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 […]
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Monkey Power Trio 21… 60 hours in the Cleveland suburbs with a bullhorn
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, Matt Krizowsky, midgets, Olympus Mons, Potosi, Redd Foxx, Rodney McMillian, Sanford and Son, scotch, Steelyard Tavern, West Side Cleveland Market, Winnie the Pooh, Wisconsin 16 Comments
Open Thread… “look into my eyes and tell me that everything’s going to be alright” edition
Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that my high-school-bully-turned-bandmate, Mike, in an attempt to make me feel even worse about myself than I already do, had relentlessly fucked with a photo of me until I had inch-deep wrinkles and sunken black holes where my eyes should have been? Well, my friend Patty, […]
Posted in Other, Photographs Also tagged open thread, Patty Stevenson, unflattering portraits 41 Comments
The Monkey Power Trio: famous for fifteen people
I got interviewed a while back by a website called, appropriately enough, Famous for 15 People. They wanted to talk about the one-day-a-year band that I’m in, the Monkey Power Trio, and our most recent record, Tearing Down the Parthenon. The podcast is now available online. Enjoy.
Monkey Power Trio in Vancouver
Last night, I was interviewed by a Vancouver radio station about my one-day-a-year band, the Monkey Power Trio. You can hear the whole thing here.
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Media, Monkey Power Trio Also tagged 101.9 FM, Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Bleek Swinney, Buxom Angels, Canadian Radio, CiTR, college radio, Desperate People Do Desperate Things, Exquisite Corpse, I didn't mean it when I said that Mike should die first, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, radio interviews, Vancouver, Winifred 4 Comments