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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

Deep blue something

Posted on August 24, 2022 by markweiss86

  A reader alerted me to the fact if there is a public art monument to the ‘90s rock band Deep Blue Something on Ramona Street near the former Old Pro near Nola‘s near Coupa around the corner from ice … Continue reading →

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Does it have to be an orange?

Posted on August 24, 2022 by markweiss86

The next day: Arguably, GBS had an impact on me, via its workers — the creatives – and its works. So it is therefore possibly organic to accept from GS&P a design for an Earthwise Productions logo that could be … Continue reading →

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Big red thing vs various balls

Posted on August 23, 2022 by markweiss86

Hey, Jeff, I want to ask you something if you have a minute. I know you run a company with hundreds of employees and several multimillion dollar clients, and therefore don’t have that much time for correspondence with freelancers from … Continue reading →

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Anish Kapoor VS Clint Eastwood

Posted on August 23, 2022 by markweiss86
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Three comps or concepts for new Earthwise logo

Posted on August 23, 2022 by markweiss86
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Not sure if that is ping-pong or Pickleball

Posted on August 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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Love Will find a way

Posted on August 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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Palo Alto rock and roll landmark(s)

Posted on August 17, 2022 by markweiss86

  In this alley, roughly 60 years ago, Jerry Garcia, playing a banjo, first met Bobby Weir, to form the Grateful Dead:   And here, on Bryant Street in Palo Alto, California, USA, someone painted part of a bike bridge … Continue reading →

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I am Gerhard

Posted on August 10, 2022 by markweiss86

    A woman in line behind me at the café noticed my book with a faux naive cover that said “Gerhard Richter 100 pictures” and she asked if I was Gerhard. I said no I am Mark although the … Continue reading →

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‘I’M THE DOUCHEBAG WHO STOLE $200M FROM BANDS AND MUSICIANS: COME MEET ME SEPTEMBER 9 IN MENLO PARK’

Posted on August 9, 2022 by markweiss86
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