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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

I remember NOLAthing

Posted on April 6, 2011 by markweiss86

if you go to new orleans make sure you visit THE mardi gras Continue reading →

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Syrett art at Roll Up Public Works SF

Posted on April 6, 2011 by markweiss86

own a syrett and eat a burrito Continue reading →

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The Great Democracy Tap-out (of Palo Alto)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by markweiss86

moloch! and the sci-fi of wi-fi Continue reading →

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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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