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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

Palo Alto’s New Varsity and ‘The Last Picture Waltz’ initiative

Posted on July 22, 2011 by markweiss86

put the weight on me Continue reading →

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MMWCC

Posted on July 16, 2011 by markweiss86

the dropper Continue reading →

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Sunshine Biscuits Factory

Posted on July 15, 2011 by markweiss86

oh the places you will go, on caltrain, BART and a cab, or on foot, for four hours on a Saturday, Shabbat; there and back again Continue reading →

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Rainy Brooklyn Beech Car Building Photo Note

Posted on July 13, 2011 by markweiss86

dear john letter Continue reading →

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Mia Ollikainen George Herms diptych

Posted on July 6, 2011 by markweiss86

Mia Ollikainen is the next George Herms. Continue reading →

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Man released but subject to copyrights

Posted on July 6, 2011 by markweiss86

I could spend a year studying the Orozco murals at Dartmouth. Continue reading →

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Have you seen this man?

Posted on July 5, 2011 by markweiss86

SF Police and a gallery owner released this sketch of a man who smashed a glass case and ran off with a very valuable piece of art yesterday, according to local 10 x 8 on paper:

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Hebrew version of Cake “I bombed Korea”

Posted on June 27, 2011 by markweiss86

those people didn’t even know us, red flowers bursting like an egg on an improvised frying pan (IFP) down below us Continue reading →

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The Stanford Jazz ‘Coliseum’

Posted on June 24, 2011 by markweiss86

all that jazz: I mention myself or my doings 88 times in a preview of Stanford Jazz Workshop’s 40th season Continue reading →

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Galaxies 12, Giants 2, Twins 1

Posted on June 24, 2011 by markweiss86

I saw the Giants beat the Twins, behind Ryan Vogelsong’s stellar mound outing, 2-1, but also enjoyed snapping some shots of Frank Chu, whose cryptic messages were the inspiration for the naming of the 12 Galaxies nightclub in SF, where … Continue reading →

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