Category Archives: Crimewave USA

Totally Quotable Clementine: Paula Dean is Dead edition

By Mark | August 22, 2012

Clementine came up and said this to me this morning. I guess she’d seen the television news somewhere last night. I didn’t know where to begin… In retrospect, I probably should have started by asking why Paula Deen’s death would bring her anything but sadness, but, instead, after taking a few minutes to process what [...]

Also posted in Mark's Life, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged another famous person has died, comedy, Paula Deen, Phyllis Diller, totally quotable Clementine, women's liberation, women's rights, Ypsi history | 19 Comments

Bob Zmuda on securing Andy Kaufman’s penis with gaffer’s tape prior to his wrestling matches, the origins of Tony Clifton, Andy’s plans to fake his death, and a million other things

By Mark | April 28, 2012

Last night, I listened to Marc Maron’s interview with Andy Kaufman’s old writing partner, Bob Zmuda. My sense is that Maron… who has a brilliant podcast, by the way… found the experience somewhat frustrating, as Zmuda insisted on being evasive about a few things, like the circumstances surrounding Andy’s death, and the question as to [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andy Kaufman, Andy Kaufman Revealed, Andy Warhol, Ben Franklin, Bessie Smith, Billy Wilder, Bob Zmuda, brilliant comedy, Buckminster Fuller, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Charlie Chaplin, comedy, FDR, gaffer's tape, George Harrison, Gregory Peck, Harriet Tubman, Houdini, J.D. Salinger, Jack Benny, Joey Ramone, Katherine Hepburn, Kurt Vonnegut, Leonardo Da Vinci, Malcolm X, Marc Maron, Mark Twain, Martin Luther King Jr., Myrna Loy, Nicola Tesla, Norman Wexler, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Falk, Robert Kennedy, Stanley Kubrick, tape, taping down penises, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Pynchon, Tim Carey, Tony Clifton, Woody Allen, Woody Guthrie, wrestling, wrestling women | 13 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor exit interview: Forest Juziuk

By Mark | August 31, 2011

A friend of mine named Forest is going to be leaving his home in Ann Arbor soon, for the west coast. I thought that I’d take the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his decision to go, and ask his thoughts on the arts scene that he’ll be leaving behind. Following are my [...]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged A&W, Ann Arbor arts scene, Ann Arbor Film Festival, avocados, B. Thomas Hunter, Blind Pig, Blood Club, Book of Zines, boxty, Brian Hunter, Canterbury House, Chacho, Coney McGillicutty, Dark Matter, Depot Town, Dreamland Theater, Erin Nicole Bratkovich, Forest Juziuk, Gerlado, Google, Hall Of Owls, Hillers meat counter, Hollis, hot dogs, HOTT LAVA, Irish food, Jeremy Wheeler, John Hieftje, Lauren Hill, mall frog sales, Manhole, Mariah Cherem, Midwest Scene Report, music venues, Name Brand Tattoo, Nomo, Portland, Rick's American Cafe, San Francisco, Shelley Sallant, Skate Laws, Ted Kennedy, The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, The Bang, The Whip, the Ypsi arts scene, Van Houten, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 24 Comments

Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road

By Mark | April 10, 2011

Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90′s, and, then, at some point later in the decade, we met up in LA and became friends. He was married, with two kids, and working [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Tagged agents, Billy White Eggs, California, crease-cleaning monkey, Crossroads Road, Deadwood, Dukes of Clairmont, eaten by dogs, Edgar Allan Poe, Evil Twin, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, indie publishing, Jeff Kay, Jovis McIntire, Los Angeles, lottery, Marie Prevost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, NBC, novels, obesity, Party of Five, Pennsylvania, Revenge of Print, Scranton, self-publishing, Sunshine, things that I hope I don't cry and convulse through, yurts, zine friends | 9 Comments

Revenge of Print… and the rebirth of Crimewave USA

By Mark | January 4, 2011

As some of you may know, I used to publish a little magazine called Crimewave USA with my wife, Linette. We put out about 15 issues over ten years or so, and, in that time, did some pretty good work that we’ll still proud of. We didn’t change the world, but I’d like to think, [...]