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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

Hot Rog Gibbons

Posted on February 6, 2022 by markweiss86

  Gunn beat Paly in basketball last night because in the final possession, on the last touch of the game, in the final two seconds, Gunn senior Rogan Gibbons blew by three Vikings, numbers 22, 23 AND 24, to score … Continue reading →

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Greer the stone: I’ve written to this so-called representative 212 times and he only responded three times

Posted on February 6, 2022 by markweiss86

—– Forwarded Message —– From: Greer Stone <gstone22@gmail.com> To: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 12:54:49 PM PST Subject: Re: Bullying Hi Mark, As we discussed during the campaign, we both have different impressions of Pat. I have a history of working … Continue reading →

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Titans beat Vikings

Posted on February 5, 2022 by markweiss86

      Clutch free-throw by number 51 who was also a stalwart on defense. I don’t know his name but if the titans win out their final three they have an outside chance to reach 20 wins only the … Continue reading →

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Doja Cat v el Anatsui

Posted on February 3, 2022 by markweiss86
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Please welcome the SF VZ NYC Albuquerque Baltimore Kalamazoo jazz collective

Posted on February 1, 2022 by markweiss86

SF Jazz collective members’ home towns: Chris Potter music director, tenor & soprano saxophonesChicago/South Carolina/NYC David Sánchez tenor saxophone Puerto Rico/NYC Etienne Charles trumpet Trinidad/Detroit Warren Wolf vibraphone Baltimore/Boston/NYC Edward Simon piano Venezuela/Philadelphia/NYC/Kalamazoo/maybe Bay Area these days? Matt Brewer bass OKC/ALBQ/NYC/Toronto Kendrick Scott drums … Continue reading →

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Music is truthful

Posted on January 30, 2022 by markweiss86

This is the Caroline Davis Quartet at soundcheck on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 7:19 pm. The band features Julian Shore, piano, Christopher Tordini, bass, Caroline Davis, leader, composer, alto sax, Allan Mednard, drums: Briefly recreating my monologue from last … Continue reading →

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Woo hoo wah

Posted on January 28, 2022 by markweiss86

Kudos to Stanford grad Erin Woo for injecting a bit of hard truth into her obit of John Arrillaga. Like, as I noticed, he is not listed on the NBA all time roster He lived in Portola Valley not Palo … Continue reading →

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Tanaka calls for police putsch

Posted on January 27, 2022 by markweiss86
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Ring of bone versus hall of fame

Posted on January 26, 2022 by markweiss86

Ring of bone v hall of fame I was at the Paly gym last night and I took another look at the set of oil paintings, on board, by Mr Kerr. Actually there are now a couple murals by his … Continue reading →

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Paly routs Tino

Posted on January 25, 2022 by markweiss86
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