Tag Archives: Left Behind

75 hours in the exurbs of Atlanta… The Monkey Power Trio’s 22nd day/year as a band

By Mark | October 24, 2016

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 […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Monkey Power Trio, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, aging, barbecue, Black Mirror, Brooklyn, bulldoze the suburbs, Carrol Gardens, celebrity sighting, Cherokee, collaboration, community watch, conservatives, creative process, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, dead birds, depressing stuff, Donald Trump, exurban, Forsyth County, Foxy, fringe suburbs, Georgia, golf carts, Hillary Clinton, Jim Cherewick, Kellie, Linette Lao, litany of ailments, Mark Maynard, marriage, Matt Krizowsky, McMansions, Mike Bell, Monkey Power Trio, neighborhood watch, old friends, Pelican Cove, Phil Hendrie, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, psychic abilities, Pussy Grabber, Queen Latifah, racism, suburbs, Summing, The First Hour, tradition, Trail of Tears, weddings | 11 Comments

Mailing out Monkey Power records with Freeda and Ollie by my side

By Mark | March 1, 2016

You would think that since we, the five members of the Monkey Power Trio, only get together one day a year to write and record music, that we’d have a lot of free time on our hands to do other band work, like sending out records and the like. The truth, however, is that, after […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged Clementine, college radio, Death, dogs, dying, Freeda, KDVS, KFJC, Monkey Power Trio, pet euthanasia | 16 Comments

The Monkey Power Trio present “Left Behind,” chronicling their musical adventures from 2011 – 2013

By Mark | December 2, 2015

There must be something in the air… A few days ago I posted about our just-completed Monkey Power Trio session in Cleveland. Then, yesterday evening, I got word from a friend in Ann Arbor that WCBN was playing our stuff. And, now, after years and years of waiting, the world has the new Monkey Power […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged California, Government Camp, Lake Tahoe, Oregon, records, Wilson, Wyoming | 6 Comments

Nicholas Cage and the inverse rapturing of a Hollywood career

By Mark | June 1, 2014

According to IMDB, this apparently isn’t a joke. Nicholas Cage, like so many celebrities before him, has made the decision, instead of just announcing his retirement from acting, and drifting off quietly into obscurity, to end his epic journey through the Hollywood system with a tremendous, career-ending bang… Yes, he will be stepping into the […]