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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

XXVI: Cool It, Dig!

Posted on November 10, 2010 by markweiss86

dig bjorn lomborg ondi timoner brian jonestown massacre dandy warhols eliot spitzer astra taylor andy goldsworthy helena norberg hodge jerry mander cathy white eagle stieg larsson Continue reading →

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XXV. DoubleDoubleDutch

Posted on November 9, 2010 by markweiss86

ars nova workshop Continue reading →

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XXIV. The Whole Farrago

Posted on November 9, 2010 by markweiss86

my new word “farrago” could apply to the non-linear texture of this blog, Continue reading →

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XXIII. Ornette not ordinary

Posted on November 9, 2010 by markweiss86

blow man blow Continue reading →

Posted in jazz, media, music, Uncategorized, words | Tagged | 7 Comments

XXII. Strange, Passing Strange, with ‘bone

Posted on November 1, 2010 by markweiss86

jacob garchik jacob sacks oliver sacks steve sax throwing error throwing muses stew Continue reading →

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XXI. Baseball “Humm Rhyme Derby” songwriter project for CA/TX

Posted on November 1, 2010 by markweiss86

moonball manny by pernice dan bern barb manning doc ellis Continue reading →

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XX. Koufax a star

Posted on October 31, 2010 by markweiss86

koufax swastika courtesy of george krevsky gallery Continue reading →

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XIX. Mere surmise slurs

Posted on October 31, 2010 by markweiss86

chop suey nice tomita you two coen brothers and yoko not loco tattoo hunters sussman can’t sleep! Continue reading →

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XVIII. Even Reggie Jackson buzzing for Amendola session

Posted on October 26, 2010 by markweiss86

excellent adventures with scott amendola Continue reading →

Posted in art, ethniceities, jazz, media, music, sports, words | 16 Comments

XXVII: Stew and The Negro Problem problem

Posted on October 26, 2010 by markweiss86

ain’t no heidi place down here Continue reading →

Posted in ethniceities, jazz, math, media, music, sex, Uncategorized, words | 5 Comments