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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

Clearer story about the mouse

Posted on May 7, 2012 by markweiss86

In Palo Alto Clear Story is both the name of public art by Mildred Howard and a venture backed startup in data. Continue reading →

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Do Talking Dogs enjoy the First Amendment?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by markweiss86

After the excellent Kiwanis’-sponsored Palo Alto May Fete Parade (90th) and Fair(1st) Saturday, I had lunch with Council Member Karen Holman at Peninsula Creamery. As a convenience to our server, I had what she’s having, a BLT on rye with … Continue reading →

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Harbaugh Monologue debut at Philz

Posted on May 4, 2012 by markweiss86

I am not actually a comedian just a guy trying to work out my issues with Jim Harbaugh, who is or was a great athlete but I had to guard him in basketball in 1982 and just never really got … Continue reading →

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Can’t stand it…sabotage

Posted on May 4, 2012 by markweiss86

can’t stand it. sabotage Continue reading →

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Chip Hoopers top 100

Posted on May 4, 2012 by markweiss86

I only recently checked out the Billboard Power 100 top people in the music biz and found that I think I have heard of 29 of them. Cannot say I have relationship with any of them but I want to … Continue reading →

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Bird is the word effigy Cochiti

Posted on May 2, 2012 by markweiss86

(this does not work at all but for a minute there, for 1:21, there was what I found a charming effect where the woman would demonstrate a Bird Effigy while, if you open both videos, the band would play “Bird … Continue reading →

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Sharon Jones please help Sharon Jones

Posted on May 2, 2012 by markweiss86

I am writing the artist manager Alex Kadvan to suggest that his client Sharon Jones (of The Dap Kings) appear or speak out on behalf of Sharon Jones of Arkansas who apparently is being swindled out of her lottery winnings … Continue reading →

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I am mining Dylan for insights into Palo Alto parking debates

Posted on May 1, 2012 by markweiss86

Tonight there is a meeting about parking issues in downtown north. I just pasted this classic Bob Dylan track into the debate, on another site. “Don’t follow leaders, watch the pawking metaws” to me means both get involved and stay … Continue reading →

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My sloppy Cake transcript sans typos

Posted on April 30, 2012 by markweiss86

i was high but cake was the sky, or at least on terrestrial radio, which travels literally thru the airwaves, all the way from KQED to our Palo Alto kitchen while Frida caked her chin with salmon-mush and I walked around in circles moving my arms but not my hips Continue reading →

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Good luck to SF Offside music series and logo

Posted on April 30, 2012 by markweiss86

The esteemed blogger, college radio dj and music nut Wedge (CM) was my source to the incipient “figuring out” of another “dynamo-and-virgin” named Laura something, from Dublin, who produces blogs and concerts under two pseudonyms including Fenderhardt or something. I … Continue reading →

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