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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

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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New York street music from Santa Cruz

Posted on October 2, 2012 by markweiss86

This popular video of street music in New York features Jesse Scheinin the son of San Jose Mercury writer Richard Scheinin. edit to add: if that link don’t go thru, there’s also this video: I guess the kid is out … Continue reading →

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‘Five Tables At A Cafe’

Posted on September 22, 2012 by markweiss86

(If it means anything to anyone, I snapped these photos in rabid succession while reading about the minimalist and eclectic Robert Wilson, a piece in the recent The New Yorker by Hilton Als, especially “Einstein On The Beach”. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/09/17/120917crat_atlarge_als The … Continue reading →

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Burghers, bridges, and blessings

Posted on September 21, 2012 by markweiss86

Four snaps on the theme of thread of public works, public art, chance encounters, history and such. A tad quotidian, admits. First, as I strolled campus on a mid-day break, I noted the incoming freshman (2016) in team-building, social-media-intensive yet … Continue reading →

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Cube^2 or hypercube by Andrzej Sekula

Posted on September 19, 2012 by markweiss86

I am not sure how I got here but I am compelled to post this short video, rarely seen (66 views), of a 2002 film “Cube2” or hypercube by Andrzej Sekula, a Polish cinematographer and director. It reminds of: “The … Continue reading →

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Sayles as Lardner

Posted on September 14, 2012 by markweiss86

I and I caught “Eight Men Out” on cable tv, and then captured this still of John Sayles, as Ring Lardner, singing a parody of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (by Burr and Campbell, 1919, Tin Pan Alley thing): I’m forever … Continue reading →

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Nellie McKay street music movie

Posted on September 14, 2012 by markweiss86

Nellie Mckay and at least four other fellow travelers play street music and concert music, in a film, and perhaps appearing nearby and soon, like in San Jo, maybe or maybe not part of ZERO1, and someday, or in a … Continue reading →

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