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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

Pumped up Kicks

Posted on February 9, 2022 by markweiss86
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Is Brandynn Williams Gunn’s all-time winningest hoops coach?

Posted on February 9, 2022 by markweiss86
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‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie

Posted on February 9, 2022 by markweiss86

“‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie” Actually Peter OutLoud had a great story this week about the history of the tenderloin but he could’ve name checked “the hard crowd” by Rachel Kushner whose parents … Continue reading →

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Gunn grad Joanne Reid places 57th in the world in Olympic Nordic event

Posted on February 7, 2022 by markweiss86
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wi11

Posted on February 7, 2022 by markweiss86

  1st time I met Will Bernard was on Telegraph in Berkeley. He was sitting in with Alphabet Soup, whose cd I had. I approached him to get their contact info and he said that no one in that set … Continue reading →

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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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