By Mark | January 31, 2016
I’ve made a couple of comments over the past few days about last week’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack having been bad. In truth, it wasn’t all that bad. I’m re-listening to it now, while folding clothes… which, by the way, is the best way to enjoy the Saturday Six Pack… and there’s actually […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andrew Epstein, Ann Landers, anxiety, ASMR, bad interviews, Beezy's, chewing, Curt Guyette, Elbow Room, Flint, investigative reporting, Jean Henry, Kate de Fuccio, lead, Matt Jones, Meatloaf, Mexican food, Mezcal, Monkey Power Trio, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, public health, Ski Troop Attack, swap meet, swastika, the sad state of journalism, water, whispering |
By Mark | November 30, 2015
The weekend before last marked the 21st 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 […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged Airbnb, Aunt Esther, Brooklyn, bullhorns, Caleb Brokaw, catfish, Cleveland, couches, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, Geographic Midpoint Calculator, Glenmorangie, Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Mars, midgets, Mike Bell, Olympus Mons, Potosi, Redd Foxx, Rodney McMillian, Sanford and Son, scotch, Steelyard Tavern, West Side Cleveland Market, Winnie the Pooh, Wisconsin |
By Mark | November 25, 2015
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
By Mark | November 22, 2012
Last November, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written years ago. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them with new ones, but it occurred to me that altering this post, which is […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load |
By Mark | November 24, 2011
I was going to write something new for Thanksgiving this year, but then it occurred to me that I could just reuse what I posted last year, and spend my morning cleaning the house and getting ready for the new baby that’s scheduled to join us any day now instead. (My hope is that, after […]
Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load |
