By Mark | September 14, 2010
I’m waiting for Clementine to fall asleep, drinking a well-deserved beer, and skipping around the internet, looking for archival footage from the early days of CBGBs. And, in the process, I happened across this segment from the 1995 PBS documentary entitled Rock and Roll. I think I saw it when it was first broadcast, but […]
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I just made my last trip to the airport. All the guys from the Monkey Power Trio are now gone, and, as is always the case, the anxiety – which I feel during each session – is giving way to depression. It’s great to see everyone, and to spend a day making music, but I […]
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By Mark | September 26, 2009
I’m trying to decide whether or not I should go out to this show tonight at the Heidelberg, in hopes of getting an interview with Television’s Richard Lloyd. I don’t think I’ve been to the Heidelberg in about 15 years, since the time they shut the power off on my band, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, because […]
By Mark | August 19, 2009
I’m tired, but I can’t sleep. It probably doesn’t help that I’m listening to the Ramones… I miss them.
