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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

Earthwise welcomes ‘Various Stripes’, September 11 thru September 23, Lytton Plaza and Cali Ave

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When you say ‘Wis-con-sin’, don’t say ‘N*gger-head’

The New York Times columnist called out the University of Wisconsin performative and ludacris act of Racial equity When it dragged off into the night a 50 ton Boulder, merely because 100 years ago a newspaper article referred to the … Continue reading

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Chinese rappers deny being government stooges

Blame U.S. in verse for accidental release of virus warning: this might be Chinese propaganda: “Fort Detrick, more like a witch’s cauldron. How many plots came out of your labs? How many dead bodies hanging a tag? What you’re hiding, … Continue reading

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Jack Hirschman, 87, poet laureate, dies in SF

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Black v. white v. yellow

George H Ruth Bw In early work by Lava Thomas available at Brantsen Gallery at Minnesota Street its cast and it says that when Black people and white people mix they are called high yellow: And1: As a young white … Continue reading

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Alden Van Buskirk ‘Lami@50’ event at David Highsmith atelier, 99 Sanchez, nearly 10 years ago

Thanks again David hi Smith for hosting the event and taking these pictures how did you get the one of yourself? (Directly above the one of me) And1: Pinky Kushner mentioned that her daughter was a novelist; her career has … Continue reading

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Barbara Manning and SF Seals live in Palo Alto, November 20 by Earthwise

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Blue Moon Immune Rock Show featuring Barbara Manning and the SF Seals by Earthwise November 20

Barbara Manning and the SF Seals perform songs from their classic album at Mitchell Park Community Center El Palo Alto Room on Saturday, November 20, 2021, courtesy of Earthwise Productions. Tickets are $15 at EventBrite. Note: Barbara Manning recalls that … Continue reading

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How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control In the 1990s, they banned the internet. Now they use it to threaten and cajole the Afghan people, in a sign of how they might use technology to build power.

Jerry Mander was right: In the Absense of the Sacred: How Technology Has Failed (and the survival of indigenous people — my bible or at least my Five Books of MoWo)

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Mercury picks Titans to lead league in El Camino division

Their preview:What to expect: After running the table last spring, the Titans didn’t move up into the De Anza, but according to CalPreps’ ratings, this academic powerhouse could beat the bottom three teams in the upper division. With 53.4 ppg, … Continue reading

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