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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

Finding Jupiter at CoHo this Thursday, May 5

Posted on May 2, 2011 by markweiss86

i am still wondering about the stanford ska project, and plan to get josh roseman involved when he comes to town for SLA next fall… Continue reading →

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PA(tch): or, PA!!!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by markweiss86

leonard koppett, who is in the sportswriters’ wing of the baseball hall of fame, in semi-retirement from the new york herald, was our editor in chief. mario dianda the editor of the daily news was a county reporter. ray ratto was a sports columnist and would take naps on koppett’s couch. Continue reading →

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Ode to William J

Posted on May 1, 2011 by markweiss86

Bill Cunningham is not a basketball legend but in this case the New York Times photographer whose assortment of candid fashion photos comprise the popular Sunday feature “On The Street.” He is also the subject of a documentary by Richard … Continue reading →

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Nellie, Ian, Steve and I

Posted on April 28, 2011 by markweiss86

I once barged into an interview that Steve Horowitz of Pop Matters was conducting in the lobby of the Driskill Hotel in Austin during SXSW2009 and put Nellie McKay on the phone with Ian MacKaye and just noticed, two years … Continue reading →

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eARTh day and Oliveira

Posted on April 22, 2011 by markweiss86

I wrote a letter to Palo Alto Weekly about how we as a community (town and not gown) should do something to honor the legacy of painter and teacher (and father, and husband and neighbor) Nathan Oliveira, 1928-2010. At the … Continue reading →

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Pinetop Perkins, 1913-2011

Posted on April 21, 2011 by markweiss86

pinetop’s boogie woogie came through palo alto’s cubberley center when he was 86 Continue reading →

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Uh-huh, her

Posted on April 21, 2011 by markweiss86

let england shake and wear interesting hats to the royal wedding Continue reading →

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Don Cherry at Dartmouth

Posted on April 20, 2011 by markweiss86

don cherry at dartmouth; a shorter version of this appeared in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine circa 2006 Continue reading →

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Wednesday Farmers Market and Jam

Posted on April 20, 2011 by markweiss86

before you accuse me take a look at your wars Continue reading →

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TV on the Radio on the Divisadero

Posted on April 19, 2011 by markweiss86

here we go again chemicals kicking in Continue reading →

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