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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This History of the Monkey Power Trio… “1995: The First Hour”
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized Also tagged 131 Union Street, 1993, 1995, 502 Catherine Street, 7" records, Al Zaretskie, Andy Claydon, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, August, Baby Eyes, basements, Blind Pig, Brett Kavanaugh, Brooklyn, Bulb Records, Carroll Gardens, Cornelius Gomez, Couch, Crimewave USA, Dan Richardson, Daniel Hughes, Daniel Johnston, David Simon, Dead Dog’s Eyeball, Demolition Doll Rods, DIY, documentation, ethnomusicology, found photographs, Gene Pool, Geraldo Rivera, Greg Hughes, Hawaii Five-0, historic archeology, History of Zines, Honcho, Houston Street, Hydra, Jaycox Coal, Jehovah's Witness, Jehovah’s Shit List, K. McCarty, Kim’s Video, Kling Kling Bang Bang Pop, Mark's art ideas, Mark's mind, Matt Krizowsky, Monkey Power Trio, Nancy Whiskey, New Jersey, New York, Newton High School, nipples, NYU, OCD, October Throughout History, OJ Simpson, Olde English, oral history, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Rob Taliercio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Tejaratchi, Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh, squid ink, Sunday Bulb Sunday, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Monarchs, The Restroom Poets, The Theme from the Film: Daddy What Was Monkey Power, Watchtower, You Like-a the Cheese?, Zurich 8 Comments
Just a reminder to come and see my puppet talk show on Saturday
I like making posters that make no sense, promoting bands that don’t exist. I just made this one, and now I really want to start a band called Young Lovers Must Die. As for Saturday’s show, which is mainly going to be about doing business in Ypsi, I’m still working on the script. I should […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Beezy's, Dreamland Theater, falafel, falafel king, Hasan Mihyar, Henrietta Fahrenheit, James Marks, Jennifer Albaum, poster art, robot monster, VG Kids, Young Lovers Must Die 9 Comments
Something to watch while I’m writing: Demon with a Glass Hand
And it doesn’t really fit here, but I’d like to wish the great John Keel, author of “The Mothman Prophecies,” a happy belated 79th birthday. And, for what it’s worth, I love the name “Demon with a Glass Hand” for a band.
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged cool name, Demon with a Glass Hand, Doug Skinner, John Keel, Outer Limits 3 Comments