The best dog in the entire world passed away this morning. Her name was Freeda, and, for the past 13 years, she’s lived here in Ypsilanti with me and my family. She’s been a constant in our lives ever since our friend Monica brought her to us, after finding her wondering around Southwest Detroit just […]
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 […]
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By Mark | January 22, 2014
I spent much of this past weekend cleaning house. In the process, I found the following: An old drawing that I did of Linette, which I think is really beautiful, and surprisingly accurate. My old favorite photo of myself, which I thought that I’d lost forever. (I don’t believe they still make the synthetic silk […]
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Like it or not, the Shadow Art Fair, is just about 10 days away now. It’ll be good. You should come. As always, there will be tarot card reading, female circumcision, and a petting zoo for the kids… I’m not sure what I’ll be doing yet, but I think I’ll be there, talking about the […]
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I’m trying to decide what to do at the next Shadow Art Fair. While I want to construct my Hold a Trembling Artist shanty, I don’t think it’s going to happen by July 18. Right now, I’m considering a few possibilities. My favorite idea at the moment is to have a booth where I “friend” […]
