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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

Dole with a pole

Posted on March 4, 2023 by markweiss86

Stanford athlete Norman Dole broke the world record for athletics pole vault in 1905. He was related to the Hawaii fruit dynasty, and one of numerous people from that family to attend Stanford. (Source: Malcolm Harris , 2023, p. 94. … Continue reading →

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Zoh Amba vs Zelmo Beaty

Posted on February 2, 2023 by markweiss86
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The Lockhart Loo (2023)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by markweiss86

The Brigham Young player called Pony the N word. Later Goodwin reprimanded Lockhart, who watched the overtime from the bench, for not letting him fight his own battles. (Kent’s account, circa 2009, of the fight in 1984 seen on the internet) Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Austin

Posted on January 22, 2023 by markweiss86

Spring, 2017 nearly six years ago: has Palo Alto degraded as dramatically?   The more than 260,000 new residents who have moved to the area since 2018 might not understand that they’ll be frolicking in a symbol of Austin’s transition … Continue reading →

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Would this win the Super Bowl of carne de res, or only the World Cup?

Posted on November 28, 2022 by markweiss86
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Dylan admits machines wrote his masterpiece

Posted on November 27, 2022 by markweiss86
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Amazon has a $953 BILLION market cap and can pay more than $500k for a Palo Alto business license

Posted on November 27, 2022 by markweiss86
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AFI ‘96 v. AFI ‘22

Posted on November 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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Lord of the fried

Posted on November 23, 2022 by markweiss86

The harder they bank, the harder they spank

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Mule variations

Posted on November 17, 2022 by markweiss86

OK you can delete this if it’s too tangential or self referential or if I am just persona non grata on these pages: [Palo Alto Weekly, column about dinosaur exhibit at Palo Alto Children’s Museum, by Diana Diamond; in fact … Continue reading →

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