For the past several years, I’ve been posting my detailed notes here about the annual meetings of my incredibly magical one-day-a-year 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 invariably find myself sitting alone in an airport […]
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The Oral History of the Monkey Power Trio… “1996: The Sound of No Hands Clapping”
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio Also tagged 1996, A Bird in an Egg, Anne Shapiro, Atlanta, auditory archeology, black teeth, Butt Science, City Pages, Creative Tattoo, Crimewave USA, Dan Richardson, Darby Romeo, David Simon, dental alginate, drunkenness, Ennio Morricone, Evil Is Bad, Fun City Tattoo, Good Will Win, Grey Grey Go Away, harmonica, I'll Win Your Heart, Jaycox Coal, Jen Larson, Jim Henson, Kill Zinesters, latex, Lower East Side, Matt Krizowsky, Mike Bell, Monkey Power Trio, Nancy Whiskey, National Wholesaler’s, New York, oral history, Pearl Paints, plaster cast, practical jokes, prank calls, probationary period, public sex, Ricki Lake Show, Rudy’s, Scott Baio, sculpture, Sergio Leone, severed hand, Snappy Urethra, spaghetti westerns, St. Mark’s Place, strippers, studio space, stuffed animals, Suzanne Fauser, Tasty Fish, tattoos, The Late Bloomers, The Sound of No Hands Clapping, Tommy Boy, Too True, Village Voice, We Are Smart, Wire 3 Comments
Revenge of Print… and the rebirth of Crimewave USA
As some of you may know, I used to publish a little magazine called Crimewave USA with my wife, Linette. We put out about 15 issues over ten years or so, and, in that time, did some pretty good work that we’ll still proud of. We didn’t change the world, but I’d like to think, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized Also tagged 8-Track Mind, Amy Fusselman, Answer Me, Atomic Books, babysue, Baltimore, Baltimore Book Festival, Bamboo Girl, Beeframe, Benn Ray, Bunny Rabbit, Bunnyhop, Chunklet, Crank, Crimewave USA, Desert Moon Distribution, Dishwasher, Doug Holland, Fancy, Farm Pulp, Flatter!, Gregory Hischak, Guinea Pig Zero, Hermenaut, Holy Titclamps, Jeff Kay, Modern Drunkard, Monozine, Motorbooty, Murder Can Be Fun, Pathetic Life, Peko Peko, Print is Dead, Quimby's, Razorcake, Revenge of Print, Rollerderby, Temp Slave, The Imp, Thriftscore, Tight Pants, West Virginia Surf Report, Xerography Debt, zines, Zineworld 15 Comments