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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

Happy anniversary to Terry and I

Posted on September 24, 2011 by markweiss86

happy anniversary to my girlfriend Terry Acebo Davis and I. Thanks, Terry for two such beautiful and exciting years. Continue reading →

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Jody Naranjo announces The Pueblo Girls label and band

Posted on September 23, 2011 by markweiss86

At Indian Market I met Jody Naranjo, a renowned potter from Santa Clara Pueblo living in Albuquerque. She and I decided to take the fictitious rock band The Pueblo Girls, seen on this red ribbon winning vase, and turn the … Continue reading →

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New New Varsity Revival blog on WordPress

Posted on September 23, 2011 by markweiss86

commissoner bunnenberg being from wichita falls texas appreciates my oblique The Last Picture Show reference in TLPW456, but the hive prefers “New Varsity Revival Project” Continue reading →

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Scuba checks in with “Fall OF not OFF The Bike Palo Alto”

Posted on September 22, 2011 by markweiss86

scuba meets blink meets bike meets varsity theatre my obsession Continue reading →

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Caroleen Beatty and Sunshine Haire are back, as The Upsets, kinda sorta

Posted on September 22, 2011 by markweiss86

Bedlam Rovers, Waycross and now as The Upsets (not to mention Enorchestra or Mushroom), Caroleen and Sunny are San Francisco’s or at least The Lexington’s little darlings and best kept secret Continue reading →

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Shana tova to Essence Goldman

Posted on September 22, 2011 by markweiss86

I have a correspondence and friendship with the SF based singer songwriter Essence Goldman who I last saw perform leading a toddlers and parents sing-along at Blue Bear Continue reading →

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The Lisen Stromberg Center for The Performing Arts

Posted on September 21, 2011 by markweiss86

three stages of amazement: the house, the hair, the hummous Continue reading →

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Jazz Ska Attack 2011

Posted on September 20, 2011 by markweiss86

i babble on about josh Continue reading →

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consortium views arts as engines of recovery

Posted on September 16, 2011 by markweiss86

consortium views arts as engines of recovery Continue reading →

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Deerhoof at SFMOMA

Posted on September 16, 2011 by markweiss86

Who was the funny dude with the glasses and the bow-tie? Continue reading →

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