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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

The real grateful dead

Posted on June 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to Sarah Cahill for her concert event at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. Terry took one picture I directed, down from the third floor to the second or first floor lobby where an electronica duo, one of whom … Continue reading →

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MIRV in Palo Alto, fall, 1995

Posted on June 22, 2014 by markweiss86

The posters for the Cubberley Sessions (also known as Palo Alto Soundcheck) were conceived of a series by Lane Wurster and Chris Eselgroth, the two-man art department for Mammoth Records in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which eventually was sold by … Continue reading →

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Sixty minute triple-item on Mencken, Twain & Salinger

Posted on June 22, 2014 by markweiss86

This is the enhanced version of a previous post, “20 Minute Triple Item on Mencken, Twain and Salinger” which actually took me about 40 minutes, making us, ultimately, an hour behind our schedule to get to Chapel of the Chimes … Continue reading →

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Dude where’d you park the grand jury report?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

I am struck by how underplayed the grand jury report is, in today’s Daily Post — unless they also reported on it Friday will have to check. As in: We were surprised as anyone to learn that a grand jury … Continue reading →

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20 minute triple item on Mencken, Twain and Salinger

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

because we are leaving for East Bay, Beth Custer at Chapel of the Chimes, at quarter-past 4 on a Saturday   1. The fact is that some of the things men and women have desired most ardently for thousands of … Continue reading →

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First Amendment and Lytton Plaza

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

I got into another cluster of conversations about Lytton Plaza and my assertion that our new ordinance banning amplifiers during business hours –which I call the Dave Heidie Laws — are unconstitutional, in the wake of the sixth Palo Alto … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto yard hockey

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Have you heard that joke about “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”? I joked to Palo Alto City Council member, this morning at a yard sale in our Downtown North neighborhood, that we should consider … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto hardball and hidden ball trick

Posted on June 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Downtown North 0 minutes ago Mark Weiss is a registered user. This is a power play or stunt to improve the odds, or so they think, of continuing the recent Real Estate rout. Very … Continue reading →

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Mencken on the Palo Alto Process

Posted on June 20, 2014 by markweiss86

H.L. Mencken is actually the coiner, as it were, of the term “Palo Alto Process”. He was not, as some believe, talking about how long it takes to install, or get the proper permits if one wants to install, the … Continue reading →

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Harry Hillman of Dartmouth

Posted on June 19, 2014 by markweiss86

I have Harry Hillman’s scrapbook, which he started in 1899 and kept adding until about 1910 or so. Plus when Glenn Cunningham ran a 4:04:04 indoor mile, on a course designed by Coach Hillman at Dartmouth’s Alumni Gym, he added … Continue reading →

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