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 […]
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Explosive video surfaces of the legendary, time traveling musical terrorists Ski Troop Attack
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, King Strang, Leonard Cohen, Linette, 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
My thoughts on movies and books to share with your kids through the age of nine
Two things happened this week that prompted me to write this post. The world celebrated what would have been Roald Dahl’s 97th birthday, and, a day or two later, my friends Murph and Cara welcomed two beautiful little babies into the world. So, as Linette set off in one direction this evening, to arrange for […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Arnold Lobel, Billy Wilder, books, Cara Talaska, children's literature, Eric Carle, Frog and Toad, genocide, Go Ice Cream, Harry Potter, Huckleberry Finn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, life lessons, Little House on the Prairie, Mark Twain, Murph, n-word, Native Americans, Richard Murph, Roald Dahl, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Star Wars, The Onion, The Prisoner, Thin Man, Tom Sawyer, truth pond 23 Comments
Putting Arlo to sleep with Television, live at CBGB’s in 1974
This evening, while searching around the web for rare recordings by one of my all-time favorite bands – Television… in an attempt to ensure that my new son, like his sister, stays forever out of touch with his generation… I stumbled across the fact that Richard Lloyd leaves comments on YouTube. I’m not sure why […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1974, Arlo, CBGB, Hilly Kristal, New York City, New York Dolls, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, punk, Richard Hell, Richard Lloyd, Tom Verlaine 13 Comments