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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

Chuck E’s in love

Posted on July 22, 2021 by markweiss86
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The Swingin’ Lavays

Posted on July 22, 2021 by markweiss86
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Led does Nina by Salamishah for The Times, yo

Posted on July 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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Bryce Young turns 20, buys himself a Crimson Ferrari

Posted on July 21, 2021 by markweiss86

Bw Greek Freak leads Bucks to World Championship

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Murderously bad 3EB cover in a bodega on Smith Street (Klosterman, 2019)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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My favorite professor, historian Bruce Nelson, speaking in Seattle on the history of Blacks in the labor movement

Posted on July 21, 2021 by markweiss86

Harry Bridges advocated for including Blacks in the unions. Nelson has a book on the history of labor, I should order on-line (I thought I saw it at City Lights). I took Bruce Nelson’s history of the labor movement class … Continue reading →

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Lions with Wings update

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

I started Lions With Wings while I was in the bubble, trying to avoid getting a deathly virus. So far, so good. I am healthy. Even better, I am back in the concert biz, with 3 shows on sale, for … Continue reading →

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SuperMo

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

‘m hereby announcing a Mac McCaughan tribute band called SuperMo that features Mark Weiss on not quite tuneful vocals, Steve Rothblatt on congas, and an assorted and rotating and non-repeating cast of other not quite melodic or rhythmic side peoples, … Continue reading →

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Jenny Scheinman (w Finn Taylor) vs Aleta Hayes (w Jack Tuttle)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

I just got word that a Jenny Scheinman project has been announced for onsale at Stanford Live Arts, for January, 2022. It’s called “Kannapolis” and is a performance piece that combines live performance of written and improv music in reaction … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Folau Niua, Olympian from East Palo Alto (Woodside HS)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

  There are also seven female soccer players from Stanford including a couple with peninsula prep ties, plus Maddie Price the former Menlo High sprinter, competing for Canada.

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