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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

Still snazzy after all these years: Jon Pareles of The Times on Dan Bern 25 Aprils ago

Posted on March 13, 2022 by markweiss86

Dan Bern strums an acoustic guitar, sings through his nose, free-associates with sly inspiration and name-drops historical figures. He is also prepared to deflect the inevitable comparisons to Bob Dylan. In his late set at the Bottom Line on Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Hey, Warriors, you can’t stick $1.4 billion worth of concrete and steel into San Francisco basin then say you added a tofu taco at the snack bar because you’re interested in ‘sustainability’

Posted on March 9, 2022 by markweiss86
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New Pueblo Pottery installation at Sacramento’s Crocker Museum that features work from the Weiss Collection

Posted on March 2, 2022 by markweiss86

Scott Shields of the Crocker Museum sent along this photo of their new installation from their collection of Pueblo Pottery. The bulk of it is from Dr. Loren Lipson but it also displays works donated by my sibs and I … Continue reading →

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‘Man of La Mancha’ in a can

Posted on February 27, 2022 by markweiss86

As a punk rock and luddite concert promoter in Palo Alto I would say they are laundering money as a hedge against the huge bubble in tech. Our libraries are open only 30 percent of possible hours yet the VCs … Continue reading →

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Reality Hunger @10

Posted on February 26, 2022 by markweiss86
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Tigers/Titans vs Dolphins/Vikings

Posted on February 25, 2022 by markweiss86

Three or four times per year, football, baseball or especially basketball, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, Nick Zaharias and his friends squared off against me and my my

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SHP-shooter makes 39 straight in practice but only 5 of 6 with season on the line; Crusaders slay Gators in OT

Posted on February 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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Slopestyle, freeski or just peoples

Posted on February 20, 2022 by markweiss86

I met FoxFace from “Hunger Games” at Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – – three feet where I am sitting right now as I write this. I had no idea who she was — a movie star — I only … Continue reading →

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The hoisting

Posted on February 20, 2022 by markweiss86

For Spotify, the move into podcasting is the culmination of years of strategy to find a business that is more profitable than hosting music, for which it must pay about two-thirds of every dollar to rights holders.excuse me? The music … Continue reading →

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Paly tops Tino in CCS

Posted on February 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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