The weekend of October 20 marked the 24th 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. Without much in the way of any […]
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68 hours in Manzanita…. The Monkey Power Trio’s 24th day as a band
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized Also tagged 1995, aging, alimony, ankles, appendix, bonfires, cancer, Carroll Gardens, Cheez-Its, Cleveland, contemplating the end, crumhorn, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, Death, divorce, drinking, fire, fleas, fog, Hasil Adkins, Hazel, ironing board, Jeff Kay, jellyfish, Jody Bleyle, laughing, Low Sack, Manzanita, Matt Krizowsky, mayonnaise, McMenamins, meteor shower, Mike Bell, napping, naps, Newton High School, nicknames, Oregon, Oregon Historical Society, Pacific Ocean, Pantless, Pantless Dan, Pear Hawthorn, Pete Holmes, Portland, pranks, recording, Reno, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, scallops, Scrabble, Señor Wences, Skull Island, The Ballad of Christian Wolfcock, The Sand Flea, timber, trumpet, wills 15 Comments
Gary Peters on health care: “I put it all an the line to make (the ACA) happen, so don’t question my motivations here.”
Michigan Senator Gary Peters held a town hall meeting today at Eastern Michigan University. As it was just announced yesterday evening, attendance was relatively sparse. I’d say there were maybe about 125 people in the audience, most of whom, judging by how people introduced themselves when posing questions to the Senator, were from Ann Arbor. […]
Posted in Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 55, Affordable Care Act, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, authoritarianism, Chuck Schumer, corporatism, Donald Trump, DREAM Act, Elizabeth Warren, fired up and ready to go, Gary Peters, gun control, gun violence, health care reform, health insurance, immigration, Jeff Merkley, marijuana, Medicare, Medicare for all, nationalism, Obamacare, opiod, populism, preexisting conditions, single-payer system, the future of the Democratic Party, universal background checks 82 Comments