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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

Folk art from Africa, lawyer from New York

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

Jimmie Dale Gilmore said I live on a big round ball, I think. Continue reading →

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What do you STAND FOR !?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

cocoa pete call your agent Continue reading →

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Alaagy at the De Young

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

Maybe he could contact my former T & G colleague Lynn Tolman at the Major Taylor Association and get a commission from them. Isn’t Otis Taylor also a biker? Continue reading →

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Thai Bui public art on El Camino in Palo Alto

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

thai bui art in palo alto and bio on KQED Spark Continue reading →

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Koons and Lockhart

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

This Jeff Koons basketball piece, at the LACMA, reminds me to look up my old teammate Kent Lockhart, who is now an art teacher at the Murdoch middle school near Melbourne, Australia. When Kent’s UTEP team was featured in Sports … Continue reading →

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Nixon in China in Palo Alto on cell phone photo on blog-job

Posted on February 23, 2011 by markweiss86

“Nixon in China” rocks Palo Alto via simulcast Continue reading →

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Wallace Stegner tribute project featuring Dao Strom, Rob Syrett and

Posted on January 7, 2011 by markweiss86

papa killed a snake with his bare hands but I remember blackberries and water hot and cold Continue reading →

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49: Still Life with John Beech

Posted on December 23, 2010 by markweiss86

Still life with John Beech by Mark Weiss

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Rock of Ages, via Springfield or Athens or Austin: (lower) 48

Posted on December 23, 2010 by markweiss86

robbie fulks rocks Continue reading →

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47: The Color of Palo Alto by Sam Yates

Posted on December 23, 2010 by markweiss86

I lived at 421 Pepper, across from Smith Andersen Gallery, and was frequently seen on or near bike. The day that Sam Yates arrived to shoot my house we chatted and I sat for a portrait, which he promised to send me some day. Continue reading →

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