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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

Found foodage

Posted on March 20, 2021 by markweiss86

Steve, Terry, Duffy and I went on a Mission yesterday to get burritos from El Farolito which means “light house” and ran into Craig Baldwin who leaked me 15 seconds of his upcoming film “Time Bomb” featuring Mills’ Maggi Payne. … Continue reading →

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Laura Thomas V. Lava Thomas

Posted on March 19, 2021 by markweiss86
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Oblique strategy for buskers

Posted on March 18, 2021 by markweiss86
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Ledisi wins the Grammy

Posted on March 14, 2021 by markweiss86
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Terry Acebo Davis, Mark Weiss, Bruce Beasley, ‘Percent For Art’, Mitchell Park Library (3 — i.e. short version of the story)

Posted on March 11, 2021 by markweiss86
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Stacy and Linda expelled from Ridgemont

Posted on March 5, 2021 by markweiss86
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Lions With Wings…

Posted on February 28, 2021 by markweiss86

is both a symbol of the arbitrary cultural detritus that fifth-gear capitalism expels into the world and also an effortless, obvious merger of the roots-rock then and the arena post-rap now that suggests the conditions for this song to succeed … Continue reading →

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Notable jazz releases in a year that seemed to have stopped for a few months

Posted on February 27, 2021 by markweiss86

The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)Lafayette Gilchrist, Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days (Astral … Continue reading →

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Oakland A’s swing for homers times 3,000

Posted on February 26, 2021 by markweiss86

The A’s announced a plan with a baseball park, 3,000 homes and some shops. I haven’t swung a bat in about 10 years but have sat through 3,000 hours of development proposals here in Palo Alto. I should bone up … Continue reading →

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NEW CD RELEASE: HEROES ARE GANG LEADERS ON ROPEADOPE RECORDS

Posted on February 25, 2021 by markweiss86

Originally posted on Heroes Are Gang Leaders Music:
Winners of the 2018 American Book Award for Oral Literature, Heroes Are Gang Leaders are a genre-bending ensemble known for its bold approach to Race Fearlessness and Creative Deception Busting. HAGL was…

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