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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

Welcome back, sort of

Posted on August 7, 2022 by markweiss86

The new library is open five of seven days and a total of 45 hours per week. But why shouldn’t it be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days per week or 77 possible hours? By my reckoning … Continue reading →

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Memphisted

Posted on August 5, 2022 by markweiss86
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The Slickers ‘Johnny Too Bad'(1972) VS The Seshen ‘Kitty Kat'(2022)

Posted on August 5, 2022 by markweiss86
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VMware will spend more on toilet paper than taxes in the flaccid proposal by Burt, Shikada and Dubois

Posted on August 5, 2022 by markweiss86

The local rag reports that leadership is considering capping the business tax to less that $1m per account and said that in the example of VMWare, the tax proposal, linked to their commercial lease or their real estate asset and … Continue reading →

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58 A.D.

Posted on August 1, 2022 by markweiss86
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Tribute to Mark Leland by Kid Andersen and Mark Weiss

Posted on August 1, 2022 by markweiss86

I bought a guitar from Kid Andersen of Greaseland Studio in San Jose and as part of the demo had him dedicate some Van Halen licks to the late Mark Leland.

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Street cred

Posted on August 1, 2022 by markweiss86
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Earthwise ’Soft Clarinet’ (August, 2022 series —after Oldenburg/van Bruggen)

Posted on July 31, 2022 by markweiss86

SUNDAY AUGUST 14 2 pm NATIVE ELEMENTS, MATT JAFFE MITCHELL PARK BOWL free MONDAY AUGUST 15 8 pm MELANIE CHARLES, MITCHELL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER $20 FRIDAY AUGUST 19 4 pm ROVA w THOLLEM McDONAS, PALO ALTO ART CENTER free FRIDAY … Continue reading →

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We goin’ down swinging

Posted on July 30, 2022 by markweiss86

Soundcheck SFMT at Mitchell Park today

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Pop up jazz nooner at Lytton Plaza Tuesday, by Earthwise

Posted on July 25, 2022 by markweiss86

The free concert is from 12 to 1 pm on Tuesday, July 26 featuring Caroline Davis, saxophone, Hannah Marks, bass and Paul Cornish, keyboard.

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