For the past several years, I’ve been posting my detailed notes here about the annual meetings of my incredibly magical one-day-a-year band, the Monkey Power Trio. I’m not sure why I started to do this, but it’s become yet another thing for me to obsess about. I invariably find myself sitting alone in an airport […]
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The Oral History of the Monkey Power Trio… “1996: The Sound of No Hands Clapping”
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio Also tagged 1996, A Bird in an Egg, Anne Shapiro, Atlanta, auditory archeology, Ben Is Dead, black teeth, Butt Science, City Pages, Creative Tattoo, Crimewave USA, Dan Richardson, Darby Romeo, David Simon, dental alginate, drunkenness, Ennio Morricone, Evil Is Bad, Fun City Tattoo, Good Will Win, Grey Grey Go Away, harmonica, I'll Win Your Heart, Jaycox Coal, Jen Larson, Jim Henson, Kill Zinesters, latex, Lower East Side, Matt Krizowsky, Mike Bell, Monkey Power Trio, Nancy Whiskey, National Wholesaler’s, New York, oral history, Pearl Paints, plaster cast, practical jokes, prank calls, probationary period, public sex, Ricki Lake Show, Rudy’s, Scott Baio, sculpture, Sergio Leone, severed hand, Snappy Urethra, spaghetti westerns, St. Mark’s Place, strippers, stuffed animals, Suzanne Fauser, Tasty Fish, tattoos, The Late Bloomers, The Sound of No Hands Clapping, Tommy Boy, Too True, Village Voice, We Are Smart, Wire 3 Comments
After a long, successful run, Ypsilanti’s SPUR Studios to close in July
It just became official that SPUR Studios would be closing on July 31, after six years in operation. Launched during the summer of 2009 by James Marks, the founder of Ypsilanti screen printing shop VG Kids, the constantly buzzing hive of interconnected studio spaces has served as home for dozens, if not hundreds, of local […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti Also tagged Chris Sandon, DIYpsi, Gallery 555, James Marks, Spur Studios, Steve Emshwiller, VG Kids 8 Comments
SPUR Studios Ann Arbor open house on Saturday
By now you’ve probably heard that our friends at SPUR Studios are opening an Ann Arbor satellite location. What you might not have heard, though, is that they’re having an open house tomorrow, Saturday, February 12, so that people can see the new studio spaces for themselves. Here’s a quick video tour. If you want […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti Also tagged art, artists, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, James Marks, SPUR Ann Arbor, Spur Studios 4 Comments