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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

Posted on August 17, 2012 by markweiss86

Originally posted on SF Concert Review Archive:
Originally published on April 4th, 2012 http://www.jambase.com/Articles/91087/Ozomatli-California-Review Ozomatli :: 03.28.12 :: The New Parish Music Hall :: Oakland, CA   Ozomatli by Annelise Poda The New Parish Music Hall in Oakland was packed…

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How I met Ozomatli thru Dana Beard the Chinese linguist

Posted on August 17, 2012 by markweiss86

I wrote this four years ago and submitted it to Doug Shevlin’s blog. The actual events take place about 12 years ago. But I didn’t know until one half hour ago that Dana Beard went to China, according to The … Continue reading →

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Barry McGee at Berkeley, Evri Kwong at Smith-Andersen

Posted on August 17, 2012 by markweiss86

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) Barry McGee August 24–December 9, 2012 University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) 2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720 Hours: Wed–Sun, 11–5pm; open till 9pm … Continue reading →

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Silversun Romney “Panic Switch” switch

Posted on August 17, 2012 by markweiss86

Instead of having Romney desist from using “Panic Switch”, Silversun Pickups should grant permission in exchange for Romney releasing the tax returns that, according to Columbia professor Michael Graetz in the New York Times, probably show that he undervalued an … Continue reading →

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Karla Kane’s golden west

Posted on August 16, 2012 by markweiss86

I’ve always had a soft spot for Karla Kane of the Corner Laughers ever since I first read about her or them in an article by Kimberley Chun in the Chronicle a couple years ago. I’ve only seen her or … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 12, 2012 by markweiss86

Originally posted on 4&20 blackbirds:
by lizard Alden Van Buskirk died in 1961 at the age of 23 from a rare blood disease. His medical case was the focus of an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (August…

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Hang a banner or wear a hat

Posted on August 10, 2012 by markweiss86

I met Donna Slote, milliner, as distinct from, as far as I know, but perhaps converging on, Donna Slote, millionaire, at Coupa Café, Palo Alto, today, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. It amuses me how well, in the world of social … Continue reading →

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Rob Reich stands tall with squeezebox

Posted on August 10, 2012 by markweiss86

Rob Reich is a Bay Area-based musician and composer who will play Sunday nearby in Mountain View at Rengstorff House which is an historic sight and community center near Shoreline Park and Amphitheatre (which simultaneously is hosting comebacks from the … Continue reading →

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Accept the good

Posted on August 6, 2012 by markweiss86

I chatted with a nice lady from Colby Posters in LA and would love to design and order some posters just for the heck of it. But it’s weird I am blogging about a hypothetical letterpress poster project. “Accept the … Continue reading →

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Fighting words in their own dugout (Harbaugh monologue research)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by markweiss86

At the Gunn High of Palo Alto, Calif. Class of 1982 30th reunion, John Chovanec, the former all-league football and baseball star, gave me further comedic or psychic grist for the mill for the performance piece cum social sculpture I … Continue reading →

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