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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

[I had a different headline here but it was ambiguous that I am sympathetic to the victims of sexual assault in Ann Arbor]

Posted on November 27, 2021 by markweiss86

ed to ad an hor later: I wrote Geiger back to say “nevermind”. Also, I know that the agent of Trevor Noah does not get 10 percent of gross, as much as he may deserve such.   and another reason … Continue reading →

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Carlos Santana and Marcus Malone at Los Altos High, 1967

Posted on November 27, 2021 by markweiss86
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Merry Christmas, again, Chop and Roxy

Posted on November 27, 2021 by markweiss86

I noticed on page 9 of Silicon Valley Business Journal 11/26/21 a little box about small businesses with impressive and noteworthy pre-IPO valuations, “unicorn” in the local lexicon. Two of the ten highlighted are from Palo Alto: TripActions, which raised … Continue reading →

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Remember Ralph Carney et Henry Butler, at Tunnel Records near big waves

Posted on November 26, 2021 by markweiss86
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Kelefa Sanneh book VS Xgau review of such; or ‘to get in doors again’

Posted on November 24, 2021 by markweiss86

Bottom line up front as Michael McFaul son of a music teacher would say BLUF: Jeano Edwards and stylist Chloe Grace Press photographed models Baba Chogwu and Temitope Ajayi at the gardens of the Monkey Island Estate hotel, which is … Continue reading →

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Dartmouth tops Army for national championship

Posted on November 22, 2021 by markweiss86
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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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