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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

Sam Gendel 1964 Impala VS Mateo Romero, 1969 SS

Posted on December 14, 2020 by markweiss86
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Wah hoo wah to Cleveland baseball franchise for changing its racist name and mascot

Posted on December 13, 2020 by markweiss86

In a related matter, I paid $40 at Bell’s Books for a Better little book about Big Chief Wahoo “based on the famous comic strip”.

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Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Kent Lockhart, Danny McCalister, LenRay McCalister

Posted on December 11, 2020 by markweiss86

LenRay McCalister has died, age 49. His brother Stanley was my teammate for Gunn basketball, and his oldest brother Danny McCalister was a star of the Gunn Titans first championship basketball team, 22-5 in 1979-1980. There were six McCalister brothers … Continue reading →

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Double ‘chai’ Fay Victor and Bandcamp

Posted on December 11, 2020 by markweiss86

I paid 18$ to Fay Victor via bandcamp, on the prompting of Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music blast. It is the 18th project I have supported in this very convenient manner. I think it is three clicks, maybe four. Meanwhile, I … Continue reading →

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Lance Hahn, 1967-2007

Posted on December 8, 2020 by markweiss86
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Rachel Garlin VS J Church

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

Rachel Garlin is a modern folk singer who lives in Noe Valley and J Church goes past her house.Lance Hahn founded the influential and surely missed punk pop band called J Church. I’d love to hear Rachel Garlin cover “My … Continue reading →

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When Harpo played his harp it was a mystery

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

I got a post card from Jonathan Richman and it stopped me dead in my tracks, to take out my handheld computer and order #4 on his bandcamp bundle. I had to pulldown my mask to make this happen. When … Continue reading →

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Steve Lacy twice

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m not going to fault Veronica DeJesus for embellishing Steve Lacy’s resume: “played w/Muddy Waters”. I don’t think Steve played with Muddy — the person who might know is Bob Margolin, or Eric Hanson. More people think of Steve as … Continue reading →

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Candye Kane, truly gifted

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

Live your life, play your part. Let the feelings flow from your heart. You can’t change the tide, you can’t change the sea you just gotta be who you were born to be. I wouldn’t be alive now if it … Continue reading →

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Calder Spanier gone too soon twenty three years this week

Posted on December 6, 2020 by markweiss86

Scott Amendola reminded me that December 4 was the twenty third anniversary of the sudden and tragic passing of his friend and bandmate Calder Spanier. I only met Calder once or twice. He played in the Charlie Hunter Quintet I … Continue reading →

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