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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

Lytton Plaza re:Set June 9 10 11 by Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto not Stanford

Posted on May 11, 2023 by markweiss86

June 9 Freddy Jones Band 7 pm June 10 Cien Mil Mangos 12 pm, Larry Ochs Gerald Cleaver 2 pm, free June 11 Jim Campilongo Ben Davis Duo 2 pm I am doing shows on three consecutive days next month … Continue reading →

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Earthwise tops 30 shows for 2nd consecutive season: free concerts in three Palo Alto parks announced

Posted on May 10, 2023 by markweiss86

DON’T CALL THEM FRISCO: Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express announce an Earthwise gig at the Mitch Bowl, Sunday July 30, 2 pm, the first in a four-part free series this summer featuring jazz, funk, rock, and commedia dell’arte. To … Continue reading →

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Vida Blue v Chris Strachwitz (in heaven)

Posted on May 9, 2023 by markweiss86
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Dorothea Lange’s Coachella v. Philip Anschutz’ Coachella

Posted on May 7, 2023 by markweiss86
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Young dubbed

Posted on May 5, 2023 by markweiss86

This is essentially a re-write of the post from earlier today.# It started with a simple visual comparison between a photograph by the LA-based art photographer Sue Hudelson and something newsy online I found about the outfit that the movie … Continue reading →

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Olivia Wilde Chloe at Met Gala vs ‘Julie’ and guitar by Sue Hudelson at Nashville Frick Museum

Posted on May 5, 2023 by markweiss86
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Michael Heizer ‘City’ vs San Francisco Transit Center

Posted on May 1, 2023 by markweiss86

Carolyn Said in The Sunday Chron reports that even with public art the $2.2b Transit Center south of Mission is mostly deserted. Which reminds me of the desert-located land art project by Michael Heizer, called “City”. b//w Singer songwriter, Dan … Continue reading →

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Lydia Lunch Palo Alto 7 15 2 3

Posted on April 29, 2023 by markweiss86

Based on Kozik, manipulated on doo hicky Based on Shields Terry and I had sandwiches from this place today, around 1:13 pm this explains it:   edit to add: this just in — is it good or bad to use … Continue reading →

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In its zeal, the Sierra Club has clear-cut a whole national park of words

Posted on April 8, 2023 by markweiss86

George Packer, Gunn alum, or person who attended Gunn High in Palo Alto, The Atlantic, April 23, 2023, pp 9-12: the moral case against euphemism: banning words won’t make the world more just graph seven: warn off; compare ward off … Continue reading →

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Cancellation of multivariable math at Paly and Gunn, Gunn and Paly, Paly or Gunn, Gunn or Paly, and or Gunn and or Paly and or Gunn

Posted on April 3, 2023 by markweiss86

  I’m a photo of Fields Prize winner Paul J. Cohen and I do not disprove this message At Tuesday’s school board meeting, Don Austin addressed the forum to respond to the numerous comments from students and parents about the … Continue reading →

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