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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

dog dude illusion

Posted on October 23, 2011 by markweiss86

When my girlfriend texted me a photo of her holding the chin of her dog Frida, I at first saw a dude, maybe an image of John Lennon, or maybe some kind of post-Warhol Mister BrainWash type image, of a … Continue reading →

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Coupa, Beisbol and The World Serious

Posted on October 19, 2011 by markweiss86

I slud into Coupa and was spiked by thoughts of if not Willie, Mickey and Duke then Omar, Luis Aparicio, Danilo Perez and Jessica Johnson. And Zizek. Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Needs Music

Posted on October 19, 2011 by markweiss86

This is a detail of a drawing offered by the lovely Annie Pletz of Berkeley  regarding TLPW456, the initiative to revive the historic and beloved Varsity Theatre in Palo Alto. The drawing actually shows a bass player performing under a … Continue reading →

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Posted on October 16, 2011 by markweiss86

This is what democracy looks like: three versions, including six or seven young actors and playwrights giving it up under the name PMSTA. Continue reading →

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Beat Hotel Rm 32 Performs Howl

Posted on October 14, 2011 by markweiss86

starving hysterical naked Continue reading →

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Abraham Inc Nov. 13 at Zellerbach

Posted on October 12, 2011 by markweiss86

tweet tweet in the ludditte or fiddler on the roof TRADITION sense for David Krakauer, Socalled and Fred Wesley and their funk-klezmer unit Abraham Inc Continue reading →

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Singing seems to ease me

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

I’ve been rocking an old cassette (probably documented and dubbed for me by David Schwartz of Fast Atmosphere) of Mother Hips live at Cubberley Center, January 19, 2001. The document is one of about 40 hours of tapes and cds … Continue reading →

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varsity update

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

more updates on the Varsity project Continue reading →

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Stanley Jordan appearing this week at The Varsity I mean Yoshi’s SF

Posted on October 11, 2011 by markweiss86

i am tempted to get to SF to check in with Stanley Jordan to see if he will come to Palo Alto and do a benefit show for the people who are trying to get the lease on The Varsity. Stanley played Cubberley in 2001, and if memory serves did a benefit at Gunn High, his alma mater in about 1987 or so. Continue reading →

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Mark Weiss blog posts re The Varsity Theatre

Posted on October 6, 2011 by markweiss86

I’ve indexed here the nine or so posts regarding The Varsity here. There are also numerous posts to Palo Alto Weekly site, and a couple related contributions to Patch Palo Alto Continue reading →

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