Mark Maynard | dressing up in costumes and lying to people

Krampus fever sweeps nation, enflames Ypsilanti

By Mark | December 12, 2011

All of a suden, it seems that Krampus is everywhere. I got a note a few days ago from someone telling me that I’d be getting a call from NPR, as they were working on story about a Krampus festival that folks were working to launch in Philadelphia. I guess, since we started our event […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anthony Bourdain, Brothers Grimm, costumes, Jerry Sandusky, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampus grants, Krampusdeep, Krampuslauf Philadelphia, Martin Thoburn, masks, pagan, parades, Penn State, Philadelphia, Stevens Point, The Mad Tinkers, torches, Wisconsin | 7 Comments

Our Krampus is apparently a female

By Mark | December 9, 2010

A zoologist identified our Krampus as a female this evening on the streets of Ann Arbor… This took place just minutes after we left the WCBN studio, where said Krampus pooped itself in excitement over meeting NPR’s Mike Perini.

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged costumes, drunk people on the street, drunk zoologists, Krampus, Mike Perini, pooping, WCBN | 6 Comments

Like the Watergate burglars, only dumber

By Mark | January 27, 2010

Remember James O’Keefe, the guy who, about six months ago, made a name for himself by dressing like what a well-off, white suburban kid thinks that a pimp looks like, and telling ACORN workers that he wanted to open brothels in their neighborhoods? Well, he’s back in the news today. It seems as though he […]