Tag Archives: Monkey Power Trio

The ugly return of EMU’s racist mascot, injuries on the set of A Prairie Home Companion, and naming the band Farewell Phoenix… on episode 15 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 5, 2015

This show came together kind of naturally. It all started a few weeks back, when I got an email from local musician J.T. Garfield. He’d wanted to let me know about an incident involving a friend of his, Nathan Phillips, a local Native American man. Phillips, according to Garfield, had just stopped by his house […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged accusations of racism, Back to Ypsilanti, balls, Brigid Mooney, Chris Stranad, Chris Sutton, Cleveland Indians, Dan Richardson, David Yow, David Yow's balls, De-Chiefing, Doug Coombe, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Farewell Phoenix, Huron, J.T. Garlfield, Jesus Lizard, Lee Osler, logos, Martha J. Schmitt, Matt Siegfried, Michelle Lietz, Nathan Phillips, Native American Student Organization, Native Americans, People's History of Ypsilanti, Pete Larson, racism, reface, Six Pack Portrait Project, Skrillex, Wyandots | 47 Comments

The Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard: episode two

By Mark | January 25, 2015

The second episode of the Saturday Six Pack on AM 1700 was, by all accounts, a success. I was kind of dreading it going in, as I didn’t have much planned for the 7:00 hour, but, as is usually the case when you open yourself up to serendipity, everything just kind of unfolded in a […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1700 AM, beer, Brian Robb, Colin Moorhouse, corporate fascism, Dave Miller, fascism, Fat Tire, Flaming Groovies, Harry Bennett, Harry Bennett's Castle, Henry Ford, historic places, HP Jacobs, John Edwards, Matt Siegfried, Native Americans, Peter Smith, Red Rock, Red Rock Downtown Barbeque, Rob Rowe, The Saturday Six Pack, University of Michigan, Ypsi Underground | 27 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, King Strang, Lake Tahoe, Mark's big ideas, 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

Prepare to be eaten!

By Mark | September 12, 2013

According to a report released today, strong evidence exists that the Voyager 1 probe, which left the Earth’s orbit 36 years ago, may have finally passed out of our solar system, and entered interstellar space. And, had I not recalled the fact Voyager 1 contains a map showing the way to 24-hour human flesh buffet […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations | Also tagged advertising, aliens, buffets, Christopher Columbus, interstellar space, Juggalos, Native Americans, outer space, Rod Serling, solar system, space travel, Stephen Hawking, threats to humanity, To Serve Man, Voyager, Voyager 1, what aliens likely look like | 10 Comments

On having one’s unicorn-killing intellectual property stolen by Samsung, and celebrating the release of yet another Monkey Power Trio record

By Mark | February 17, 2013

I received a cryptic message a few days ago from an anonymous source, telling me that I had to immediately retain an attorney and protect my intellectual property from the evil Korean CEO of Samsung. I wrote it off as the ranting of a delusional reader, as it’s not uncommon for me to receive paranoid […]