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Explosive video surfaces of the legendary, time traveling musical terrorists Ski Troop Attack

By Mark | May 10, 2020

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 […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1992, Aaron Dilloway, acoustic noise, Andy Claydon, Black Cube, Bulb Records, Clean White Surface, Couch, dystopia, Fears of Practice, Gingham Girls, Glass Needle, Hanson Record, Hanson Records, Harvey Drouillard, Jim Magas, 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

The Untold History of Zines…. Russ Forster on the 8-Track Mind

By Mark | January 16, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged 8-Track Heaven, 8-Track Mind, 8-tracks, angels, art-damaged pop, audio equipment, audio formats, Brigham Young, car culture, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chicago 18, cognitive dissonance, community building, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Death, Detroit, Disney World, Douglas Federal, End Result, energy conservation, exercise tapes, Gordon Van Gelder, hospice, impermanence, infinite loop, Lear Jets, legends, Love Story, masturbation, misshapen penises, misshapen penises of zine publishers, Mormon, Museum Of Contemporary Art, music, Noble Truths, obsolete technology, origin myths, penises, performance art, Positive Force, punk rock, recycling, ritual castration, Russ Forster, The Untold History of Zines, thrift stores, trackers, ugly duckling, underground press, VHS, Voree Tablets, zines | 12 Comments

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, having won the bid to host Monkey Power 18, exceeds expectations

By Mark | October 20, 2013

I’ve been in Wyoming these past few days, at the annual meeting of my one-day-a-year band, the Monkey Power Trio. This, I believe, was our 18th session. It was neither the worst, nor the best. All things considered, I’d say that it was positive. Many laughs were had. No one cried. No one screamed. No […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Photographs, Uncategorized | Also tagged 86, Adobe Bricks, Andy Calder, Ansel Adams, B.B. King, Bohemian Rhapsody, buffalo, Chocolate Chuck, cocaine, Cold, college radio, crazy ideas that just might work, Devil Man, Dick Cheney, Government Camp, government shutdown, Grand Teton National Park, Harrison Ford, heavy metal, I am Infinite, iPhone, iPhone apps, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Music Experience, Lake Tahoe, Mark's big ideas, Monkey Power Trio, moose, Mormon, Mormon Row, Naia Venturi, Patrick Elkins, Pete Larson, polygamy, rock camp, rock opera, Sandra Bullock, Tahoe, Teton Range, Toccoa, unflattering portraits, vacations, Walt Whitman, Wyoming | 12 Comments

Introducing King Strang: Imperial Primate of the Halcyon Order of the Illuminati

By Mark | September 3, 2013

The fellow pictured above is James Jesse Strang, the self-proclaimed prophet who, upon the death of Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844, mounted a nearly successful attempt to wrench control of the Mormon church from Brigham Young. His presence continues to loom large over Michigan’s Beaver Island, where I spent this past weekend, and where […]

Posted in Agriculture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged angels, Beaver Island, Ben Perce, Bill Cashman, Burlington, Caleb Barnes, Carthage, Charlie J. Douglas, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, con men, cross-dressing, cults, Elvira Eliza Field, forgeries, Halcyon Order of the Illuminati, Huckleberry Finn, Illinois, Imperial Primate, Isaac Scott, Mark Twain, Millard Fillmore, monogamy, Mormon, Nauvoo, polygamy, revelation, Strangite, USS Michigan, utopian communities, Voree, Voree plates, Voree Tablets | 31 Comments

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Explosive video surfaces of the legendary, time traveling musical terrorists Ski Troop Attack

The Untold History of Zines…. Russ Forster on the 8-Track Mind

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, having won the bid to host Monkey Power 18, exceeds expectations

Introducing King Strang: Imperial Primate of the Halcyon Order of the Illuminati

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