Category Archives: ethniceities

when i say ethniceities i mean “jewish”

Schapling and Wurster stole their act from me

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

A whiles ago I sent a fake fan letter to Superchunk: Dear Mac- Enclosed is my toe nail. Can you use it as a guitar pick on “Hyper Enough? Thanks. Your biggest fan. Elton X. Schmerk Fairloaf, California I wrote … Continue reading →

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DeYoung v. deform, and Comaroff architecture book

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Laughing out loud and rather hardily, at the humorous distortion of the Weissian chin and nose; talk about chin music?! And I juxtapurposed this photo by Eric Cohen, who not not incidentally studied masters level with Paul McCarthy at UCLA … Continue reading →

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The ‘credible hulks’

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a sports fan, and a sports-writer –trained by four or five publications, plus the 100 or so sports-themed posts here in Plasticlandia — so I do recall hearing of the two Palo Altans winning medals at the Olympics in … Continue reading →

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Weird plastic alto meta post, fall 2014

Posted on November 28, 2014 by markweiss86
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Nick Zaharias guest spot: mark you are a dick

Posted on November 28, 2014 by markweiss86

Nick Zaharias, who might have been Paly High Athlete of the Year in 1982 if not for a guy initials J.H., is an avid reader of Plastic Alto, and a frequent commenter, albeit under various fake names and email return … Continue reading →

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Xago Juarez in the house

Posted on November 26, 2014 by markweiss86

Xago Juarez, aka Luis Juarez, the professor at SJSU and from Salinas, where John Steinbreck lived when he wrote “In Dubious Battle” hangs at Cafe Zoe a place for peace hope humanity and community for reals — and did I … Continue reading →

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Tiny conductors

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

I just got noted that in Philly coming up, thanks to Mark Christman’s excellent Ars Nova series, two great jazz or out music events. The first is called Ballrog which is a Tolkein reference — the ballrog was a monster … Continue reading →

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Dr. Frank meet Dr. Frank

Posted on November 22, 2014 by markweiss86

I traded notes last week with Dr. Frank the author and punk folk singer, Frank Portman of San Bruno Carlmont 650 area who many people think of as Mr. T. Experience on Lookout and also he played the Earthwise 5-year … Continue reading →

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The Hero With A Thousand / 500 Faces

Posted on November 22, 2014 by markweiss86

If you are with me so far you will notice a simple math problem in the headline: “A thousand” divided by 500 equals two. I could have written of the hero with two faces, but that might throw you. I … Continue reading →

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Wor(l)ds of wander with friend and former client Dao Strom

Posted on November 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Writing this at 12:03 past midnight although it is lifted from something called 3AM Magazine dot com. Not really writing just cut-pasting: In the mountain town of Tam Dao, a man in the market points to the Chinese character tattoos … Continue reading →

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