This past weekend marked the 22nd meeting of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. For those of you who might not be familiar with our origin story, it all began back in 1995 with a promise between old friends one hot, summer afternoon in Brooklyn. On the spur of the moment, we’d decided to […]
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Our weekend in Chicago (and the end of the Earth) in two pictures
Not realizing that this was the weekend of the Chicago Marathon, Linette and I decided to pack up the family and head to the Windy City for the weekend. The top photo was taken inside the Evolving Planet exhibition at the Field Museum. The second photo is of a vehicle promoting a new menu item […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Sustainability Also tagged Bacon, Baconator, Chicago, David Ulansey, evolution, Evolving Planet, extinction, Field Museum, marathons, mass extinction, Richard Leakey, vacation, Wendys 14 Comments
The Stooges for Chrysler: “a blue collar attitude in a white collar world”
I like that the Stooges are making some money, I guess, but I don’t know how I feel about their song No Fun being co-opted by the man to sell luxury cars. Here’s how Chrysler positions the ad on YouTube: John Varvatos’s blue-collar spirit pushes him late into the night, with Detroit-based rock music serving […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Media, Pop Culture, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged 315 Bowery, advertising, Arturo Vega, Blondie, blue collar, CBGB, Ceylonese cinnamon, Chrysler, Clem Burke, corporate co-opting, Dead Boys, Dick Manitoba, Duane Reade, Ernie Fritz, fashion, Iggy Pop, Imported from Detroit, injuries that Mark has suffered, Jesse Malin, John Varvatos, masculinity, No Fun, Ramones, selling out, synergy, The Stooges, white collar 12 Comments
This question occurred to me…
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other Also tagged MM.com stuff, questions to the readership 25 Comments