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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

John Rogers’ photo of Stanley Cowell, Ethan Iverson, Jason Moran and Fred Hersch reminds me of being in France with Henry Butler, Mulgrew Miller, Ralph Peterson, Ivan Lewis and Xavier Felgeyrolles, Clermont-Ferrand, fall, 2002

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La unica, la mejor

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Anything with love

Yes, I use “they/them” pronouns and the reason why I put “and anything with love” is because I appreciate words that can be used to signify community or kinship. Given that I am Black, I often hear phrases (especially from … Continue reading

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Nina Simone tribute, ‘Skin’ by Sabyne Pierre

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Two fantastic shows for audacious music fans getting back into the swing of things

Terry and I have seen two live shows, Jon Craigie at Roaring Camp and Ledisi at Stern Grove.The opening act at Stern Grove, La Doña (Cecilia Peña-Govea of San Francisco) is doing a free show Saturday, July 17 at 2 … Continue reading

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Portrait of Gaby Castro, a World Music Month participant

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Amazing goals by Pogba and Messi in world soccer today

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There are 23,000 pieces of debris larger than a softball circling our planet

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Lets play too

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Gift of Gab

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