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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

Je accuse or jetaime <3 Kabbalah klezmer band from France

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

One of my new favorite bands is Kabbalah a klezmer band from South of France who will be on tour in the summer. That’s cool, but you know what’s really, cool? Maybe they could route thru Bay Area overlapping with … Continue reading →

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Stanford’s Mentawai gibbons

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

This is Stanford’s Mentawai gibbons carving, that Jun Tulius lectured about at De Young last week, and then Gerry Masteller and I convinced him to come to Cantor Museum in Palo Alto, a mere 30 miles away, to see it … Continue reading →

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tone art

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

i have a series of correspondences with santa fe and pueblo artists in pottery, jewelry and painting. most of these are facilitated by mateo romero who is also my fellow dartmouth alum. i am getting psyched for stanford’s native painting … Continue reading →

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mac attack

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

Mac MacCaughan the founder of Superchunk (cofounder with Laura Ballance) and Merge Records (likewise) is in town tonight Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 at Swedish America Hall, above Cafe DuNord, as part of Noise Pop, with Rachel Haden (of that dog, … Continue reading →

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luddite salute to kzsu modern donkey

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I was driving in my CAR listening to FM RADIO, COLLEGE RADIO, even, KZSU, the local station, one of two, I was on my way to FOOTHILL JUNIOR COLLEGE, actually, to read a BOOK, in a CLASS — and they … Continue reading →

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<3 <3 <3 Like Me of San Jose

Posted on February 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I had a Vietnamese client, Dao Strom, who is still my partner in our Wallace Stegner Tribute, a Taiwanese American client named Annie Lin who I believe is a 8th cousin of Jeremy Lin, a Pinay girlfriend, Terry Acebo Davis … Continue reading →

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me (heart) barry mcgee in a totally guy ok way <3

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

it is so past my bedtime but i am so on a roll brave new world such things in it BARRY MCGEE @ UC-BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, SUMMER 2012 Monday January 16, 2012 If you live in the San Francisco area, … Continue reading →

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Laurel Nakadate James Franco

Posted on February 22, 2012 by markweiss86

Am I in a coma? How could it have taken me three months too late to imagine a collaboration between James Franco and Laurel Nakadate? Can they “bring it” to Palo Alto? http://11.performa-arts.org/event/laurel-nakadate-and-james-franco One of my nightmares is that, like … Continue reading →

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