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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

Happy birthday, Wayne Dona, played Crazy Crab

Posted on September 20, 2021 by markweiss86
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Random fandom and trumpet riffs

Posted on September 20, 2021 by markweiss86

1. I did not know that Tom Harrell was in Malo – and he played with Carlos Santana? Did he play with Gregg Rolie of Palo Alto, or at Cubberley? Did Gregg play at Cubberley? I was at a garage … Continue reading →

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Henry Aaron backwards ‘4’ 1957 Topps card

Posted on September 20, 2021 by markweiss86

      In 1957, Topps issued a baseball card, of Henry Aaron with him “batting left” but it is actually a reversed image you can tell by the backwards “4” (actually “44” concealed) on his jersey front. In 5751, … Continue reading →

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Earthwise Sagejubako

Posted on September 20, 2021 by markweiss86

Five post-meridiem, Lytton Plaza, twenty-two September, Wednesday: Scott Amendola, drums versus Wil Blades, Hammond B-3 organ with Leslie cabinet; Two post-meridiem, Lytton Plaza, two October, Saturday: Brittany Haas, fiddle; Jordan, guitar, Hawktail; Two post-meridiem, Mitchell Park Bowl, seventeen October, Sunday: … Continue reading →

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Perfectly pointless post comparing down-to-earth local singer in portrait with freeze frame of ostentatious woman in pink on tv

Posted on September 19, 2021 by markweiss86
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Interview with Coach Miller postgame vs. Yerba Buena

Posted on September 19, 2021 by markweiss86
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If CCS Top 40 were scored like fantasy football

Posted on September 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Menlo School (Atherton) 183  2. Los Gatos 1643. Aptos 159  4. Gunn (Palo Alto) 156 (but ranked only #35)5. Palma (Salinas) 1506. Mountain View 131 7. Hillsdale (San Mateo) 131 (#34)8. Salinas 1309. Leigh (San Jose) 13010. Bellarmine (SJ) 125 … Continue reading →

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Together Again Palo Alto smokin’

Posted on September 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Thanks are due to the following musicians for being Together Again Palo Alto, in order of appearance: Steve Poltz, Dayna Stephens, Genius Wesley, Lucas Vesley, Michael Aaberg, Marco Peris, Will Magid, Morgan Nilsen, Inspector Gadje, Mads Tolling, Colin Hogan, Eric … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Heads going salsa?

Posted on September 17, 2021 by markweiss86

I met a couple downtown who had just dropped their daughter off at the local university. I’ve had about five or six such encounters this week — I’m at Lytton Plaza almost all day, every day, for the music. Unlike … Continue reading →

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Remi Wolf then and now

Posted on September 13, 2021 by markweiss86

I met Remi Wolf the night I debuted my monologue where I describe being a 49ers fine BUT hating Jim Harbaugh since I was Remi’s age.See, Remi Wolf has changed a lot since high school and Jim Harbaugh has not.

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