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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

To Be Young and Well-Strung (Jim Campilongo, Stella Brooks, Beth Lisick riff)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by markweiss86

I’ve done about 500 posts now and have about 20,000 hits, which works out to roughly about 50 people per post. I got to thinking most of them stop by on their way to something else. At first I numbered … Continue reading →

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A&R: stitsr

Posted on May 6, 2013 by markweiss86

smoke signals from search-injuns leads to> Spires That In The Sunset Rise In 2012, STITSR released Ancient Patience Wills It Again Part 1 and 2 available as separate LP releases. Available in the US at record stores, Hairy Spider Legs, or at our upcoming shows. Distro … Continue reading →

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Stevie Nicks at Cubberley Aud, 1967

Posted on May 3, 2013 by markweiss86

Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac fame, was a Menlo Atherton class of 1966 grad and sang with a local band, Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band, for a Christmas Dance, 1967, the FM fans sussed out, thanks to the Cubberley Catamount, on … Continue reading →

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Frida re-visits her stomping grounds, Johnson Park

Posted on May 2, 2013 by markweiss86

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Getting word in edgewise

Posted on May 2, 2013 by markweiss86

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Alden Van Buskirk news flash

Posted on April 30, 2013 by markweiss86

BEYOND THE NEWS In-depth coverage and analysis of recent significant items in the news, produced by our news department. 8:00 THE POEMS OF RATTRAY AND VAN BUSKIRK Poet David Rattray reads from his own work, and that of Alden van … Continue reading →

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Nampeyo of Hano bowl with bird motif, circa 1905

Posted on April 28, 2013 by markweiss86

“The painted design is classic Nampeyo, and in fact, there is a similar bowl also by Nampeyo in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Public Museum that is the match to this bowl.  Both bowls show the classic heavy black … Continue reading →

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Signs of the times: Peet’s, Nirvana and Susan O’Malley

Posted on April 24, 2013 by markweiss86

I’m rushing through this, mostly visual post: Although I sip on at least five brand name coffees and probably 10 physical locations, all within 5 miles of my abode, each month, totally about 20 trips to a coffee house, in … Continue reading →

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Medway Forest Indians

Posted on April 23, 2013 by markweiss86

way past my bedtime but I am trippin over the news (to me) that Perry Lane is now Oak Creek — and who are or were Medway Forest Indians?{that’s not actually true, but close enough for Plasty late night} sent … Continue reading →

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Gallery of posters and flyers, Earthwise Productions, 1994-2009

Posted on April 22, 2013 by markweiss86

art direction credits at bottom of scroll; photos by Terry Acebo Davis (this one was based on artwork accompanying an article in the Rolling Stone about the fact that Texas, especially during the tenure of Governor Bush, had executed so … Continue reading →

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