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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

The gentle parry of Wallace Stegner, imagined

Posted on June 5, 2022 by markweiss86

when I say “parry” above —-and I will check back to make sure I’ve spelled it correctly —I can also picture an old man who still moves gracefully despite being a fairly large man on a tennis court approaching the … Continue reading →

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Brothers Gibb tribute by downtown Palo Alto troubadour

Posted on June 2, 2022 by markweiss86

 

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It was 55 years ago today

Posted on June 1, 2022 by markweiss86
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Tammy Hall at Mem Chu by Clay Carson

Posted on June 1, 2022 by markweiss86

I have never met Tammy Hall but got to see her play Sunday at First Congo in Palo Alto, with Akira Tana and Palo Alto Jazz Alliance. Clay Carson, the expert on SNCC and MLK who loves to play hoops … Continue reading →

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We are the world

Posted on June 1, 2022 by markweiss86

Gertrude Stein said I write for myself and strangers. As I sit the world around me is increasing, approaching 9 billion souls and bodies. I am actually South County today, so we are more like 2 million not the 60,000 … Continue reading →

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June swoon

Posted on May 29, 2022 by markweiss86

EARTHWISE FEATURES SEVEN CONCERTS NEXT MONTH, IN THREE VENUES Upcoming concerts via Palo Alto’s Earthwise Productions: Friday, June 3, DaShawn Hickman Sacred Steel featuring Charlie Hunter bass and Wendy Hickman vocals; 8 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA. Tickets … Continue reading →

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Tanaka endorsed by The Night Stalker

Posted on May 26, 2022 by markweiss86
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You know me, Joc

Posted on May 26, 2022 by markweiss86

When I met Joc Pederson Friday at The Mitch he was mired in a 2-for-22 slump. Yet he broke loose Tuesday with three HRs and 8 RBIs, then had another dinger yesterday. I am taking partial credit for the swing, … Continue reading →

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There’s a person out here turning Chevy into jazz

Posted on May 24, 2022 by markweiss86

(for Ted Gioia, apologies to John Stewart; shout out to Jamie Stewart) In Palo Alto there is a homeless woman camped out in the gap between the CVS – which uses only one entrance since Covid and has the other … Continue reading →

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Blues master offers two shows for Palo Alto

Posted on May 16, 2022 by markweiss86

Gaye Adegbalola performs two shows in Palo Alto, Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22. Tickets at EventBrite, for either the indoor show at The Mitchell Park Community Center or the next afternoon, free in the park. Both shows presented … Continue reading →

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