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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

Self-portrait with John Wilson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Posted on January 16, 2012 by markweiss86

I remember the hour or so Terry and I spent at The Hood Museum last June during my Dartmouth 25 year reunion, but it wasn’t until this morning when I transferred an image from my little crappy Samsung to the … Continue reading →

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Yuan Yuan and Dan Dan

Posted on January 12, 2012 by markweiss86

Yuan Yuan Tan in SF Ballet “Little Mermaid” on PBS score by Lera Auerbach gives new meaning to “white russian” and I hope to catch for atone for missing this “NIxon in China” Continue reading →

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School of Ben

Posted on January 12, 2012 by markweiss86

Ben, some some some some some something thing. (partially remembered Michael Jackson lyric, filtered thru a Robbie Fulks vibe, Goldberg variation Continue reading →

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In Another Mental Universe…LAMI LIVES

Posted on January 10, 2012 by markweiss86

reportage regarding lami@50, mostly by Pinky Kushner, who met Alden Van Buskirk at Washington University in St. Louis and married his Dartmouth friend Peter Kushner, now a scientist in San Francisco: i am forwarding this to a dr. donald miller … Continue reading →

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Giant Soft Opening for Robert Syrett at Caffe Centro Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 featuring DJ Mia ^1

Posted on January 10, 2012 by markweiss86

Earthwise of Palo Alto (earwopa) welcomes the New Year by hosting or at least no-hosting a happy hour party Friday, January 13, 2012 at Caffe Centro in San Francisco, 4 to 6 p.m. The event is a giant soft opening … Continue reading →

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Is Richard Cory one of us or one of them?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86
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A Wealth of Ideas to Examine Poverty via Literature at Foothill

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86

OR HOW I ATE TOO MUCH SOUP AND TOO MANY CHIPS AND TRIED TO PASS IT OFF AS HOMEWORK Jordana Finnegan’s English class 1B at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California uses two main texts to frame a series … Continue reading →

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Ups from Samsom to Brent

Posted on January 8, 2012 by markweiss86

After two hundred forty two years, Samsom Occum, in heaven, finally forgives the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock for making him dress up like a sissy and wave a tin cup like a monkey to raise money from even richer white folks … Continue reading →

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Man in the Arena

Posted on January 8, 2012 by markweiss86

These famous words are by Teddy Roosevelt from 1910 but also are echoed in Nixon’s resignation, the actual events portrayed in the rugby movie “Invictus” and in the 1999 film “That Championship Season” in a speech by Paul Sorvino playing … Continue reading →

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The black jews of Spain; or, can a Tzadik walk the tal’k?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by markweiss86

something about: jewlia eisenberg, tanya haden and aisha tyler, with special guest apearances by beth custer and alden van buskirk Big ups to sista Jew

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