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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

Palo Alto primed for CCS baseball championship chase

Posted on March 30, 2022 by markweiss86
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Stanford grad Eric Cohen shines in tennis biopic

Posted on March 30, 2022 by markweiss86
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Sneak peak: Earthwise ad in Gunn Oracle Friday

Posted on March 30, 2022 by markweiss86
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None of it matters; it is gone: but it all matters; it lingers

Posted on March 28, 2022 by markweiss86
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I am not sure I had heard of Simone Leigh until an hour ago but now I am a world expert

Posted on March 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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Peace has come to Zimbabwe: vain search for Lew Welch: where the lemonade springs

Posted on March 24, 2022 by markweiss86

(Earthwise music series thru August, various parks and facilities) Featuring Dan Bern, Rob Syrett, Or Barakat, Tivon Pennicott, Jeremy Corren, Savannah Harris, Matt The Electrician, MC Lars, Aleta Hayes, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola, Todd Sickafoose, Wayne Horvitz, Sara Schoenbeck, Gaye … Continue reading →

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Godspeed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Posted on March 23, 2022 by markweiss86
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Fifteen random music videos

Posted on March 21, 2022 by markweiss86

Marley’s Ghost   Sony Holland Linda Ronstadt Lisa Mezzacappa Wayne Horvitz Gaye Adegbalola   The Waybacks DaShawn Hickman Ethan Iverson  

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Keith Knight is ’Woke’

Posted on March 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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Long Day’s Journey into Three Dog Night

Posted on March 20, 2022 by markweiss86

I was the only person who saw Dan Bern at Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto at 4:30 then Three Dog Night at Menlo Park’s new glossy Guild Theatre at nine. I was pondering the possibility and then my wife –Terry my … Continue reading →

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