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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

Resign, recall, reflux

Posted on January 5, 2021 by markweiss86

What a disturbing sight, of Pat Burt, the bullying, polluting, white supremacist retread being seated on council and foisted as a vice mayor!He should resign.We should recall him.He makes me gag. The Weekly, for whatever reasons, omitted numerous faults about … Continue reading →

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The search for El Palo Alto rinpoche

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86

Tree experts are checking 400 trees that were brought to Stanford Stadium to root for the football team (!) to see if one of them is the El Palo Alto Rinpoche the spiritual reincarnation of the tree that the Spanish … Continue reading →

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Random Mapplethorpe collage

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86
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Minimum wage VS Venture Capitalists

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86

BLUF: I make a pop culture reference below to a video with 750 million views and apparently a drug reference or organized crime, but when I say “Oaxaca” (wuh-hah-kuh) I am thinking about Palo Alto’s sister city exchange and or … Continue reading →

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Sixty-six images from my past

Posted on January 3, 2021 by markweiss86

To come Mark Weiss addressing City Council, on cable access (the guy in the back, Michael, always talks about fluoride in the water); staff at Ramen Nagi Palo Alto; Aaron Goldberg, piano, Josh Redman, Bing Stanford; ibid; Mark Weiss, a … Continue reading →

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Sneak peek new year’s preview of Dayna Stephens song-cycle regarding human archetypes

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

Dayna Stephens told me that 2020 was both his loneliest year and his most productive as a jazz composer. An annus horribilis plus. Besides two cds released and at least one other major commission, he wrote and demo’d a song cycle … Continue reading →

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Lampin’ with Bandcamp

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

My bandcamp collection has 27 items:Jeff ParkerCory McAbeeRachel EfronGeorge LewisThe Sea The Sea (Todd Sickafoose)Jeff Parker Ben GoldbergEddie Gale et al aka 6×6Jonathan Richman (Please note that Jonathan Richman chooses not to participate in online culture and does not have … Continue reading →

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Tony Rice football VS Tony Rice bluegrass

Posted on January 1, 2021 by markweiss86

I’m watching the Rose Bowl, reading the Times and Merc and Chron, and managing the new Dayna Stephens song-cycle for my Lions With Wings label, but thinking of Tony Rice. Plural.

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Tales of 2.0 Palo Alto Cities

Posted on December 31, 2020 by markweiss86

I greeted activist Herb Burok today, idling on Waverley near Hamilton and he mentioned that the recent election six weeks ago was a mixed bag: he noted that the losers got more votes than the winners. I’ll believe his math … Continue reading →

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Pop Smoke shot by shot

Posted on December 31, 2020 by markweiss86

I counted 140 shots in the three minute video for “Dior” by the late rapper superstar meteoric success story or cautionary tale, Pop Smoke. This song was the first song I added to my Apple stream — I pay $10 … Continue reading →

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