By Mark | February 16, 2010
I guess the folks at Utne Reader must have appreciated the little magazine that Linette and I used to publish. They just launched a new website called the Dead Magazine Club, where they bemoan the loss of great periodicals, and they chose Crimewave as their very first entry. Apparently they want to know what’s become […]
Also posted in Pop Culture | Tagged alternative press, Crimewave USA, Dead Magazine Club, dead magazines, Desert Moon Distribution, famous people who published zines, Roger Ebert, science fiction, self-publishing, Terri Schiavo, Utne Reader, Wicked Witches, zine pioneers, zines |
One of my favorite artists, Daniel Johnston, is going to be playing at Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig on Sunday, August 16. If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing him perform, I’d highly recommend it. Here, by way of introduction, is a video of him performing the song Living Life not too long ago in […]
11:00 Super busy. No time to write…. Someone must have smuggled in a cello or something. I can hear it coming from across the room, and it sounds great. 8:44 I’ve got great videos that I want to post, but it looks like my camera battery has died… I’m pissed off. 6:20 The special Shadow […]
Also posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Food, Local Business, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Tagged bag lunch, bathroom interview, brushes with death, Cd. Juarez es the # 1, cycle powered cinema, dollar dozer, interview, Juarez, money hole, My Life in Ypsi, Ryan, severed heads, Shadow Brew, Zingerman's |
Every once in a while, something wonderful happens that brings us together as a nation. A hot, blonde teacher beds a burnout eighth-grader in front of his buddies. A bug-eyed bride-to-be lies about being abducted in order to escape her impending wedding to some poor schlub. Or, a certifiably insane narcissist convinces a shady fertility […]
Also posted in entrepreneurism, Observations, Other, Pop Culture, Special Projects | Tagged auction, Baltimore, blowjobs, Brooklyn, Crimewave, Ebay, handjobs, hipster grifter, I heart beards, indie cred, inner city anarchist women's collective, Kari Farrell, liars, lying about cancer, mouth, pickup line, Salt Lake City, sanctuary, The House Bunny, Vice, Williamsburg |
The Ann Arbor News ran a piece today on zines that mentioned both Crimewave and the very neat zine course that Linette’s developed at EMU. Here’s a clip: …In the “Zines” class she teaches at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti resident and “Crimewave” zine co-creator Linette Lao teaches her students how to make their own zines, […]
