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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

In Palo Alto, someone joked about my unicorn

Posted on May 7, 2024 by markweiss86
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Pollstar says there are 344 concert venues in California

Posted on May 6, 2024 by markweiss86

….NONE OF WHICH I’VE RENTED

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Natural mystic blows thru Lytton Plaza

Posted on May 5, 2024 by markweiss86

DJ Sep from Dub Mission spun reggae and dub at Lytton Sunday as the rains stopped and started as if by her cue. I hope to bring her back to either Lytton Plaza, Johnson Park of Mitchell Park, perhaps opening … Continue reading →

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Music plus movies festival by Earthwise and The Stanford Theatre (EarthHitchCockWise Fest)

Posted on April 30, 2024 by markweiss86

ALSO KNOWN AS ’39S VS EDDIE 9V’ Earthwise productions announces the first combination Alfred Hitchcock movies and live music festival in Downtown Palo Alto May 4 thru June 2. On May 4, DJ Sep spins reggae and dub music for … Continue reading →

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Jews Fight Back Now

Posted on April 29, 2024 by markweiss86

The Los Angeles Times published a picture yesterday, on their website and possibly in print editions, of a woman in a blue t-shirt, at a gathering or skirmish, that they describe as part of the ongoing on-campus conflict here loosely … Continue reading →

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Woodshedding fantasy for this summer and early fall based on Ethan Iverson’s post today: canons, fugues, looping and more

Posted on April 28, 2024 by markweiss86

Voices please enter one at a time singing the same tune from the top. Terry and I were at Fort Mason Saturday for the art fair and on our way back cut through the Presidio and I noticed this cannon … Continue reading →

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Long story short: having breakfast with Neutral Milk Hotel box set, thinking about Jeff Magnun, Mac MacCaughan, Lane Wurster, Astra Taylor, Sunaura, Joel Riggs of Ruston, LA

Posted on April 26, 2024 by markweiss86
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Earthwise on-sale with ‘Guitarslingers series’ featuring Campilongo, Lettieri and Cline

Posted on April 26, 2024 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s Earthwise Productions, in its 31st season as a promoter or manager of jazz and rock music and artists, announced three shows, all featuring guitar heroes, loosely marketed as “Guitarslingers series”. The shows feature Jim Campilongo (as Spaghetti, featuring … Continue reading →

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Venture-backed biotech lab from Berkeley launches all out assault against life on Earth, Times reports

Posted on April 24, 2024 by markweiss86

OpenCRISPR-1 out of Profluent Ali Madani is the AI version of CRISPR-cas-9 (Doudna, Porteus et al) big opportunity on a dead planet. Cade Metz sends regrets.

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I see hawks at Johnson Park in October

Posted on April 24, 2024 by markweiss86

I have barely started rolling out my spring outdoors season but I now know that the last show of the year will be under the oak at Johnson Park with Karl Evangelista guitar and Alexander Hawkins quartet on Monday, October … Continue reading →

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