Tag Archives: Baltimore

OK, let’s talk about the Baltimore riots

By Mark | April 28, 2015

Three people have written to me over the past 24 hours requesting that I start a thread on the riots that are currently raging in Baltimore. This post is for them. If not for their notes, I don’t think I would have mentioned it here. It’s not that I don’t care that Freddy Gray was […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged David Simon, Freddie Gray, John Angelos, LBJ, Michael Jackson, MLK, police violence, race, riots, The Wire | 19 Comments

John Doe: On the origins of X, what the history books get wrong about the LA punk scene, and the fucked up state of our world

By Mark | August 31, 2014

I had the opportunity a few days ago to speak briefly with John Doe of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X. Doe, along with his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, after making their way thorugh Chicago in early September, will be playing two dates in Michingan… September 6 at The Magic Bag […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1976, 1977, acting, Amiee Mann, Andy Warhol, Antioch, astroturf, Beat poets, Bertha's, Billy Zoom, Black Randy and the MetroSquad, Brendan Mullen, CBGB, Chuck Berry, conspiracy theories, DJ Bonebrake, Eddie Cochran, Exene Cervenka, Harry Dean Stanton, ISIS, Joe Henry, John Doe, John Waters, Los Angeles, Loudon Wainwright, mass media, Max's Kansas City, nihilism, Patrick Swayze, Patti Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Pleased to Meet Me, punk, punk rock, Roadhouse, sensationalism, Slash, songwriting, St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Talking Heads, Tennessee Williams, The Alley Cats, The Bags, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Go-Go’s, The Masque, The Plugz, The Weirdos, underground press, Velvet Underground, Venice Beach, violence, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, X, X: The Unheard Music, Ypsi Song Fest, Ypsilanti District Library | 17 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 […]

Posted in Crimewave USA, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1992, Aaron Cometbus, Adult Baby, Adult Swim, Al Hoff, Alberto Vargas, alt.zines, American Dime Museum, American Visionary Arts Museum, Amok, Amok Fourth Dispatch, Anarchist Cookbook, Andre Braugher, Answer Me, Apology Hotline, armed robbery, Atomic Books, Atomic TV, automatic stay, Avalon, bachelors, Baltimore Babylon, Baltimore City Paper, baltimoreorless.com, Baltimoron, bankruptcy, BDSM, Beer Frame, being robbed, Ben Is Dead, Bengies Drive-In, Benn Ray, Berserk, Besmirched, Black Friday, Blues Brothers, Bob Kathman, bubbles, Bunnyhop, cable access, Camille Paglia, capes, carbon monoxide poisoning, Carl Bennett, Carrot Top, catalogs, Cecil B. Demented, Charles Burns, Chick tracts, Church of the SubGenius, Club Charles, Cometbus, comics, commercials, community access, Coppin State University, crabs, Crank, creepy smut, crime, criminology, Crispin Glover, crossing the line, Dana Plato, Dana Plato’s Last Breath, Danny Elfman, David Greenberger, Death, Dennis Worden, Desert Moon, Devo, Dishwasher, Dishwasher Pete, Divine, dog shit, Donald Goines, Dr. Ron Israel, drunks, Duplex Planet, Durk Pearson, East Village Inky, Edith Massey, Edith Massey's teeth, Eightball, Ellen Forney, Elmer’s Glue, Elvis, erotica, escape pods, Essex, extra long interviews, extras, Factsheet Five, follow your dreams and go bankrupt, food service, Freaks, freakshows, Friendly’s, Fudge Palace, gay, Genetic Disorder, Gerald V. Casale, Giant Robots, Grape Ape, Gretchen Worden, Guinea Pig Zero, Hair To Stay, Happyland, Harry Reems, hate, heavy metal, High Weirdness by Mail, hillbillies, hippies, hipsters, Hitch, homicide, I was a Teenage Dominatrix, Iceberg Slim, Illinois Nazis, In the City of Bikes, independent bookstores, independent retail, indy retail, Infiltration, internet pioneers, IRS, Jack Hyatt, Jad Fair, James Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, jerking off, Jim Goad, Jim Rose, jizz, Joby Palczynski, Joe Coleman, Joe Matt’s Peepshow, John Waters, Johnny Eck, Johns Hopkins, Kathleen Kotcher, Ken Smith, Keri Pentauk, Kill Zinesters, Laibach, Larry Farber, Linda Blair, Lionel Hutz, Literary Finds for Mutated Minds, longest interviews known to man, Loompanics, LSD, Lydia Lunch, Lysol, mail fraud, mail order, Martha Plimpton, Maryland, masturbation, Mental Hygiene, mental patients, messy food in panties, Michael Hunt Publishing, Miracleman, Mobtown Shank, mock masturbation, Monkey Food, Mount Royal Tavern, moving back in with your parents, Mr. Apology, multi-level marketing, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, Mutter Museum, Mystery Date, Nazis, Negative Capability, Neil Gaiman, New York Times, Ninjalicious, nudist magazines, Ocean City, parenting, Pat Moran, Pathetic Life, Pecker, Penile Knievel, Penn Jillette, perfect storm, Pete Jordan, Peter Bagge, pies, Pink Flamingos, Pirates of Essex, Play-doh, porn, Princess Mononoke, pussy magnets, Rachel Whang, Ralph Coon, Redneck Manifesto, Reptilian Records, Rollerderby, Sandman, Sandy Shaw, Sarah Boonstoppel, SASE, Scott Huffines, self-publishing, Shawna Kenney, Shocked and Amazed!, sitting on pies, sleaze, smudge, smut, Spanked Husbands Satisfied Wives, Species 2, Splosh!, spree killers, Steely Dan, Steve Blickenstaff, stevedores, Stickboy, strippers, submissives, Superjail, Taylor Mead, tea-bagging, The Atlantis, The Dark Knight Returns, The Last Prom, The Pain When Will It End, The Simpsons, The Untold History of Zines, The Wire, Thrift Score, Tim Krieder, Tom Warner, training bra, true crime, Underdog Lady, underground comics, underground press, vampires, Watchmen, weird stuff, weirdos, WhAP!, Zamora the Torture King, zines | 25 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, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized | Also tagged 8-Track Mind, Amy Fusselman, Answer Me, Atomic Books, babysue, Baltimore Book Festival, Bamboo Girl, Beeframe, Ben Is Dead, Benn Ray, Bunny Rabbit, Bunnyhop, Chunklet, Crank, Crimewave USA, Desert Moon Distribution, Dishwasher, Doug Holland, Fancy, Farm Pulp, Flatter!, Gregory Hischak, Guinea Pig Zero, Hermenaut, Holy Titclamps, Jeff Kay, Modern Drunkard, Monozine, Motorbooty, Murder Can Be Fun, Pathetic Life, Peko Peko, Print is Dead, Quimby's, Razorcake, Revenge of Print, Rollerderby, Temp Slave, The Imp, Thriftscore, Tight Pants, West Virginia Surf Report, Xerography Debt, zines, Zineworld | 15 Comments

Ypsilanti’s first annual Kinetic Sculpture Race

By Mark | June 28, 2010

In Baltimore, they have something every year called the Kinetic Sculpture Race. People make these wonderful, human-powered, amphibious vehicles and they race them over land and water. The fifteen mile race, which is hosted by my favorite museum, the American Visionary Art Museum, takes almost 8 hours to complete. I’ve never had an opportunity to […]