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The Year the Suburbs Tried to Kill Me… Monkey Power Trio 20

By Mark | November 3, 2014

The weekend before last marked the 20th meeting of my one-day-a-year audio art collaborative, 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, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged bad luck, blue green algae, Brooklyn, brushes with death, bulldoze the suburbs, Chemlawn, Cupcake Fistfight, Fireball Whiskey, fringe suburbs, good luck, lakes, suburbs, Water Street Sculpture Park | 18 Comments

Have to believe we are magic…

By Mark | July 30, 2012

A year ago last week, I went out on a limb and declared Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street to be the best song ever written. It was a courageous stand, and I took a lot of heat for it, but it was the right thing to do… And, I’m about to do it again. Today, I’d […]