Before Amy Fusselman made a name for herself in the world of publishing as the author of books like Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted and Afraid to Die (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), The Pharmacist’s Mate (McSweeney’s, 2013), and 8 (McSweeney’s, 2013), she produced the delightfully […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged 8, Ace of Spades, Amy Fusselman, anonymity, anxiety, Bernard Pivot, Big Black, Brooklyn Public Library, Bunnyrabbit, Butthole Surfers, Charles Foster Kane, Columbus, Connecticut, creative writing, cribs, D. Boon, Daniel Clowes, David Robbins, Detroit, Dishwasher Pete, Doug Biggert, Eightball, fear of rejection, Ford, Frightwig, hearing aid, Idiophone, Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton, JC Penny, Kitty Kelley, Marlon Bundo, McSweeney's, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Cera, Mike Pence, Mike Watt, Minneapolis, minutemen, Monkey Power Trio, Motörhead, New York City, Nicholas Spice, Nyatiti, Ohio, Ohio Edit, Ohio State, Pat the Bunny, Pete Larson, publishing, Pussy Galore, Redd Cross, rejection, resiliency, Rilke, Rosebud, sandpaper, Savage Park, Scrawl, self-publishing, slit gong, Stache’s, stuffed animals, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, underground press, William Powell, Yaddo, zine friends, zines 3 Comments
Greg Baise on WCBN tomorrow, and on shiny, white, super-skinny American Apparel mannequins everywhere
I have a friend named Greg Baise. If you’ve ever been to see a band in the metro Detroit area, chances are you’ve probably seen him. He’s probably the best connected guy I know when it comes to music, having promoted shows for over a decade, and done tons of other stuff in the industry. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged American Apparel, awesome t-shirt ideas, Blind Pig, Corktown, critical mass, Dan Selzer, Dov Charney, Faust, Fuck Your Blog, Gold Dollar, halter leotards, Jeff Kaeppeler, Jezebel, Jodie Foster, karaoke, Keiji Haino, Kelly Jean Caldwell, Kevin O'Neill, Kim Sorise, La Vie C'est Chouette, Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America, music venues, new ideas in retail, Obama, performance venues, product tie-in, stretch velvet leggings, Ted Shumaker, The Palace at 4 A.M., Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Times New Viking, Tony Conrad, Viva Radio, WCBN, Woodruff's 12 Comments
an unforgivable slight to the monkey power trio
I had been pleased to hear that California’s KFJC had a four-hour special planned on my one-day-a-year band, The Monkey Power Trio, for their annual “Beautiful Sounds of Mayhem” month, until it was brought to my attention that they were giving another band seven hours! I don’t know if it was intentional, but the implication […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Monkey Power Trio Also tagged college radio, interviews, interviews with Mark, KFJC 9 Comments