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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

Shave and a hair cut two bits

Posted on January 25, 2022 by markweiss86

I buy three newspapers most mornings at Mac’s for seven bucks and leave a buck in sales tax. When we built the new Mitchell Park library we spent $250,000 of the $25m budget on art: the Beasley arch, a laser … Continue reading →

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John Arrillaga, 1937-2022

Posted on January 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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Arrillaga’s Xanadu is our new gym?

Posted on January 23, 2022 by markweiss86

Did he already build this gym, the “well-ness center” two-levels — maybe figurative and literal levels. Is the gym actually his famous residence, his fortress in the hills, next to Foothill Park? His Xanadu, him Kubla Khan, his “pleasure dome … Continue reading →

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Four out of six ain’t bad

Posted on January 22, 2022 by markweiss86
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Crooked Tree rfd

Posted on January 22, 2022 by markweiss86

Lets rename our town Crooked Tree, in honor of Molly Tuttle — “El Palo Alto” was cut down in 1771 two years after it was identified. Changing the name of our town would be a nod towards the beauty, ethics … Continue reading →

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Go, badgers!?

Posted on January 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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It’s a gig!

Posted on January 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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B-E-R-G-W-I-J-N!!!

Posted on January 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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Holiday, Monday January 17, 2022

Posted on January 17, 2022 by markweiss86
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1954 Calvin Jones v 1952 Rosalind Franklin

Posted on January 16, 2022 by markweiss86

On the wall of the sports bar is an old cover it is not Jim Brown it is a lineman for Iowa who won the outlander Ward is the best defensive player and then died in a plane crash while … Continue reading →

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