By Mark | November 25, 2010
This Thanksgiving morning I’m tempted to get political and say that I’m thankful above all else for things like the fact that a majority of Americans still think of Sarah Palin as being unfit to serve as President, and that former U.S. House majority leader Tom DeLay was found guilty yesterday of money laundering. But, […]
Posted in History, 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, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load |
I don’t know that he’s directly responsible for “rocking” churches and introducing Satanism to the people of Malawi, but I find it interesting that, after my friend Pete had spent a week there, this is the headline that would grace the front page of the nation’s largest paper. Pete, for those of you who don’t […]
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, Mike Bell, radio interviews, Vancouver, Winifred |
A reader of the site just sent this photo to me. I’d heard a while ago, from the former manager of the bar, that the roof had fallen in, but it’s amazing to actually see it. I think I’ve mentioned it here before, but this is where, about 17 years ago, I met Linette. I’d […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged analogies, condemned buildings, Cross Street, Cross Street Station, historic places, Linette Lao, metaphors, Oliva, palces that need to be marked by a plaque, roof collapse, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load |
By Mark | September 26, 2009
I’m trying to decide whether or not I should go out to this show tonight at the Heidelberg, in hopes of getting an interview with Television’s Richard Lloyd. I don’t think I’ve been to the Heidelberg in about 15 years, since the time they shut the power off on my band, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, because […]
