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Krampus 2014 recap

By Mark | December 22, 2014

Late last week, I got a call from a writer at National Geographic. She wanted to know why the people of Ypsilanti had decided, five years ago, to summon the spirit of Krampus back to earth. Now that Krampus events are becoming more commonplace around the United States, she wanted to find out where it […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Black Mirror, Brian Bruxvoort, Casey Dawson, Charlie Brown, cloven hooves, Corner brewery, Daily Nightmare, Devil worship, Dirty Snowball Sundaes, Dreamland Theater, faces on fire, Go Ice Cream, ice cream, Jessica Sheeran, Jim Leach, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Mike Perini, Pandora's Lunchbox, Peanuts on Ice, Rhyta Musik, Ryan Dawson, war on Christmas, White Bear | 19 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Gregory Hischak on Farm Pulp

By Mark | January 2, 2014

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 […]

Posted in Crimewave USA, Special Projects | Also tagged 1990, Agatha Cristie, Atomic Books, aviation, Bertolt Brecht, Big Geology Cabaret, Big Squirrel Lick National Park, Birthplace of Aviation, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Writers Center, Cincinnati, collaboration, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Dada, David Mamet, Dayton, Edward Gorey, Edward Lear, Elliot Bay Books, Etch-A-Sketch, Eugene Baskerville, experimental theater, Factsheet Five, fake tourist attractions, famous people who published zines, Farm Hussy, Farm Pulp, fluxus, folding paper, fonts, found objects, Gang of Four, Golden Girls, graphic design, Greg Hischak, Gregory Hischak, Humana Festival, insecurity, James Thurber, John Cage, Left Bank Books, Lewis Carroll, Mad magazine, Max Ernst, Michael J. Rosen, Mirth of a Nation, Ohio, Petticoat Junction, playwrights, Portland Stage Company, Powell's, publishing, pulp, punk, Reading Frenzy, red dresses, Rene Magritte, Samuel Beckett, Seattle, Seattle Fringe Festival, See Hear, sexless, sibling rivalry, slam poets, small press, stamps, surrealism, The New Yorker, The Untold History of Zines, theater, This American Life, Thomas S. Hischak, toasters, underground press, Woody Allen, wooing girls, Wright Brothers, Xena, Yarmouth, Yoko Ono, young thugs, zines | 18 Comments

America is Doomed… and not for the reason these people think

By Mark | March 19, 2012

I had occasion to watch television for extended periods of time this weekend, and it certainly didn’t do much to dissuade me from my belief that ours is a paranoid and fearful culture in decline. Here are two examples. The first is a promo for a show called Doomsday Preppers on the National Geographic Channel. […]

Posted in Ideas, Pop Culture, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged alcohol as currency, alternative currency, America is Doomed, Barbara Walters, Clementine, Discovery Channel, doomsday, Doomsday Bunkers, Doomsday Preppers, end times, fear, Guy McPherson, Joan Rivers, Mad Max, magic beans, National Geographic Channel, paranoia, reality television, Survival Seed Bank, survivalist, vaginal rejuvenation, vaginas | 22 Comments

In a Plain Martha Wrapper

By Mark | August 19, 2002

Linette and I went to Borders yesterday. The plan was to stop in and buy a guidebook for Italy (where we dream of going, when we can afford it) and then to head over to Starbucks for a coffee (which we like to drink when we can afford it). When we first walked in to […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Media, Retail, sex | Also tagged 1932, 8th Circle of Hell, Amazon, Borders, Brown Jug Restaurant Line Cook convention, Charlie Sheen, clitoris the size of a standard index card, Cosmopolitan, Criterion Collection, Dockers, evolution of porn, Fritz Lang, Germany, hard-core porn, M, magnified to comic proportion, Martha Stewart, masturbation guard, movie review, paperback romance, Penthouse, Peter Lorre, Playboy, scanning for ex-girlfriends and physical, serial killers, Spy Kids, Star Fleet, Star Trek, Starbucks, Start Trek the Next Generation, the canals of Mars, Wesley Crusher, Wil Wheaton, Xtreme Caligula | Leave a comment

this just in: updates from earlier stories

By Mark | August 10, 2002

Good News: The Strippers weren’t Strippers… and, even if they were, they were butt ugly! OK, remember how a few days ago I was telling you that my office softball team was slated to play the team from the local all-nude strip joint, but how I couldn’t go because I got stuck in my basement, […]

Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Other | Also tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, artificial vaginas, C Thomas Howell, Deja Vu, dryer, found stuff, Monk, Na Leo, OCD, Pukalani, Ritalin, Sears, softball, Soul Man, strippers | Leave a comment

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Krampus 2014 recap

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