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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

Lisa Fay Beatty – Nina Simone tribute event next Sunday, November 28, 2021, 3 p.m. at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco featuring Jerry Jemmott Incarnation Band, Jimmy Pugh, Nancy Wright, Aisha Ayers, Paul Revelli, Veronica DeJesus, Josh Thurston Milgrom; proceeds benefit Bread & Roses

Posted on November 21, 2021 by markweiss86

 

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Spill water runs deep (soundcheck improv ditty)

Posted on November 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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Punk, indie or just be kind and rock out

Posted on November 20, 2021 by markweiss86

BLUF: BARBARA MANNING HAS 17 CDS OUT AND THIS IS ONLY HER SECOND EARTHWISE OF PALO ALTO SHOW, GO FIGURE Heather Zimmerman and or her headliner in the Palo Alto Weekly were correct in calling “This Perfect Green Blanket” 1991 … Continue reading →

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Twenty-seven titles I carried apropos of Diunna

Posted on November 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Books:1. Home, Toni Morrison;2. Race Against Time, Keith Boykin;3. African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song, Kevin Young, editor;4.Sing For Freedom, Carawan;5. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison;6. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin; Magazines: 7. Pollstar (Yola);8. NYT Magazine … Continue reading →

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Days of show with Diunna Greenleaf (performing tonite in Palo Alto, 8:30 at The Mitch, presented by Earthwise)

Posted on November 18, 2021 by markweiss86

If, fifty years into the future, in November, 2071, nothing is known about I, Mark Bennett Weiss, except that I had something to do with the video above, that would be enough. It would be wrong, but nearly true. I … Continue reading →

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Gunn’s tertius tops CCS

Posted on November 14, 2021 by markweiss86

LIST OF TEAMS WITH SEVEN OR MORE WINS, ACCORDING TO MAXPREPS RANKINGS 11/14/21 Hill -San Jose (7-4) Cupertino (7-2) Soquel (7-4) Los Altos (8-3) King City (7-2) San Mateo (8-2) Gunn – Palo Alto (7-2)* St. Francis – Watsonville (8-3) … Continue reading →

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Two track champions I met recently, Ken Flax hammer RyanNicole Peters hurdles

Posted on November 14, 2021 by markweiss86

She also spits, here last night at Stanford Bing

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Charlie at The Mitch

Posted on November 13, 2021 by markweiss86

JAZZ MUSICIAN RETURNS DECEMBER 3 FOR EARTHWISE DATE

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Open letter to Fat Mike re Tony Sly and Molly Tuttle

Posted on November 10, 2021 by markweiss86

Mike- I am wrirting from Coupa Cafe Pao Alto my normal hang and 40 feet from me is a stranger who says he is Mike Sly yet too busy to finish this off, had to jump on a zoom. His … Continue reading →

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Earthwise nine fairly firm bookings to close 2021, open 2022; nine bookings, 11 shows, 14 acts queued up for 29th year of countervailing culture initiative in the 650

Posted on November 9, 2021 by markweiss86

The Music of Leonard Cohen featuring (1)Sylvie Simmons, (2)Bhi Bhiman, (3)Charith PremawardhanaClassical Revolution, (4) Aleta Hayes; Mitchell Park Community Center, Friday, November 12, 2021. Diunna Greenleaf(5); Mitchell Park Community Center, Thursday, November 18, 2021. Barbara Manning SF Seals(6) perform 30th … Continue reading →

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