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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

Hey now, you’re a rock star

Posted on March 29, 2012 by markweiss86
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Santa Clara tattoo, jazz and bike party April 12 featuring Akira Tana

Posted on March 26, 2012 by markweiss86

 

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Nellie McKay is Dynamo and Virgin

Posted on March 26, 2012 by markweiss86

Henry Adams wrote a famous essay about a hundred years ago about the dynamo and the virgin. He was observing changes especially technology and his eloquent treatise states that the machines are upsetting the apple cart in terms of the … Continue reading →

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A picture is worth one thousand emails and one (Meredith Valiando commercial)

Posted on March 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I captured Meridith Valiando, a publishing executive with Universal, about an hour ago, while watching Letterman, then cracked upon the laptop for some random post, meanwhile vaguely monitoring now, 45 minutes later, Charlie Rose about “Ad Men” a show I … Continue reading →

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Dar plan for Palo Alto Commissioners

Posted on March 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Tip of the hat — or should I say hermetically sealed on helmet — to former mayor Pat Burt for saying at the meeting tonight that there is an overlap between the arts commission and the human relations especially in … Continue reading →

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Free radicals

Posted on March 18, 2012 by markweiss86

Terry used sound hound to capture the lyrics to New Radicals “Get What You Give” which was spinning after the typical pedantic intro on KFOG. I recall that Jenna Adler of CAA called me about giving the band a show … Continue reading →

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Thrilling Kansas victory bodes well for teen music and art initiative

Posted on March 18, 2012 by markweiss86

With Kansas trailing Purdue early in the second half, and the dog curiously obsessed with the taste of her own front paws, our neighbor Marjorie Ford, wearing a furry cap she bought recently in Budapest came by to ask us … Continue reading →

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Torry Castellano aka Donna C on the Farm

Posted on March 17, 2012 by markweiss86

from the Stanford Magazine March 2011: WHEN THE DAY ARRIVED last summer for new transfer students to visit Stanford, the sense of anticipation grew. “I am looking forward to meeting the former rock star,” an admissions staffer told Sally Mentzer, who coordinates … Continue reading →

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Who killed Laura?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by markweiss86

I am of the age that “Who Killed Laura Palmer” led to “Laura” the movie. I caught about 40 minutes last night of Jean Renoir “The Southerner” which in my mind I was comparing to Jeannette Walls “The Glass Castle” … Continue reading →

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link to dartmouth lorax, pease

Posted on March 16, 2012 by markweiss86

  Categories: Arts & Humanities, Multimedia, PeopleTags: Alumni, Arts, Books, Donald E. Pease, Dr. Seuss, English, Faculty, film, Humanities, The Lorax, Theodor Geisel, Video     MOST POPULAR LATEST TAGS SUBSCRIBE   Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is a Dartmouth Tale Professor Donald Pease Shares the ‘Story Behind The Story’ of The Lorax ‘We Need Strong … Continue reading →

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