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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

Earthwise and Wobbly World rock Cali Ave for 3rd Thursday and World Music Day

Posted on June 14, 2023 by markweiss86

  Wobbly World, presented by Earthwise Productions, is the headliner at the second 3rd Thursdays event, which features a World 🎵 Music theme. Featuring Freddy Clarke of Menlo Park The new 3rd Thursday music series holds its second event June 15 tomorrow … Continue reading →

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FREE CONCERTS PALO ALTO

Posted on June 14, 2023 by markweiss86

By Earthwise Productions, since 1994 BW In Walked Bud…or Dan Peets CafĂ© at town and country near Stanford, updating my avails log and I recognize Dan Olmsted who played in my concert series in the fall of 1995. He is … Continue reading →

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UP A LAZY RIVER F (FIRST CHORD D7)

Posted on June 14, 2023 by markweiss86

TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS A   NEW YEAR G   MINUTE WALTZ D   DEVIL WOMAN C   WHAT’LL I DO E   GEE BABY AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU C   CHEROKEE Bb   OVER THE RAINBOW Eb   … Continue reading →

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Answer: who is Hiroshi Sugimoto?

Posted on June 12, 2023 by markweiss86
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Freddy Jones Band at Lytton Plaza

Posted on June 5, 2023 by markweiss86

As the man says: FRIDAY JUNE 9 LYTTON PLAZA PALO ALTO, CA Freddy Jones Band will perform a free concert at 7 pm, presented by Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto. I made an attempt to reach former KFOG jocks Rosalie … Continue reading →

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‘Cochiti’ plus ‘Camero’ art car project by Diego Romero, Mateo Romero and Mark Weiss

Posted on June 4, 2023 by markweiss86

This is a model or maquette of a full-scale and drivable 1969 Camero SS designed and being fabricated in New Mexico by Diego Romero, Mateo Romero and certain accomplices, subcontractors, contributors, influences and producers. I am just a guy writing … Continue reading →

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Floribunda vs trumpet shaped flowers in mural by Olivia Losee

Posted on May 31, 2023 by markweiss86

I reported earlier that I am producing 12 concerts free in the parks of Palo Alto or the plaza or in the case of three artists on two evenings in the streets. Meanwhile, I noticed the Palo Alto weekly has … Continue reading →

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Floribunda of free shows by Earthwise

Posted on May 30, 2023 by markweiss86

Twelve Free Concerts and Shows Summer and Fall 2023 in Palo Alto Parks and Common Spaces presented by Earthwise Productions Freddy Jones Band, Lytton Plaza, Friday, June 9, 7 pm Cien Mil Mangos, Larry Ochs Gerald Cleaver Duo, Lytton Plaza, … Continue reading →

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Which Wich is which?

Posted on May 29, 2023 by markweiss86

I may have crossed the line last night in my enthusiastic banter with our performers, at SFJazz the Joe Henderson stage. As Mads Tolling was introducing his version of the 1974 Jimmy Webb song, “Wichita Lineman” I blurted out that … Continue reading →

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Hanif had a sneaking suspicion that Chewbacca might have been Black

Posted on May 28, 2023 by markweiss86

II. Haniger as an honorary Mulcahy Mitch Haniger is related to the Mulcahy’s because a Haniger married a Mulcahy. That makes the Giants slugger an honorary Mulcahy in there for an honorary Palo Altan. The Mulcahy brothers played for Cubberley … Continue reading →

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