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I love New York, but the corporate pornography of Times Square leaves me flaccid

By Mark | June 16, 2012

After attending the Netroots Nation conference in Providence, I spent $23, and took the Megabus to New York. (I’d wanted to take the train, but I couldn’t justify spending the additional $90.) I met up with Linette and the kids there, and we took over the Brooklyn apartment of Linette’s brother, Neal, forcing him to […]

Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, anti-consumerism, Barbie, Brad Hodgins, candy, Centrak Park, Church of Stop Shopping, Cindy Sherman, Clementine, consumerism, ear buds, Hannah Montana, John's Pizzeria, M&M, M&M World, Megabus, MoMA, Neal Lao, Netroots Nation, New York, New York City, Princess School, rectal prolapse, Reverend Billy, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Toys R Us, WWII | 16 Comments

Eight parents that should be neutered and shot into the sun

By Mark | May 6, 2010

I’m busy this evening, working on the script for tomorrow night’s episode of Dreamland Tonight, but I wanted to share this horrible video nightmare that was just sent to me by someone who obviously wanted to trigger one of my famous, life-shortening panic attacks. Call me a prude, but I’ve got an issue with parents […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Rants | Also tagged Carson Daly, child cruelty, childhood, Concentrate Media, dancing, Dreamland Theater, kids grow up too fast, kids made up like prostitutes, Last Call, people who should be launched into the sun, reviews, sexualizing kids | 28 Comments

Jane Jacobs: Genius of Common Sense

By Mark | May 12, 2009

I just noticed in the New York Time Review of Books that there’s a new children’s book out about one of our favorite women, Jane Jacobs, the author of the brilliant 1961 book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” The book, recommended for readers between the ages of nine and twelve, is called […]

Posted in Architecture, Art and Culture | Also tagged Death and Live of Great American Cities, Disney, Genkus of Common Sense, Hannah Montana, Jane Jacobs, Miley Cyrus | 4 Comments

Breakfast over Britney Spears

By Mark | March 16, 2009

I was going to post the pathetic new video for Britney Spears’ “shocking” comeback song If You Seek Amy – pronounced… wait for it… “F.U.C.K. Me” – but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Instead, I give you this video of Minister Cleo Clariet and his fiancé Katherine Laneabout singing about breakfast foods, which […]