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Band loses monkey muse

By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper

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Can you please help four rockers find their missing monkey?

And not just any monkey, but a true celebrity of the music (and public access cable) world: Mr. Monkey!

While just a hand puppet, Mr. Monkey has played an big role in lofting The Violets, the Ditmas Park–based quartet, to quasi-stardom.

The band members repaid Mr. Monkey, the felt-covered host of their monthly BCAT show, by leaving him on the Q train.

“We all feel horrible,” said Violets frontman Alexander Nixon. “We were in the middle of a shoot on the subway. There were lots of props, lighting, too many things going on.

“Still,” Nixon added, “you don’t lose the host. Would Spielberg lose Tom Cruise in the middle of a shoot?”

To make amends, Nixon and his bandmates have posted a $500 reward, plastering “Missing” posters along the Q train from Cortelyou Road, where the band got on that fateful April 8 train, to Kings Highway.

Of course, with the public’s help, there’s still time to save the day. But one word of caution: Don’t just buy a monkey puppet and try to pass it off as Mr. Monkey. Nixon warned that, like Bill Clinton’s distinguishing mark, the real Mr. Monkey is easily identifiable.

Anyone with information is asked to e-mail the band at theviolets@gmail.com.

©2007 The Brooklyn Paper

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