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The Untold History of Zines… Doug Holland on Pathetic Life

By Mark | October 3, 2021

When I set out to interview all of the folks that were doing work that I respected back in the ‘90s, during the golden age of zines, there was one person I knew I wouldn’t be able to speak with. I’d been told by multiple people that Doug Holland, the man behind the legendary zine […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Media, Pop Culture, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged affordable housing, aliases, Anderson Valley Advertiser, ass shaving, B Traven, back hair, Banksy, being left alone, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Bill Brent, Black Sheets, book deal, Book of Zines, boundaries, Bruce Anderson, Bummers and Gummers, cheap, cheapskate, Christianity, Christopher Becker, cockroaches, COVID, Crank, Craphound, crawfish, dachshunds, Daily Blab, David Letterman, Dead Magazine Club, Death, Desert Moon, diary, disappearing, Dishwasher, Dishwasher Pete, Doug Biggert, Doug Holland, Duplex Planet, famous people who published zines, fanzines, fat, film ideas, frugality, fucked up families, Gulp Life, Harold and Maude, hemorrhoids, High Weirdness by Mail, Hollywood, honestly, Jeff Kay, Jeffrey Meyer, Kate Moss, Kool Man, Larry Farber, Libertarian, Loki Quinnangelis, Macy’s, mail drops, Marie Prevost, masturbation, McDonalds, Michael Jackman, Mike Gunderloy, mothers, movie reviews, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, New Orleans, New York Times, obsession, odd jobs, off-grid, office work, old movies, orgies, pathetic, Pathetic Live, pen names, personal zines, Pete Jordan, piss, pissing in sinks, playing hooky, privacy, quitter, quitting, reading, Rebecca Schaeffer, residential hotels, Roger Ebert, Rosebud, running away, Russ Meyer, San Francisco, Satanic Temple, science fiction, Seattle, secret identity, See Hear, Seth Friedman, shit, shitting on the floor, sinks, slobs, Sniffin’ Glue, solitude, Spiderman medallion, stalking, Stephanie Webb, Stymie, suicide, Sweden, Temp Slave, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, traumatic childhoods, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, underwear, Union Square, Utne Reader, waif models, West Virginia Surf Report, Wisconsin, Zine World | 11 Comments

Find love this week while making art in Ann Arbor

By Mark | October 30, 2011

A few days ago, I saw something online about an arts-based speed dating event coming up in Ann Arbor, and, knowing that a lot of you out there in the MM.com audience are sad and lonely, I thought that I’d mention it here. Following is my brief exchange with the person responsible for planning the […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged art school, art students, brain drain, dating, economic development, finding a mate, LGBTQ, Linette, mating rituals, meeting people, MFA, National Wildlife Federation, OK Cupid, speed dating, The Subtle Art of Match Making, University of Michigan, Work Gallery | 6 Comments

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