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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

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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Jennie Gillespie record mogul/ poet

Posted on January 16, 2022 by markweiss86
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Good luck in playoffs to Katie Brown my Dartmouth classmate

Posted on January 15, 2022 by markweiss86

Hi, Katie.Congrats on making the playoffs.Looking forward to the game.I’m a Niners fan but loved the Madden era Raiders.Rooting against you today, but will be happy for you if you advance.Mark WeissIn Palo AltoYour Dartmouth classmate

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I have no idea

Posted on January 15, 2022 by markweiss86
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Gaye Adegbalola the Uppity Blues Woman new single for Vizztone and Lions With Wings about Kamala Harris our first Black woman

Posted on January 13, 2022 by markweiss86

I just noticed that a song I helped produce with Gaye Adegbalola during the covid lockdowns is released as a single on Vizztone, a blues cooperative co-managed by Bob Margolin. I thought the song cycle would be released on my … Continue reading →

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