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The Untold History of Zines… John Marr on Murder Can Be Fun

By Mark | September 14, 2017

In an attempt to better understand the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way into my cold and slowly-beating heart about a quarter century ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with John Marr, the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidents, Alfred Hitchcock, Annalee Newitz, BART, Berkeley, Billy Graham, black humor, Bluebeard, books, Boston Molasses Flood, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers Grimm, California, Charles “Junior” Jackson, Charlie Anders, childhood memories, Chuck Sperry, Cometbus, creeps, cribs, Crimewave USA, Daryl King, disasters, Disneyland, Doggie Diner, douches, Edgar Rice Burroughs, eight inches, Erin Smith, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Flipper, Fredric Brown, gentrification, ghosts, hamburgers, Hans Christian Anderson, Hardy Boys, Heinrich Hoffman, Holmes Book Company, homicide, Ira Lunan Ferguson, Jack Boulware, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Thompson, John Coffin, John Marr, John Waters, John Wayne Gacy, Kwik Way, Lynn Peril, Mabuhay Gardens, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Maxwell Malice, Mike Gunderloy, Mormon, mufti, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, murder junkies, murder suicide, natural disasters, Oakland, Paul Lukas, personalized license plates, Phillip Hughes, Phoebe Gloeckner, podcasts, Pogo the Clown, punk rock, rashes, reading, research, Roman Mars, SALT, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, self-publishing, serial killers, Sex Bomb, sex tips, shit work, Shock Value, Slovenly Peter, Sound Choice, Space Burgers, Spot the Hooker, Sylvia Likens, Tarzan, The Brooklyn Bridge Bulletin, The Nose, The Untold History of Zines, Thrift Score, Tim Yohannan, true crime, used books, V. Vale, zines, zodiac killer, zoo deaths | 10 Comments

The fight over the future of public education in America moves to the full Senate, as Betsy DeVos’s nomination for Secretary of Education passes out of committee

By Mark | February 1, 2017

The above photo was taken by my friend Al Hoff today outside an elementary school in Pittsburg. While I imagine it’s possible that someone could have hung the flag upside down by mistake, I suspect it probably has something to do with what’s happening right now in Washington relative to public education. [The upside down […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Education, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alaska, Anchorage, Betsy DeVos, Cabinet, charter schools, confirmation hearings, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, for-profit charter schools, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, PTA, public education, religious fundamentalism, religious intolerance, Secretary of Education, Senate, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, Susan Collins, threats to public education, virtual charters | 22 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff “Keffo” Kelly on TempSlave!

By Mark | March 23, 2014

In an attempt to better document the sharp, rusty sliver of the American undrground press that worked its way through the protective coating of my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of interviewing all of the zine folks that I knew and loved back in the day. Today’s interview is with Jeff […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Mark's Life, Special Projects | Also tagged Alexis Buss, anarchists, anti-consumerism, arms trading, Bob Helms, Charlie Sheen, consumerism, Coplay, Corporate Crime, CPAC, cubicles, dairy, disappointment, Dishwasher Pete, exploitation, Factsheet Five, G.K. Darby, global climate change, Global Warming, Guinea Pig Zero, interviews, Iran-Contra, IWW, Jeff Kelly, Jen Angel, Jim Goad, Joyce Kornbluth, juvenile delinquent, Keffo, kitten blood, Madison, Moe Bowstern, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, political organizing, probiotics, Processed World, protesting, rebellion, Robert Helms, Ronald Reagan, Russ Forster, Scott Walker, Seth Friedman, slave labor, social media, Temp Slave, temping, temporary employees, temps, TempSlave!, the growing gap between rich and poor, The Untold History of Zines, tiger blood, underground press, V. Vale, Wall Street, Wisconsin, Wobblies, Wooden Shoe Bookstore, work, yogurt, zines | 10 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Scott Huffines and Sarah Boonstoppel of Atomic Books

By Mark | February 3, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that worked its way through the protective layer of gristle surrounding my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of the zine folks that I knew during the golden […]

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Mitt Romney fires PBS’s Jim Lehrer on live television, during the first televised presidential debate

By Mark | October 3, 2012

My thoughts on the debate can be found below… For those of you who aren’t already obligated to worship at the alter of Honey Boo Boo tonight, and want to be in the company of other humans, it looks as though the presidential debate is going to be shown at a few places in the […]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Big Bird, bingo, Bush tax cuts, catch-phrase, Cindy Brady, debate, debates, desperation, Gangnam Style, Honey Boo Boo, Jim Lehrer, Joel Gilbert, libel, live blog, Obama, Obama's mother, PBS, porn, Presidential politics, racism, Republican lies, rewriting history, Romney, scandal, Simpson Bowles, slander, Solyndra, Thrift Score, zingers | 42 Comments

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The Untold History of Zines… John Marr on Murder Can Be Fun

The fight over the future of public education in America moves to the full Senate, as Betsy DeVos’s nomination for Secretary of Education passes out of committee

The Untold History of Zines…. Scott Huffines and Sarah Boonstoppel of Atomic Books

Mitt Romney fires PBS’s Jim Lehrer on live television, during the first televised presidential debate

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