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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

Tony Gwynn (1960-2014)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86
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Palo Alto poor

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I shot this photo in 2011. I am not sure but I think this is Bunny Good, who was homeless in Palo Alto for a number of years but died recently, winter 2013-2014. If it’s not Bunny, maybe it is … Continue reading →

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Mysterious photo of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd at Cubberley, circa 1999

Posted on June 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The miracle that is the internet has brought us, not Slender Man but something almost as spooky: a photograph of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd, at Cubberley Community Theatre in Palo Alto, in 1999. I’m thrilled, as the promoter of … Continue reading →

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Favorite Street: Steve Lacy Remembered

Posted on June 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Memory Select: Journeys in Creative Music:
It’s hard to believe Steve Lacy passed away 10 years ago this week. Doesn’t seem that long ago. For many musicians in the Bay Area, Lacy was a contemporary, a peer,…

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Viva Ventura

Posted on June 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I went to a previous meeting on this project, and felt that the space might have been designed as amenity to the Ventura area residents, approachable by bike or on foot, perhaps via Pepper. I wondered about working with Smith-Andersen … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Police Department has a Donut Shop Locator on their app

Posted on June 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Our new mobile app has a donut shop locator! Download: http://bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore  or http://bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay  #MadeULook 😉 pic.twitter.com/eYBVfv4tk8   This is from their April 26, 2014 twitter feed. I presume the hashtag “made you look” means that part is a joke. I … Continue reading →

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Frisco photo essay

Posted on June 13, 2014 by markweiss86

 

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On the Gunn graffiti case

Posted on June 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I posted this to the Weekly website, under the article from May 30 by Chris Kenrick. I hope to get the chance to dig a bit more into the case and that what I find does not make me want … Continue reading →

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Being less stupid (not a Jerzy Kosinski reference but thanks for asking)

Posted on June 12, 2014 by markweiss86

Scott and I went to T-Mobil in Palo Alto on special assignment for World Cup Buzz, the App. Ironically enough, I crashed a lecture right about kickoff time featuring a Stanford educated doctorate in computers now at University of British … Continue reading →

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Gunn lands three on all-Peninsula softball team

Posted on June 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Iris Chin, Katie Garvey and Emma Wager were named today to the Daily News First Team all-Peninsula softball team. Kudos for that! (Greek word, singular, for “praise”. They should know this, since the school has a pseudo-Greek theme, with the … Continue reading →

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