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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

Sharon Benitez lucha va voom take down of John and Vince

Posted on October 13, 2021 by markweiss86

I met the Benitez sisters at Palo Alto World Music Month, directly after hearing Ledisi at Stern Grove, where Cecilia Pena Govea and her father Miguel Govea were the opening act. That they had a jaw’s ass (oops: jaw of … Continue reading →

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David Boyce Philip Greenlief Duo of improvised tenor sax plans show Saturday at Lytton Plaza three p.m. sharp

Posted on October 11, 2021 by markweiss86

I don’t have a permit but I am paying two musicians, David Boyce and Philip Greenlief, to play a concert at Lytton Plaza on Saturday, October 16, 2021. If for some reason the plaza is not available for such an … Continue reading →

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Joc Pederson first since Bernie Carbo with two pinch homers in playoff series

Posted on October 11, 2021 by markweiss86
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Gunn grad Strausser leads NFL Colts to Monday Night Football excitement

Posted on October 11, 2021 by markweiss86

The Colts are in a doozy down in Baltimore. It is knotted at 25, going into overtime. The Colts were up by 17 before Lamar Jackson pulled a few rabbits or birds out of his proverbial hat. I was toggling … Continue reading →

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Diunna does Dallas, I mean Houston, I mean Greaseland and Palo Alto

Posted on October 11, 2021 by markweiss86

I don’t believe I had heard of Diunna Greenleaf until I walked into San Jose’s Greaseland Studios last Monday, one week ago and kissed her cheek. I might have been my first kiss, exceptin’ my wife and my hound since … Continue reading →

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Stupidly as a religion in Pullman

Posted on October 11, 2021 by markweiss86
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Earthwise Monthly Totals January thru October

Posted on October 10, 2021 by markweiss86

I have 3,159 published articles on Plastic Alto, a wordpress format. On the internet. Despite hating the internet. I know, cognitive dissonance. Some of those posts have just a headline, like 10 words. Some have 10,00o words, like the treatise on … Continue reading →

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Axon Orkestra pop up Old Pro, Giants playoff pre-game

Posted on October 8, 2021 by markweiss86
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Requiem for Mark Leland after guitar parts of Van Halen

Posted on October 8, 2021 by markweiss86

Mark Leland and i at age 14 would sneak vodka from our parents liquor cabinets, grab our tennis racquets— we both played JV for Gunn when Gunn was nationally regarded —crank Van H

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Kid Andersen Diunna Greenleaf blues pop up at Elinor Cogswell Plaza, just added

Posted on October 7, 2021 by markweiss86

Kid Andersen’s Greaseland studio in San Jose hosted Houston-based blues singer Diunna Greenleaf this week to cut a session featuring Jimmy Pugh as co-producer and organist, and also the producer and talent scout Noel Hayes of South San Francisco. The … Continue reading →

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