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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

Aaron Vanderhoof goes all out for art tribute to fallen friend

Posted on June 19, 2014 by markweiss86

    I did chat up Aaron and Michelle for quite a spell Wednesday, and his tale about producing the runner statute is quite impressive, methinks. I will have to edit to add later. Meanwhile, here is what I had … Continue reading →

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Hannah may Hannah will

Posted on June 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Hannah May Allison was one of the classier and most promising acts to lively up downtown Palo Alto Sunday for the annual street music event. I shot her from a distance, and got close enough to scrutinize her new EP, … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto hardball

Posted on June 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Downtown North 1 minutes ago Mark Weiss is a registered user. How is it not relevant for the reporter here to mention that the developer here is Roxy Rapp, one of the biggest developers … Continue reading →

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Alejandro Escovedo in Kansas City and maybe Springfield

Posted on June 17, 2014 by markweiss86

Our music landsman in Kansas City, Doug Shevlin aka Scout, sends glad tidings from an Alejandro Escovedo show in Kansas City. By the way, as you can see from that photo, the show was at Knucklehead’s, a great venue in … Continue reading →

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John Vanderslice live in Palo Alto

Posted on June 17, 2014 by markweiss86

John Vanderslice live in Palo Alto: or, life among Palo Alto’s hipster spooks Today at 3:06 PM To jv@tinytelephone.com   earwopa@yahoo.com   Hey, John. I saw a flyer advertising a John Vanderslice show in Palo Alto, for Thursday June, 19, 2014 … Continue reading →

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Steve Lacy tribute

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I wore my precious “Steve Lacy…on tour” t-shirt today because I read yesterday that it has been 10 years since his passing, and other Steve Lacy fans did tributes in the form of concerts or blog posts. Steve was a … Continue reading →

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From one old school First Amendment dude to — dear God — another

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

  I happened into our Police Chief, Dennis Burns, today in front of City Hall and pigeon-holed him on this topic. He gave me his card, so I didn’t want to lose pace hence: mark weiss Today at 3:33 PM To … Continue reading →

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For a park in Ventura neighborhood on Fry’s site

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Terman Middle School, 0 minutes ago June 19, 2014, after a ridiculous round of offline blather Maybe your problem is your banana is stuck up your nimby. Laffer all around. Unplug. Posted under their … Continue reading →

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Marine car wash Chicago 2009

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

She told me she had enlisted in the Marines and was shipping out in a few weeks and needed to make some extra cash for some special uniform or accessories or maybe body armor, so was holding a car wash … Continue reading →

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Street fair as shaggy dog story

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

The Weekly baited me into telling them how I really feel. Surprise, surprise. I almost never do this: I would say this is the cultural equivalent of government surplus cheese. It’s nice that the police got paid some overtime, however, … Continue reading →

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