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EPISODE 8 ARKANSAS TEASER Grandma Lane is known for far more than biscuits and gravy. As a matter of fact, she doesn’t do much cook’n . She’s content to subsist on toast in the morning, grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and supper, and an occasional meal of fish and cooked broccoli with melted cheese. She…
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EPISODE 18 NEVADA TEASER The Monks cruised the hundred miles to Vegas under cloudy skies hoping to sneak in quietly before dawn. Coming over a hill, the orange, big-city glow slowly grew over the horizon. Finally, looking across a valley, Las Vegas literally popped into sight with a million watts of light arching across the…
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EPISODE 12 MAINE TEASER Lobster pounds and crazed Canadians out sunning in the frigid fog abounded up the winding coastal highway. Everyone spoke French. On second notice, it wasn’t French at all. It was Mainers speaking in a loud guttural bellow, leaning on their horns, anxious to pass our brakeless, sputtering, white trash hippie camper…
On The Road With The Monks
Buckle up your seatbelts, put down your devices, and pay close attention to off-ramps. The Monks have a massive trove of wild, wacky, wonderful detours ahead. Fourteen solid years of mishaps started with our very first encounter along the roads of Northern California. Landing in Paradise, California, before it burned, we found our way to…
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Before the worldwide web, TikTok, and selfies, there was Monk––a singular, self-published print magazine, written, published, and distributed from the road. Here are the basic facts, as we currently remember them. Year: 1986. Vehicle: a 1972 Ford Econoline Van. Founders: James Crotty, Michael Lane, and their cat Nurse. Tools: First Apple Macintosh, piles of floppy…
