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The Untold History of Zines… Sean Tejaratchi on Crap Hound

By Mark | March 17, 2019

When I first started my “History of Zines” oral history project back in 2013, one of the first people I reached out to was Sean Tejaratchi, the man behind the incredibly ambitious clip art zine Crap Hound. [As someone with OCD, the obsessiveness of Crap Hound really resonated with me, and I wanted to find […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1970, A is For, A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows, abortion, action figures, Adam Parfrey, Adidas, aggressive massage, Amok, amusement parks, animal erections, Answer Me, Anton LaVey, Apple Cabin, Bertrand Falstaff Heine, birds with human penises, book design, bubbles, calendars, Cane toad, Captain Matthew Webb, change, Charlie McCarthy, Chloe Eudaly, Chris Thile, clip art, coffee, consignment, consistency, Crap Hound, Dan Howland, Danzine, Death Scenes, Debbie Goad, Dishwasher Pete, DIY, dongs, ear trumpet, erections, Eugene, Evel Knievel, evolution, fake band posters, feral child, Feral House, Geek Love, Genie the feral child, graphic design, Gregg Turkington, He-Man, Heinous, identity politics, Independent Publishers Resource Center, IPRC, Jim Goad, John Coffin, Journal of Ride Theory, Katherine Dunn, Kathy Molloy, Kinko's, Lake Wobegon, Larry Crane, LiarTown, Live from Here, living in the past, Los Angeles, maggots, Martha Plimpton, Masters of the Universe, Mattel, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Michael McKean, Mike King, Miranda July, navel gazing, Nick Bougas, Oregon, oversharing, PDXS, penises, pigeon, poop exchange, Portland, Portland City Council, Portland Mercury, Powell’s Books, Prairie Home Companion, privacy, Reading Frenzy, Rebecca Gilbert, romanticizing the past, Satan Takes a Holiday, sculpture, Sean Tejaratchi, Skeletor, Smurfs, Snake Mountain, Snipehunt, Social Justice Kittens, Stanton Greer, Stella Marrs, Steve Mandich, surf monkey, Tape Op, The Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness, The Devil’s Notebook, The Untold History of Zines, the Voight-Kampff test, Toad Licker, toad licking, toys, transitions, Watts Riots, Weekly World News, Westworld, Willamette Week, WOW Hall, zine library, zines | 24 Comments

Reminiscing about cleaning the glory holes and peep shows of the old Michigan Avenue porn shop

By Mark | October 8, 2018

Back when I used to have the radio show, I would occasionally get messages from a listener in Colorado. For the purposes of this post, we’ll call him Jeff… Well, Jeff, in one of our conversations, let it be known that he’d not only spent a good part of the ‘70s in Ypsilanti, but that […]

Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 16mm, 1972, 1976, 8mm, adult films, Alibi Bar, amyl nitrate, Art 1 and 2, Bill Clinton, Bimbo’s, blue collar, chronic masturbation, Cleveland, College Pharmacy, commissions, customer service, deep throat, Eruption, escort services, factories, General Tom Thumb, glory holes, Green Room, Hungry Charlie’s, independent retail, John Holmes, Kroger, Larry’s Tropical Fish, Martha Washington Theater, masturbation, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Avenue Bookstore, mopping, oral history, peep shows, porn, prostitution, quarters, Reuben Sturman, Ron Braverman, semen, sex toys, Spaghetti Bender, Swedish Erotica, The Deuce, The Saturday Six Pack, The Velvet Touch | 27 Comments

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