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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

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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The First Official Groupie! It’s me!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Eat Paint Dance:
It truly is a small world!  In September I went to the local Salsa festival and happened upon an ad for the Pacific Mambo Orchestra.  Looking at it I noticed that the band leader…

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Au revoir for Monique’s Chocolates at 359 Bryant Street

Posted on May 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I was Cathy Hubbell West’s first customer Thursday at Monique’s Chocolates of Palo Alto. Due to my furious chatter, it took her 30 minutes to make me a cold hot chocolate drink. It took me less than a minute to … Continue reading →

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Ernesto’s TopLine Giants gear on 3rd Street Frisco

Posted on May 14, 2014 by markweiss86

If you find yourself under-dressed on your way to a Giants game, stop in to see Ernesto “Neto” Solis at his new Top Line Apparel gallery and salon / hang at 5009 3rd Street. as i did go giants edit … Continue reading →

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Laura Jacobson and H.R. Giger

Posted on May 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a fan of Palo Alto ceramicist Laura Jacobson (whose brother Mark was a year behind me at Gunn but 12 places ahead of me on the tennis ladder). I checked out some of her new work at her Palo … Continue reading →

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