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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

Hard On the Y

Posted on April 4, 2011 by markweiss86

eat meat on a frida that’s all right Continue reading →

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Well Since She Put Me 30 Down

Posted on April 2, 2011 by markweiss86

Brian Wilson on tv, in crosswords and, eventually, in person, or from tenth row lower. Continue reading →

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Free Concert Saturday noon at Lytton Plaza featuring Magnolia Sisters

Posted on March 31, 2011 by markweiss86

jane vidrine of lafayette louisiana and her sisters will perform free show busking in palo alto Continue reading →

Posted in media, music, Plato's Republic, sex, this blue marble, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Happy birthday, Dave Douglas

Posted on March 24, 2011 by markweiss86

I got this from NPR (while searching in futility in a hurry for the thing about the DC club promoter): http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/03/23/134804991/happy-birthday-dave-douglas I was thinking of Dave recently because I am hoping to steal trumpet player and musicologist and griot Jack … Continue reading →

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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Posted on March 24, 2011 by markweiss86

terry thought the album cover looked more like processed photography than a painting per se, belong
i thought they reminded of superchunk with peggy wang keyboard as laura ballance a bass i said hey is that keanu reeves in striped shirt Continue reading →

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Multi media Mildred

Posted on March 17, 2011 by markweiss86

bottles grew as the flowers did Continue reading →

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Cake in the 408 or in 5 easy pieces

Posted on March 17, 2011 by markweiss86

if you want to have cities you have to build roads Continue reading →

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Bud Shank surf music 1961

Posted on March 17, 2011 by markweiss86
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The V. Monocles: or, how do our burgers rank?

Posted on March 12, 2011 by markweiss86

rose colored view of world, with slight scent of the sea Continue reading →

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The last hippie: or, what did you expect?

Posted on March 11, 2011 by markweiss86

Gang of Four versus Cake versus Oliver Sacks on the Grateful Dead medley Continue reading →

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