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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

‘Twelve weeks learning how to walk’

Posted on March 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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Joc is a Giant

Posted on March 17, 2022 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s Joc Pederson is 30 years old turning 31 next month and has 148 major league home runs. Let’s hope he gets at least 100 more for the home team. Mazel tov!

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Chron lauds ’gorgeous, liberating and heartbreaking’ Berkeley show (with Palo Alto Earthwise roots)

Posted on March 17, 2022 by markweiss86
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Judd Hirsch, Phil Lesh, Mike Love, Sly Stone, Ry Cooder, Dee Snider, Bret Michaels, Eva Longoria and will.i.am are 624

Posted on March 15, 2022 by markweiss86
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EARTHWISE WELCOMES DAN BERN: FREE CONCERT, SATURDAY, JUST ADDED: March 19, 4 p.m. Lytton Plaza Palo Alto

Posted on March 14, 2022 by markweiss86

Edit to add, later that night: If you live near Palo Alto you might notice this week the proliferation of obscure advertisements in propaganda that say DAN BERN HERE SAT 4 PM like 17 characters. It ain’t bragging if it’s … Continue reading →

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Champagne Hughes in the pink

Posted on March 13, 2022 by markweiss86
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From Ides of March to ‘Whan the Aprille’, earth day, Earthwise, beisbol et al or just giving it a sniff

Posted on March 13, 2022 by markweiss86

Shakespeare said or repeated to beware the Ides of March but more significantly it was Chaucer who said “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/ The droghte of March hath perced to the roote” which 100 years later or more … Continue reading →

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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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