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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

Everybody trip: the third decade and Counting for A.D. and them

Posted on May 22, 2014 by markweiss86

It’s precisely because Adam Duritz and Counting Crows epitomize my scene, my generation, my hopes and aspirations for this world, and everything after, that I am gonna bust his chops a little here in Plastic Alto. And not that he … Continue reading →

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Mona Simpson at Kepler’s

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

MK of The Times likes the new Mona Simpson book, “Casebook.” I found for $1 a fairly clean (or hardly soiled) first of her 2010 “My Hollywood” at Menlo Park library, around the corner. The clerk misunderstood me about Mona … Continue reading →

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The Croix de Palo Alto

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Back in the day the San Francisco Giants had a promotion wherein if you stayed to the end of an extra innings game, at often breezy and brisk Candlestick Park, you would receive a little prize, a pin called Croix … Continue reading →

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Helen Sung anthem for a new day

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Or Introducing Thelonious Helen Yu-Nguyen Fajardo Helen Sung anthem for a new day, is a cd released in February on Concord, her major label debut, her sixth cd as a leader. She came thru the 650 in February, to Pete … Continue reading →

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Gunn boosts athletic program with German hire

Posted on May 19, 2014 by markweiss86

The Gunn High Titans athletic department recently hired an internationally-known German cross country skier, Denise Herrmann, to help narrow the gap between them and the cross-town Vikings. In addition to the current 20 sports, Gunn will be adding cross country … Continue reading →

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To solve everything, click here…soon

Posted on May 19, 2014 by markweiss86

We have been working closing with an outside contractor to map the process and begin the conversion of our old microfiche blueprint plans to a digital format.  This will be a multi-year effort to convert all of the 125,000 fiche … Continue reading →

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Dewey Solomon Reggae riff

Posted on May 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Dewey and the Peoples Tour is Underway Jared is back, and so is your Band Lackey Update Jared arrived home from Boston on May 12, and the band immediately hit the studio for two-a-day rehearsals before leaving on their Hear … Continue reading →

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Terry Acebo Davis installation at historic I-Hotel Manilla-town SF at Jackson and Kearny near Nanking

Posted on May 18, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry Acebo Davis (sometimes known as Terry Acebo-Davis) installed five or her own works plus two by Minerva Amistoso at San Francisco’s historic I-Hotel Manilla-town, at Kearney and Jackson. I helped her load in and kept her company during her … Continue reading →

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The Brian X. Gaul Art Legacy at Dartmouth, proposed

Posted on May 16, 2014 by markweiss86

WHY WAS HE BORN SO BEAUTIFUL…??? Today is Brian X. Gaul’s 50th birthday, which precipitated a flurry of text messages between us, and the near-chugging of a bottle of Guinness on my end, in his honor. “And you are making … Continue reading →

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Kevin Skelly and Vieux Carre

Posted on May 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I ran into Kevin Skelly, the out-going (meaning he is leaving, not that he is approachable or gregarious, which he also is) PAUSD superintendent at a yogurt shop the other day, and had the opportunity to express my sense of … Continue reading →

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