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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

I am nothing I see all

Posted on November 7, 2012 by markweiss86

   

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Stew at the JCC San Francisco

Posted on November 7, 2012 by markweiss86

  Terry surprised me with tickets to see my former client Stew at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. I left voice messages with his current brain trust — manager Dan Perloff and agent Ronnie Lapone — to give the … Continue reading →

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Dao Strom new cd and chap book

Posted on November 6, 2012 by markweiss86

I am very happy for my friend and former client Dao Strom who sent me news (and photo-evidence) of the release of her new cd and chapbook. “We Were Meant to Be a Gentle People”. Amen, sister. And just in … Continue reading →

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Jonah’s onelinedrawing’s Lytton Plaza

Posted on November 5, 2012 by markweiss86

FREE CONCERT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 AT LYTTON PLAZA FEATURING JONAH MATRANGA OF ONELINEDRAWING. 12 NOON. Years ago, when I produced concerts at Cubberley Theatre on a regular basis, twice a month or more for about six years running, I … Continue reading →

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Weiss in so many words

Posted on October 31, 2012 by markweiss86

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Anish Kapoor in Korea

Posted on October 28, 2012 by markweiss86

Introduction 음성설명 Born in Mumbai, India in 1954, Anish Kapoor moved to England at the age of nineteen to attend the Hornsey College of Art and later the Chelsea School of Art and Design. While growing up, Kapoor was exposed to … Continue reading →

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Flying Cohen Brothers star in new LIARS video by Jordan Ellis

Posted on October 18, 2012 by markweiss86

As an inside joke I am going to Swede this video without botching it up.  

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Eusebio

Posted on October 14, 2012 by markweiss86

Most people if they follow sports would say Pele is the best all time. I am talking soccer. I met a man from Cape Verde, a singer, who co-wrote one of the most famous songs of his genre — he … Continue reading →

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A touch of grey goo (weird review of ‘Welcome to Dopeland’)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by markweiss86

Note: This is a verbatim re-post of the world’s weirdest review of a 2011 Cake cd which I now claim is the world’s weirdest review of “Welcome to Dopeland” a film by Len Dell’Amico, I caught recently in Menlo Park … Continue reading →

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Lefsetz on Westergren

Posted on October 10, 2012 by markweiss86

I’ve been a hater on Pandora since day one. I was psyched to see that industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz didn’t mince words on this topic: This is why the music industry hates technologists. Self-satisfied pricks like Tim Westergren who believe … Continue reading →

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