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Morbid Reflection: Michigan Horror Films 1976-2014

By Mark | October 24, 2017

This weekend, my friend Forest Juziuk is going to be hosting a festival called Morbid Reflection: Michigan Horror Films 1976-2014 at Planet Ant’s new Ant Hall in Hamtramck. You can find ticket information at the end of this post, but, first, here’s a short conversation between Forest and myself about how the festival came together, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan | Also tagged Aaron Dilloway, America’s Funniest Videos, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Atman, Back From Hell, beds, beds that eat buckets of chicken, beds that eat hands, Border Angels, Brian Hunter, cats, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, Demon Lover, Demons, Devil Master, domestic violence, Donald Trump, Everything Is Terrible!, Evil Dead, Film, film festivals, film trailer, Forest Juziuk, Ghost Light, Halloween On Christmas, Harmony Korine, HAVEN, horror, horror movies, It Follows, Jeremy Wheeler, Kye Potter, Matt Jaissle, Memory Hole, Morbid Reflection, murder, Planet Ant, Planned Parenthood, psychedelic, Purple Rain, Purple Rain: Terror Beyond Belief, Ruth Ellis Center, Sean Curtis Patrick, sexual assault, The Carrier, Toshio Matsumoto, Trash Humpers, University of Michgan, VHS, Wolf Eyes, zines | 3 Comments

Monkey Power Trio determined to be awesomely meow-worthy

By Mark | March 16, 2012

I don’t generally share reviews of my one-day-a-year band, the Monkey Power Trio, on this site. I’d like to say that its because I’m modest. It has more to do, however, with the fact that the reviews are, almost without exception, embarrassingly negative. But, every so often, for reasons that I can’t quite understand, someone, […]

Posted in Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged Dick Panthers, John Peel, KFJC, KZSU, reviews, Stanford | 4 Comments

On the passing of Davy Jones, what Mike Nesmith meant by invoking Eleanor Rigby, and whether or not Bowie will take his name back

By Mark | March 1, 2012

I don’t have as much time tonight to comment on the death of Davy Jones as I would like, but I did want to pass along this statement, which was issued today by his former Monkees bandmate Michael Nesmith. Here’s what “the quiet Monkee” had to say. All the lovely people. Where do they all […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged Air Supply, another famous person has died, Beatlemania, Brady Bunch, Christian Nesmith, David Bowie, Davy Jones, Death, Eleanor Rigby, Head, Jerry Mathers, Leave It to Beaver, meditations on death, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Repo Man, The Beatles | 18 Comments

Bill Murray on the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman

By Mark | February 5, 2012

The other day, I heard someone mention that David Letterman was celebrating his 30th anniversary on television, and I made a note to myself to see if I could find the first episode of Late Night online. Well, I just did, and wanted to pass along a few clips. While Letterman was certainly good, if […]