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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

Herman Anthony Chunn wants something else: his money

Posted on June 26, 2022 by markweiss86
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Fleetwood MinK

Posted on June 24, 2022 by markweiss86

Both born on this day

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Upcoming Earthwise (9) and otherwise (9)

Posted on June 22, 2022 by markweiss86

Saturday, June 25 Marta Sanchez Quintet, 7 p.m. Lytton Plaza, free. Sylvie Simmons, 5 p.m. It’s also George Orwell‘s birthday and doubleplusgood that it is either two shows back to back or Sylvie is opening for Marta and or a co-bill and … Continue reading →

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I’m really happy that Rose Simpson of Santa Fe is in the New York Times and prefer the tearsheet to the online even though the online version has more photos

Posted on June 22, 2022 by markweiss86
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Palo Alto leadership tactics are insulting to Black families in Ventura

Posted on June 22, 2022 by markweiss86

I agree with Rebecca Eisenberg but I still think the more troubling element is that 16 acres the fry’s site changed hands between developers but then somehow people knew to buy the adjacent 40 acres and the entire 60 acres … Continue reading →

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All that jazz

Posted on June 22, 2022 by markweiss86

I don’t mean to sound snitty or disrespectful and in fact I am a donor for the first time in 50 years, and I bought three or four sets of tickets but as a former journalist—who in fact wrote about … Continue reading →

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Marta Sanchez 5 on deck for Earthwise

Posted on June 21, 2022 by markweiss86
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Poitier at Stanford Theatre in September

Posted on June 21, 2022 by markweiss86

Stanford Theatre the movie palace has announced a summer fall schedule after two years being shutter due to the epidemic a highlight is a September 2 day run of two movies featuring the late Sidney Poitier. meanwhile Earthwise will resume … Continue reading →

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Not sure why Kamasi Washington charges $142 per ticket for a club show in Menlo Park except possibly, as the New York Times reports, he is seen in society pages wearing a dashiki spun with real gold

Posted on June 19, 2022 by markweiss86

  bw   note: Kamasi Washington is booked by Mitch Blackman of ICM, who also books Robert Glasper and Macy Gray — both of whom played the new venue, The Guild. Kamasi has 187K social media followers, god bless. note2: … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Wilsey VS Dede Wilsey

Posted on June 18, 2022 by markweiss86

    There’s an article in today’s Chronicle that Michael Goldberg has a biography of Jimmy Calvin Wilsey the Chris Isaak founding guitarist and former member of the punk band the avengers, Who died three years ago. I never met … Continue reading →

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