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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

We say ‘WAR’

Posted on August 2, 2021 by markweiss86

Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto, just added: La Doña, August 7, 2 pm Mitchell Park Bowl, free Ben Goldberg / Scott Amendola “Plays Monk” 4:30 pm September 15, Lytton Plaza — part of Mayor’s 9-11 Service Week More to come

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Phillip Greenlief’s 30:30 sax solo at 1st Earthwise concert in nearly 16 months

Posted on August 2, 2021 by markweiss86

Phillip Greenlief, alto sax, Motoko Honda Yamaha P-175, Mitchell Park Bowl, Saturday, July 31, 2021 presented by Earthwise of Palo Alto after a hiatus:

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Ambrose, Jen and Mary fall in

Posted on August 1, 2021 by markweiss86
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Viral video of ‘The Merry Twins’

Posted on July 31, 2021 by markweiss86
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Day of show: Saturday, July 31, 2021 (first gig in sixteen months)

Posted on July 31, 2021 by markweiss86
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Requiem for Eusebio (for H.A.)

Posted on July 27, 2021 by markweiss86

This morning I have a list of three chapters I want to read from the book “a little devil in America” by Hanif Abdurraqib. The first would be “I would like to give Merry Clayton her roses” which for me … Continue reading →

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Hung Liu at DeYoung

Posted on July 26, 2021 by markweiss86
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Yola tengo tango

Posted on July 26, 2021 by markweiss86

Yola in the New York Times and it says that she is working with Dan Auerbach of the black keys. Earlier it says she was born in Bristol Yolanda Quartey and moved to Nashville and plays sister Rosetta Tharpe in … Continue reading →

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Two hyphy bits for Earthwise and La Doña

Posted on July 26, 2021 by markweiss86

One: Karla Kane, for the Palo Alto Weekly, who is also a musician and records under the name The Corner Laughers, published online and maybe in Friday’s paper a brief preview of my three-part concert series at the art center. … Continue reading →

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Earthwise three-part series at Palo Alto Art Center, July-August 2021 VS Woodstock 99 documentary on HBO in NYT

Posted on July 24, 2021 by markweiss86

I am a little self-conscious putting on a concert or a concert series for the first time in 15 months. So when I watch this documentary discussed by Elisabeth Vincentelli in today’s Times– her headline is “three days of violence, … Continue reading →

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