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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

I personally miss sitting in a room with a bunch of other people and feeling the energy when we’re all hearing and seeing the same thing and loving the same music—to me, that’s just the best feeling

Posted on January 18, 2021 by markweiss86
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My papa Paul Weiss with the Olympic flame torch (unlit) in NorCal 1984 AND my fellow Dartmouthensis Alexi Pappas with same 2016 in Greece

Posted on January 17, 2021 by markweiss86
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Twenty five years to get his Mojo working

Posted on January 16, 2021 by markweiss86

Dan Horne revs up with solo album Palo Alto’s best young bands Begun three years ago by the moms of teens in local high school rock bands, an annual rock concert-benefit for the Ecumenical Hunger Program continues this year on … Continue reading →

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All hail the Sylvie

Posted on January 15, 2021 by markweiss86

Kudos to Sylvie Simmons of San Francisco by way of something very posh across the pond for her new album of music on Compass Records. Sylvie played in my Earthwise Productions concert series in fall, 2019 at Cubberley Community Center … Continue reading →

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Streb dancers VS hoop dancers

Posted on January 14, 2021 by markweiss86

Laura Veirs has a new video featuring a young hoop dancer she met randomly; that remined me of my interest in streb dancing. I don’t do streb dancing, mind you, I just sometimes talk about it.I’m kind of a streb … Continue reading →

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Maya Wiley, from DC, running for Mayor of NYC speaks truth to power re the insurrection

Posted on January 12, 2021 by markweiss86

Mark, Yesterday, a pro-Trump, white supremacist mob stormed our nation’s Capitol as legislators met to certify the results of the presidential election. This mob, many of whom were armed, were able to bypass Capitol Police to violently disrupt democracy at … Continue reading →

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‘Correct me if I get this wrong…’

Posted on January 12, 2021 by markweiss86

At about 3:47:30 of last night’s Palo Alto City Council meeting, retread Pat Burt apropos of housing says “correct me if I get this wrong.”You are wrong. By historical standards, Pat Burt is not qualifed to be the dog catcher. … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Kamala

Posted on January 12, 2021 by markweiss86

Vogue cover of VP elect: what’s the problem?

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Posted on January 10, 2021 by markweiss86

More specifically or to explain further there is a set of soccer fields at the corner of Oregon Expressway page Mill Road and El Camino and it is Stanford land but was the site of an elementary school at one … Continue reading →

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Muddy Waters VS Louis Armstrong

Posted on January 10, 2021 by markweiss86

I am plunked down in front of the TV to watch more NFL football, Saints versus Bears and of course it occurs to me that both cities register as music hubs. I know its Drew Brees vs Sobrisky or whoever … Continue reading →

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