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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

Sweded two minute take on San Jose’s Joy Dawn Hackett doing bubble version of Esperanza Spalding ‘Ebony and Ivy’

Posted on January 23, 2021 by markweiss86

While this was loading I was checking out the original versions: reminds me of early Stew and The Negro Problem which became “Passing Strange” plus Enorchestra Brian Eno “Taking Tiger Mountain” plus Nicole Mitchell / Lisa Harris “Earth Seed” based … Continue reading →

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Etude on Jarrett

Posted on January 23, 2021 by markweiss86

Keith Jarrett’s American combo, 1967-1976: Dewey wow them and how! (after E.I., 2021) Nine albums: All music guides lists 1,318 credits.All music guides lists discography of 104 albums (Although it lists “At Blue Note” as one cd, and says that … Continue reading →

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‘No Sleep til Brooklyn’ VS ‘Gotta Get Some Sleep’

Posted on January 22, 2021 by markweiss86

This is shameful I admit. One is a Beastie Boys still frame where they are wearing rock and roll wigs. The other is Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian in the 1970s, during the era that they produced 17 … Continue reading →

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Player or poseur?

Posted on January 22, 2021 by markweiss86

During the time that Elon Musk either worked  or lived in Palo Alto, I have lived and worked here, too. Though my father and grandfather both worked in the auto industry, I’ve spent 26 years in the music business, after … Continue reading →

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‘What a marvelous moment for baseball…What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia…What a marvelous moment for the country and the world…A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol’

Posted on January 22, 2021 by markweiss86

backed with Line drawings by Tara Donovan for Pace Gallery outro: “Serene” by Eric Dolphy, arranged for reeds and electronica/loopy, by huge baseball fan and scholar Erik Lawrence, who also has, as a bonus, a brand new version of “Take … Continue reading →

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Rupert Pupkin VS Artie Fufkin

Posted on January 21, 2021 by markweiss86
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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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