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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

325 Lytton, $20m; their tenant you’ve never heard of, $1.3b

Posted on February 23, 2021 by markweiss86

Smart-home technology provider Plume Design Inc. joined the Bay Area’s unicorns Tuesday with a $270 million funding round. The Palo Alto company, which has largely flown under the radar despite its technology being used in some 22 millions homes, saw … Continue reading →

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With the new Palo alto Art commission temporary mural installation it’s a tossup on whether it’s better to seek them out through the handy map or be surprised when you stumble upon them, so to speak

Posted on February 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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Lions With Wings endorsed by Chico

Posted on February 21, 2021 by markweiss86

Speaking of guitar noise I recently had that most wonderful of experiences of having my hair blown back by an exhilarating burst of fuzzed-out guitar licks. The furious cluster of notes came out of nowhere to punctuate the first verse … Continue reading →

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Ethan Iverson, Downbeat VS Megan Theestallion, Bazaar

Posted on February 20, 2021 by markweiss86
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Maya Wiley endorsed by key union in NYC Mayoral race

Posted on February 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Maya Wiley was in my advanced Spanish class freshman fall at Dartmouth, which for us was 19lkjdflkasjd, wljslkfjslkfas. Interestingly, she also achieved language proficiency in French as well. So to my mind, hearing of her work in politics I think … Continue reading →

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Quiet

Posted on February 19, 2021 by markweiss86
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Harbaugh hater monologue in 2012, the day I met Remi Wolf

Posted on February 18, 2021 by markweiss86

I used to do a comedic monologue about balancing my interest in the 49ers or Stanford football with the fact that I was at Gunn high school when Jim Harbaugh was at Paly and never liked the guy. The difference … Continue reading →

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Remi Wolf lit on Tonite Shwa

Posted on February 18, 2021 by markweiss86
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Ten in the Swear Jar or XITSJ

Posted on February 17, 2021 by markweiss86

Not to be confused with university of illinois at urbana champaign whatever.I wrote this a year ago, before I was banned from PAW.And thank you XGAU for the inspiration — he had something about Indestructible Beat of Soweto which I’ve … Continue reading →

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Mazel tov to musician Jacques Schwarz-Bart for his new set of world music and jazz

Posted on February 16, 2021 by markweiss86

He is the son of a famous scholar and novelist, Andre Schwarz-Bart (1928-2006) who wrote the judaic classic “Last of The Just”. I met Jacques about 1998 when James Hurt Band, with a Blue Note release, played The Cub. Scott … Continue reading →

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