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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

Nothing to say about 40 of the 71 Artists in Robert Xgau 2020 list

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

I should see if any of this is in my Apple library already. I’m watching the Warriors while I type: who knew that Brooklyn had Harden and Durant? And it was Barbara Manning, SF Seals, proving her bona fides by … Continue reading →

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Unicorn spotted in Palo Alto

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

Hippo is a new insurance startup, a unicorn, which means it is valued at $1b. One-point five billion or a billion and a half, according to the business journal, which lists it among the largest venture deals.The photo shows an … Continue reading →

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Lions With Wings top 7 list (last 7 days)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

1. Barbara Manning ‘Cantor’s Mind Was Rocking’ 9 This is a rock song from the ’90s indie goddess, based on a suggestion I made about math. 2. MC Lars: In the Land of the Grasshopper Song 2 This is a … Continue reading →

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Lions With Wings presents Dayna Stephens ‘The Hero’s Prelude’

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

bw The Artist Si Grazie

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By Hilbert writ, by Manning sealed

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

Barbara Manning wrote and recorded an original song as a tribute to mathematicians like Cantor, Goedel, Hilbert, Cohen and Good Will Hunting. lyrics It’s hard to be the only one who knows something that’s true To stand alone as colleagues groan
They’ll … Continue reading →

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Is the difference between Brandenburg and what I’m watching on TV today that 140 police were injured hours after the allegedly inciting words?

Posted on February 12, 2021 by markweiss86

Edit Add shortly there after I am multitasking between watching my fellow Dartmouth 11 is Jake Tapper on CNN and some correspondence and watching the impeachment trial and I realize I might be confusing Bruce cast door who I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Three quick takes from the SV Biz Journal

Posted on February 10, 2021 by markweiss86

1) San Jose gets twice as much revenue from business tax than from TOT. They get $70 m per year in business tax. We get zero. It’s possible that we would get more than that, despite the population differences, as … Continue reading →

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Feist ‘1 2 3 4’ VS Dolly Parton / Squarespace ‘5 to 9’

Posted on February 9, 2021 by markweiss86

I would have hired Jenny Lewis rather than Dolly Parton.  

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Schoen argues let sleeping dogs lie

Posted on February 9, 2021 by markweiss86
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With five he got egg roll

Posted on February 8, 2021 by markweiss86

George Shultz served five Republican presidents; Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush.But his greatest accomplishment, in my book, was the pipeline he created between The White House and Chef Chu’s. I posted to this effect yesterday on the Palo Alto … Continue reading →

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