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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

Harbaugina Monologue Sunday at Cafe Zoe benefit

Posted on March 10, 2012 by markweiss86

I am debuting my comedic monologue “The Harbaugina Monologue” tomorrow at Cafe Zoe, at an open mic, from 1 to 3, a benefit for Project Read. As it happens, I had two opportunities yesterday to talk about football, and how … Continue reading →

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Hold the date for Reading Rainbow May 12

Posted on March 8, 2012 by markweiss86

Hold the date, for Reading Rainbow in the Park. I just came back from a meeting for the second Reading Rainbow in the Park, a book fair for kids and K-12, scheduled Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10 to 3 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Weekly censorship of Arrillaga proposal debate

Posted on March 7, 2012 by markweiss86

Posted by been there, a resident of Menlo Park, 2 hours ago (on Palo Alto Weekly comments to G. Sheyner’s coverage of the Arrillaga Proposal, ie March 5, 2012, approximately 9 a.m.) How shocking that PA online would remove a … Continue reading →

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Allen raga (for J.N.)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by markweiss86

I picked for a title of today’s post a coining “Allen raga.” “Allen” is Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), the poet and prophet whose “Howl” first changed the world’s definition of obscenity (with “redeeming social importance” or not) then years later became … Continue reading →

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cindy sherman wish i was you i mean there

Posted on February 29, 2012 by markweiss86

The Museum of Modern Art, New York Cindy Sherman Through June 11, 2012 Special Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019 (212) 708-9400 MoMA.org Share this The Museum of Modern … Continue reading →

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New posts bloom mysteriously no strings attached

Posted on February 28, 2012 by markweiss86

As I was writing the below about Noise Pop I recognized Claudia Bloom the violin player and teacher sitting beside me at a cafe, getting farther with her plate than I am. I cannot find her on youtube but seem … Continue reading →

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My own Private Noisepop

Posted on February 28, 2012 by markweiss86

edit to add, on the top, two hours later: Fact-checking or search-injuning an after-thought, about TLPW456 and Bob Mould, I found this jpg of a Ray Pettibon poster, for SST and BAM, of a tour, that  came through Palo Alto, … Continue reading →

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Elastic post of Shipp

Posted on February 28, 2012 by markweiss86

This one gets an automatic pass on three counts: one, the name “elastic” is close to my name “plastic alto”. Two, anything that Philly-based curator and producer Mark Christman of Ars Nova finds I tend to want to hear; I … Continue reading →

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ACT Music Supervision could reach higher with HaDag Nachash “California”

Posted on February 27, 2012 by markweiss86

I liked Carey Perloff’s “Higher” at ACT (or in this case the former Zeum at Yerba Buena) but was disappointed with the music supervision. In the past Carey has over-achieved with commissions and performances by the likes of Tracy Chapman … Continue reading →

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Tunde Getting Married

Posted on February 26, 2012 by markweiss86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDDgSwEo1s I re-watched ten minutes of “Rachel Getting Married” as part of a little exercize to further process and contextualize my relationship with “Passing Strange” the Broadway play and Spike Lee movie starring my former client Mark “Stew” Stewart. I … Continue reading →

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