A few years ago, I posted something here about the shady work of a private Israeli intelligence agency to discredit those in the Obama administration who had helped secure the nuclear deal with Iran. The organization’s name was Black Cube. And, in my post, I noted the fact that, decades before, I was the member […]
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Explosive video surfaces of the legendary, time traveling musical terrorists Ski Troop Attack
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1992, Aaron Dilloway, acoustic noise, Black Cube, Bulb Records, Clean White Surface, Couch, dystopia, Fears of Practice, Gingham Girls, Glass Needle, Hanson Record, Hanson Records, Harvey Drouillard, Jim Magas, King Strang, Leonard Cohen, Linette, Marquee Moon, Monarchs, music video, Nickels Arcade, noise music, performance art, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Roger Corman, sister wives, Ski Troop Attack, Songs of Love and Hate, television, terrorism, time travel, trees, Warren Jeffs, water, wax, Wolf Eyes 17 Comments
This History of the Monkey Power Trio… “1995: The First Hour”
For the past several years, I’ve been posting my detailed notes here about the annual meetings of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. I’m not sure why I started to do this, but it’s become yet another thing for me to obsess about. I sit alone in an airport every year, before heading home […]
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Drunken stories with Steve Hughes, the relentless metal assault of Minus9, and a sneak peak at The Nightman Cometh …on the upcoming Saturday Six Pack
This week’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack is going to be a special one, as my old friend, the great writer Steve Hughes, will be driving down from his Hamtramck estate to tells us what it’s like to make one’s living collecting stories from drunks in bars, read from back issues of his award-winning […]