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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

III. cohen, pull me down hard, and smoked meat

Posted on September 10, 2010 by markweiss86

I’m thinking about Leonard Cohen today. Not thinking too hard, mind you. I’m holding my copy of Leonard Cohen, “Live in London” (Sony, 2009) while sitting this morning at Printers Inc and asking myself a couple questions. To wit: 1. … Continue reading →

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II. Jump around!

Posted on September 9, 2010 by markweiss86

I almost named my fantasy football team Santa Fe Pot Smokers but stuck with beneath the underdog, which is a Charles Mingus reference. Continue reading →

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I. The set of all blind piano players

Posted on September 4, 2010 by markweiss86

the entertainer is taking the stage Continue reading →

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