By Mark | November 16, 2017
A lot of my male heroes have been assholes. Dr. Seuss, they say, was a philandering bigot. John Lennon, by all accounts, was abusive. J. D. Salinger and Charlie Chaplin preyed on young women. And, as we know, Thomas Jefferson actually bought and sold human beings, at least one of whom he had sexual relations […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2006, Al Franken, Beverly Young-Nelson, black lives matter, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Cosby Show, Donald Trump, friend zone, J.D. Salinger, John Edwards, kissing, Leeann Tweeden, Michale Jackson, pedophilia, Roger Stone, Roman Polanski, Roy Moore, Sean Hannity, sexism, sexual harassment, sexual predator, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Thriller, toxic masculinity, USO, Women's March on Washington, Woody Allen, Zelig |
One year ago this evening, at the Democratic National Convention, First Lady Michelle Obama, referring to the tone of the Trump campaign, coined the phrase, “When they go low, we go high.” One year ago. Michelle Obama addressed the DNC: 'When they go low, we go high'. https://t.co/2DDo0ETklD pic.twitter.com/RqIOceXUwH — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 26, […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, DNC, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, knives, Michelle Obama, murder, murder fantasy, torture, torture porn, When They Go Low We Go High |
By Mark | January 16, 2014
In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged 8-Track Heaven, 8-Track Mind, 8-tracks, angels, art-damaged pop, audio equipment, audio formats, Brigham Young, car culture, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chicago 18, community building, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Death, Detroit, Disney World, Douglas Federal, End Result, energy conservation, exercise tapes, Gordon Van Gelder, hospice, impermanence, infinite loop, King Strang, Lear Jets, legends, Love Story, masturbation, misshapen penises, misshapen penises of zine publishers, Mormon, Museum Of Contemporary Art, music, Noble Truths, obsolete technology, origin myths, penises, performance art, Positive Force, punk rock, recycling, ritual castration, Russ Forster, The Untold History of Zines, thrift stores, trackers, ugly duckling, underground press, VHS, Voree Tablets, zines |
Everyone’s favorite super cool scientist, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, had what I found to be an interesting exchange with GM’s former chairman, Bob Lutz, on Bill Maher’s program a couple of days ago. The ball got rolling when Lutz, who, as you’ll recall, was quoted in 2004 as saying that global warming was “a total crock […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Politics, Science, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1941, anti-science, astrophysicists, Bible, Bob Lutz, crocks of shit, Florida, Florida Keys, General Motors, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, hurricanes, memories of childhood, Mitt Romney, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Obamacare, reality deficient, republican primary, RIck Santorum, Scarsdale, Science, the origins of man, the universe |
By Mark | October 18, 2010
On FOX News yesterday, Republican candidate for Senate, Carly Fiorina, said, if elected by the people of California, she’d fight to make Bush’s tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans permanent. When pressed by Chris Wallace on what she’d cut in order to cover the $4 trillion budget shortfall that would result, though, the failed former […]
