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Monkey Man

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About Me

'Tis I, The Crown Prince of Clownery, The Town Fool of the Enlightened, The Primate of Predestined Idiocratic Greatness, The Jaded Lemur....The one, the only....Monkey Man!!!Soley dedicated to the unification of all peoples through good food, good drink and good music.

My Interests

World Peace, Universal Enlightenment, Cooking - Eating

I'd like to meet:

People!

Music:

A work in progress of course....but a good start would be Cibo Matto, Hepcat, Yo La Tengo, The Slackers, King Tubby (most things Reggae actually), Arcade Fire, MC Paul Barman, Ghost, Acid Mothers Temple, Depth Charge, Roots Manuva, Amon Tobin for Christ's sake. The Honorable Dr. Zen, Cornelius, OO:OO, Coldcut, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Sugarplant, Badawi, John Coltrane, Madness, Gorillaz, Tom Waits, Prince Paul, Tom Ze, Slowdive, Arto Lindsay, David Byrne, Pere Ubu, Velvet Underground, FC Apatride, Jonathan Richman (another person I wish was my dad!!!), Dry and Heavy, More later.

Television:

Kill Your Television...although I admit I am hooked on Lost

Books:

Are for burnin'...unless we're talking about Spalding Gray, Kenzaburo Oe, Bukowski, Raymond Quineau, Stan Lee, Giant Robot or maybe.....

Heroes:

The Buddha, Crucial Bill Dillion, Bruce Lee & Ruddock "King Tubby" Osbourne, and most importantly Mom

My Blog

Sunny Minneapolis Day 1

Hi-ho, Ryan C. Monkey Man here.That is to say that I am in sunny Minneapolis....although truthfully it's pretty grey and rainy today, but I suspect that's because YOU are a freedom hater. None the le...
Posted by Monkey Man on Wed, 14 May 2008 04:26:00 PST

Check out this event: Monkeys 32nd Sort Of Annual Birthday Extravaganza

Hosted By: Ryan MatesWhen: Sunday Oct 21, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Old Curtis Street Bar21st/CurtisDenver, CO 80202United StatesDescription:Ryan Mates Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Monkey Man on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:05:00 PST

Is MySpace really just a place for the hucksters and the lonely

It's been a while since I've been on Ol' MySpace. You see....I've had a girlfriend. That's pretty much the only thing that keeps me off the internet...well in this fashion anyhow. Since May...up un...
Posted by Monkey Man on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:16:00 PST

My Day As A Zombie!!!!

Finally, in my life, I can write that and not have it be about being hung over!!!!What's this all about exactly? Sunday morning...well actually noonish. The phone rings...with an urgency. It won't ...
Posted by Monkey Man on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

New Friends In The Top List!!

In honor of Monkey Man returning to plain Ol' Monkey Man, I added some new friends to the top list.  Maybe you're interested in Israeli Surf Music, perhaps you'd like to listen to the rants of a ...
Posted by Monkey Man on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:50:00 PST

Apathy & Ignorance

It's no lie....I suffer from both of these....frequently.  Maybe this is an attempt to sideline such truths, but there is no way around it.  Here before us, on this very server, lies the wor...
Posted by Monkey Man on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:53:00 PST

FC Apatride!!!

Woohoo.....My friends in Serbia finally made it to Myspace.  For all you International Reggae lovers out there....get with it...Check 'em out.  In my mind there are only 2 ways to acquire Wo...
Posted by Monkey Man on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:36:00 PST

Confessions of a Creeper!!!!!!

Oh Geez...Oh Gosh!!!How does one start a blog with a title like that....where does it begin?  As I've mentioned before, one of the few indulgences that I allow myself in this town is my frequent ...
Posted by Monkey Man on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:06:00 PST

Sausage and Irony

Sausage and Irony....The two really have nothing in common, except that I happen to suffer from both of them right now. Irony...So here I am in Ft. Collins planning on making a not so triumphant retur...
Posted by Monkey Man on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:14:00 PST

Onions!!!!

Note to all readers....I'd suggest that unless you really really know me...you skip this blog....why?  Well because it makes me look like an ass...You have been warned!!! Here's the thing....I do...
Posted by Monkey Man on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:45:00 PST