By Mark | September 14, 2017
In an attempt to better understand the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way into my cold and slowly-beating heart about a quarter century ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with John Marr, the […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidents, Al Hoff, Alfred Hitchcock, Annalee Newitz, BART, Berkeley, Billy Graham, black humor, Bluebeard, books, Boston Molasses Flood, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers Grimm, California, Charles “Junior” Jackson, Charlie Anders, childhood memories, Chuck Sperry, Cometbus, creeps, cribs, Crimewave USA, Daryl King, disasters, Disneyland, Doggie Diner, douches, Edgar Rice Burroughs, eight inches, Erin Smith, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Flipper, Fredric Brown, gentrification, ghosts, hamburgers, Hans Christian Anderson, Hardy Boys, Heinrich Hoffman, Holmes Book Company, Ira Lunan Ferguson, Jack Boulware, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Thompson, John Coffin, John Marr, John Waters, John Wayne Gacy, Kwik Way, Lynn Peril, Mabuhay Gardens, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Maxwell Malice, Mike Gunderloy, Mormon, mufti, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, murder junkies, murder suicide, natural disasters, Oakland, Paul Lukas, personalized license plates, Phillip Hughes, Phoebe Gloeckner, podcasts, Pogo the Clown, punk rock, rashes, reading, research, Roman Mars, SALT, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, self-publishing, serial killers, Sex Bomb, sex tips, shit work, Shock Value, Slovenly Peter, Sound Choice, Space Burgers, Spot the Hooker, Sylvia Likens, Tarzan, The Brooklyn Bridge Bulletin, The Nose, The Untold History of Zines, Thrift Score, Tim Yohannan, true crime, used books, V. Vale, zines, zodiac killer, zoo deaths |
By Mark | January 20, 2017
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the “civil rights” page that used to reside on the White House website is now gone. It apparently disappeared at noon, just as Trump was being sworn in as President. In its place is a page titled Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community, which begins like this, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged civil rights, crime, District of Columbia, Donald Trump, illegal immigration, inauguration, law and order, murder, police, police profanity, police state, police violence, sanctuary cities, the militarization of the police, undocumented workers, violent crime, White House |
By Mark | January 16, 2011
We haven’t seen her here on the site for the better part of a year, but, for a quite a while, we were getting regular updates from a woman by the name of Taminko Sanford on the fate of her son, Davontae, a prisoner in the Michigan correctional system. Davontae, who was found guilty of […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2007, bad police work, Cheryl Sanford, coerced confessions, crime, David Cobb, Davontae Sanford, Detroit corruption, Detroit Police, Detroit police crime lab, Diane Bukowski, drug gangs, Ernest Davis, false imprisonment, Gerald Williams, hit men, Ira Todd, James Davis, Kwame Kilpatrick, Kym Worthy, LaTonya Brooks, Michael Stefani, Mitchell Foster, murder, murder for hire, murder mystery, organized crime, police investigations, Rose Cobb, Runyon Street, Russell Marcilis Sr., Taminko Sanford, Vincent Smothers, Violent Crimes Task Force, Voice of Detroit, William Rice, wrongly accused |
Former Baltimore newspaperman, David Simon, perhaps best known for his work on Homicide and The Wire, spoke before John Kerry’s Senate sub-committee on the future of journalism yesterday. As you might expect, he was brilliant. Sure, he discounted the contributions of blogs, many of whom really are producing valuable, original content, but, for the most […]