Tag Archives: McDonalds

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, finding love, 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, 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 | 9 Comments

Our primary platform for communicating our most deeply-held religious beliefs should be fast food packaging

By Mark | November 10, 2015

“I just ate at McDonalds and I’m absolutely beside myself. I’m so upset that I can barely type. Do you know that nowhere on the packaging for their Filet ‘O Fish does it mention that Jesus Christ died for our sins upon a cross? It doesn’t even mention that he was known to have enjoyed […]

Posted in Marketing, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized | Also tagged brand identity, brand jamming, branding, broiled fish, Christianity, Christians under attack, coffee, cups, Donald Trump, fast food, filet 'o fish, fish, Glengarry Glen Ross, honeycomb, Jesus, logos, packaging, paper cups, resurrection, war on Christmas, What Would Jesus Eat? | 31 Comments

And the award for darkest brand jamming goes to….

By Mark | October 19, 2015

Earlier this month, seemingly out of nowhere, references to a new campaign for Frosted Flakes started showing up online. The campaign, called Tony is Back, promised to bring Tony the Tiger back into our homes to address the real-world problems of modern adults with enthusiastic encouragement and sugary cereal in the much the same way […]

Posted in Marketing, Media, Uncategorized | Also tagged ad campaigns, anti-capitalist, brand jamming, cereal, culture jamming, Finland, First Breath Films, Food Liberation Army, Gina Ferranti, Jani Leinonen, Kellogg's, mascots, police violence, prostitution, Ronald McDonald, terrorism, Tony is Back, Tony the Tiger | 9 Comments

The state of agriculture in Washtenaw County

By Mark | December 8, 2010

My friend Mary Morgan just shared this factoid on Facebook, and I found it so fascinating that I decided to steal it… As for the little minotaur in corner, don’t pay any attention to him. I just threw him in to spice things up a bit. I didn’t mean to imply that any fraction of […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Food, Media, Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Chronicle, Bare Knuckle Farm, farming, food security, healthy food access, local food production, Mary Morgan, meat, meat creatures, Washtenaw County | 18 Comments

What exactly is organic propellant?

By Mark | October 19, 2009

My friend Leighton recently brought the existence of the Organic Batter Blaster to my attention. Leaving aside for the moment the “ejaculative” nature of the name, to use Leighton’s terminology, I’m left wondering what organic propellant it is that they use to compel the Batter Blaster plaster from it’s phallic tube. I ran the idea […]