Monthly Archives: August 2009

“The Books” and My Sudden Realization

By monkey | Published: August 29, 2009
Ok, first listen to this track. This band is one of my all time favorites. They’re called “The Books” and the band consists of two guys, Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong. As far as I’m concerned their geniuses. They’re music is strangely experimental incorporating found sounds, field recordings, movie clips and old records into a [...]
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So, I’m Downtown…

By monkey | Published: August 29, 2009
And a friend of mine sees some frat boy passed out on a corner across from another friend’s apartment. The guy that saw him is all like, “Dude, I’m gonna kick that guy.” I’m all like, “Okay, I’ll hold the door.” Next thing I know we’re carrying a passed out frat boy into the apartment. [...]
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Costume Shopping’s A Bitch

By monkey | Published: August 28, 2009
Have you ever hit the intarwebs in search of a really good, high quality Halloween costume only to discover that the only costumes made these days are of the type shown here? Plus, you find 6,274 online stores selling a Captain Hook outfit but every store is selling the exact same product. By the way, [...]
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Prince Mongo

By monkey | Published: August 27, 2009
Robert “Prince Mongo” Hodges is an icon in Memphis. He’s an icon in my life. When I was abandoned in my childhood by my biological parents, Prince Mongo took me in and sheltered me in his castle. He taught me all about the thieves that run the city! He taught me all about the planet [...]
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The Start.

By monkey | Published: August 27, 2009
As with every blog out there, I must have a starting post. Something to kick this off. I first came up with the idea for this blog months ago, bought the domain, started designing it, then hit a snag early on with the site design. I couldn’t make things work like I wanted them to. Oh [...]
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