Inspired by The Onion, I’m working on a new business plan. It only has two steps. STEP ONE: Start a satire company that relentlessly mocks Hillary Clinton. STEP TWO: Sell to Clinton’s biggest supporter. While, as far as I know, no one one The Onion’s editorial staff has talked to the press and confirmed that […]
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Has the coverage of Hillary Clinton in The Onion changed since one of her biggest supporters struck a deal to purchase the company?
Posted in Ideas, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged business ideas, business plans, Cheryl Saban, Clinton Foundation, conspiracy theory, corporate media, Haim Saban, Hillary Clinton, Mark's big ideas, media consolidation, Saban Research Institute, satire, The Onion, Univision 22 Comments
John Doe: On the origins of X, what the history books get wrong about the LA punk scene, and the fucked up state of our world
I had the opportunity a few days ago to speak briefly with John Doe of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X. Doe, along with his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, after making their way thorugh Chicago in early September, will be playing two dates in Michingan… September 6 at The Magic Bag […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1976, 1977, acting, Amiee Mann, Andy Warhol, Antioch, astroturf, Baltimore, Beat poets, Bertha's, Billy Zoom, Black Randy and the MetroSquad, Brendan Mullen, CBGB, Chuck Berry, conspiracy theories, DJ Bonebrake, Eddie Cochran, Exene Cervenka, Harry Dean Stanton, ISIS, Joe Henry, John Doe, John Waters, Los Angeles, Loudon Wainwright, Max's Kansas City, nihilism, Patrick Swayze, Patti Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Pleased to Meet Me, punk, punk rock, Roadhouse, sensationalism, Slash, songwriting, St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Talking Heads, Tennessee Williams, The Alley Cats, The Bags, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Go-Go’s, The Masque, The Plugz, The Weirdos, underground press, Velvet Underground, Venice Beach, violence, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, X, X: The Unheard Music, Ypsi Song Fest, Ypsilanti District Library 17 Comments