In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]
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The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff Kay on the West Virginia Surf Report
America’s Got Feces… local artists bring cat poop to network television
A few months ago, our friends Chris Sandon, Natalie Berry and Trevor Stone, who perform together under the name Spontaneous Art, drove out to Chicago to audition for the television show America’s got Talent. Well, on Wednesday night, their episode finally aired. Here’s video of their segment, followed by the transcript of a discussion that […]
Primary election results… and killing time with Howard Stern
I’m killing time, listening to old Howard Stern bits, while elections results are being tabulated. For those of you who didn’t grow up in the New York area, here’s the context for Cookie Puss, who figures prominently in the above clip. Update: It looks like Rick Snyder blew away Pete Hoekstra and Mike Cox in […]
The creepy Letterman post
You probably know by now, but David Letterman, after receiving a gentle nudge from a friendly blackmailer, recently confessed to having seduced a number of nubile underlings. Letterman himself acknowledged that his behavior was “creepy.” And, as more and more comes out, that certainly seems to be the case. Vanity Fair’s Jim Windolf, for one, […]
“So, you spent Thanksgiving sharing criminal memories with your family? I thought it was bad enough when I read your diary entries about trying to get young men to buy you drinks, leering at nudie photos of their girlfriends, and fantasizing about blowing bus drivers. I hope you’ll be able to check this sad decline.” –Doug Skinner
It never occurred to me that the readers of this site would misinterpret or, worse yet, purposefully twist my words for comedic and even hurtful effect. However, that is just what one Mr. Douglas Skinner has done to me. He has jumbled my words together and turned them against me! Does his cruelty know no […]