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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

artMRKT and Modest Mouse

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markweiss86

I wore a fake press pass — from Microsoft opening a few weeks ago — to artMRKT in SF and publicist Wendy Norris upgraded me to an actual press pass. I shot photos of Max Fishko, the co-founder of the … Continue reading →

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Willie Mays or unsubscribe

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markweiss86

This is my favorite “semi-span” that I sent to a list on my emails, and I just realized that it started with Leah Garchik; also, Maroon 5 was actually in town recently, at a promo at Stanford Shopping that I … Continue reading →

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Garchik chic

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markweiss86

— Mark Weiss saw a Palo Alto motorcycle cop with a framed license plate: “I know I know the light was yellow.” Garchik is now two for seventy-six or so in terms of printing things I suggest to her, a much … Continue reading →

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Clear story, obscured

Posted on May 19, 2012 by markweiss86

I ran into our former mayor Sid Espinosa and shot this picture of him doing a video pr segment for Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. The mayor and I actually discussed via text messages whether this shot is appropriate for … Continue reading →

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Harbaugh comedic monologue take 3

Posted on May 18, 2012 by markweiss86

I did another 11-minute-23-second segment of my mock-Jim-Harbaugh tribute Friday at Philz, with the emphasis on mock. I know if was exactly 11:23 because I did it as a “track act” talking over Pink Floyd “Pigs”. Why “Pigs”? No reason. … Continue reading →

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Big man pig man charade you are

Posted on May 18, 2012 by markweiss86

you are nearly a laugh, but you’re really a cry (for help) and I’m here to heal you, my brother. Continue reading →

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Sissy Hankshaw lives in SF

Posted on May 17, 2012 by markweiss86

Cruising Third Street in SF at rush hour on my way to Meridian Galley downtown for the poetry art opening, (The Painted Word) this biker and passenger made excellent time, although I slowed to get them, thusly. Sissy Hankshaw the … Continue reading →

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Vest Coast

Posted on May 17, 2012 by markweiss86

I have this crude, dorky, mash-up bit where I post two youtube windows here and invite my readers/viewers to open and play both simultaneously. While I should really just be gushing about Best Coast, their hit on Late Night tv … Continue reading →

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Love to love the Donnas

Posted on May 17, 2012 by markweiss86

I’d like to see Brett Anderson, Alison Robertson, Maya Ford and, for old times’ sake, Torry “Go Stanford” Castellano wearing satin dresses and covering this disco classic with a 1990s punk rock oomph:

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Harbaugh monologue part 2

Posted on May 15, 2012 by markweiss86

Two weeks in a row I have done my Harbaugh monologue at the Friday open mic at Philz. The gist of it is that although he is or was an excellent athlete and a successful coach, I have not been … Continue reading →

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