
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Kevin Costner as Fred Balin

Posted on June 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Fred Balin kept repeating, on proposed driveways A and b, near Columbia Dartmouth Amherst, above Cali Ave, “needs a turnaround…needs a turnaround” with well-synched electronic presentation. Very convincing. (if you trust someone cooped up here for four hours). Reminds of … Continue reading →

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