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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

Saying ’tah-tah’ to Desmond Tutu

Posted on December 27, 2021 by markweiss86

Not sure why my mind flashed to Bhi Bhiman singing about the circa 1990 assasination of Bobby Saele but here goes:     I’m not sure we’re all these items for together But I guess when you die it’s better … Continue reading →

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MacBeth witch vs Hong Kong pillar of shame

Posted on December 24, 2021 by markweiss86
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If you never pulled a muscle, you never did the hustle

Posted on December 24, 2021 by markweiss86
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Forty-four years on, I can still name the college attended by 20 Raiders from 1977

Posted on December 23, 2021 by markweiss86

George Buhler, Stanford, Dave Dalby UCLA, et cetera. 

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Tolendo tolens and the future of Democracy

Posted on December 22, 2021 by markweiss86

    Bob Watson, Willie Crawford and Bobby Tolan were all teammates at Fremont High in Los Angeles. Tolan held his bat usually high in his stance. I was sometimes compared to him, for that reason.  A New York Times … Continue reading →

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Ordinary monkey

Posted on December 22, 2021 by markweiss86

Use serial comma, use serial comma, and use serial comma. Anonymous 1) I heard back from Brett Hall Jones, daughter of Oakley Hall and partner of Louis B. Jones. I thought it funny that he wrote books about money, and … Continue reading →

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Good bye and thank you, Ms Jane Pittman

Posted on December 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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Sluggers of the senior circuit, 1965

Posted on December 21, 2021 by markweiss86

Billy Williams Deron Johnson, Eddie Mathews, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Johnny Callison, Mack Jones, Norm Cash, Ron Santo, Tony Conigliaro, Willie Mays, Willie McCoveyTen of the 17 top HR hitters that year were Black Only 7 were this year. 

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Not sure what either of these messages mean, but they hit me differently

Posted on December 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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From Herb Caen: For Mark Weiss! Cheers from my Royal to your underwood

Posted on December 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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