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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

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 →

Posted in art, austistic, chapel hill, ethniceities, film, media, music, Plato's Republic, sex, sf moma, this blue marble | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Nancy Shepherd declares “No Yawping Zone”!

Posted on September 13, 2011 by markweiss86

Very few people except possibly Mubarak, Bashir and I were listening when a Palo Alto council member ended a meeting by calling for a stifling of democracy here. Afraid? Not. Continue reading →

Posted in Plato's Republic, sex | Tagged , , | 21 Comments

The Last Picture Waltz: tragedy or comedy? (Josephine Baker says its alright!)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by markweiss86

we strut, we say our lines, and then we leave, or something like that Continue reading →

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Candye Kane versus Karla Kane

Posted on September 5, 2011 by markweiss86

Am I the only person in the biz to admire these two polar opposites, Candye Kane and Karla Kane? My original idea was to introduce them or compare and contrast them, but this is close enough. Let the videos speak for themselves. Continue reading →

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Kid A

Posted on September 2, 2011 by markweiss86

Save the Varsity for a return performance by The Donnas Continue reading →

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Step into the light, Mildred

Posted on September 2, 2011 by markweiss86

step into the light Continue reading →

Posted in art, Plato's Republic, this blue marble | 2 Comments

Marcus Shelby and Howard Wiley at Cafe Claude

Posted on September 2, 2011 by markweiss86

m is for miles, monk, mingus and marcus Continue reading →

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Matt et Mark

Posted on August 29, 2011 by markweiss86

Matt Nathanson is the first male column subject whose mention compelled me to check the box “sex” and it is not because he once offered in writing to be my “bitch.” Continue reading →

Posted in film, media, music, Plato's Republic, sex, sports | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments