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Exploring Easter puns for the benefit of the local sex industry

By Mark | April 1, 2015

Say what you will about our local strip club, they usually have pretty interesting signs out front, especially around major holidays. And I was expecting to see something good this morning as I drove my daughter to school. I thought that, surely, there would be some kind of cringe-inducing Easter pun. But, sadly, there was […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged anti-vaccination, Deja Vu, Easter, Jesus, peeps, puns, second coming, vaccination, vaccination reversal | 13 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Scott Huffines and Sarah Boonstoppel of Atomic Books

By Mark | February 3, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that worked its way through the protective layer of gristle surrounding my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of the zine folks that I knew during the golden […]

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R.I.P. Tura Satana

By Mark | February 5, 2011

Somewhere around this drafty old house of ours, I have an audio recording of director Russ Meyer talking with Linette and me about his career. It was probably recorded in 1994. We’d met him in Atlanta, as I recall, at a screening of his cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! If memory serves, he was […]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged actress, another famous person has died, b-movies, bad girls, bad movies, breasts, cult films, Elvis, exploitation films, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, go-go dancers, Harold Lloyd, horror movies, Kate Moss, King of The Nudies, Manzanar internment camp, pin ups, Reno, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer, Ted V. Mikels, The Astro Zombies, tough broads, Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi, Tura Satana, Varla, waif models, women who kick ass | 10 Comments

My First Tat Gun

By Mark | October 24, 2010

So, am I just a being an old man, or is this a really bad idea? I wonder if it comes with a little, My First Case of Hep-C prescription bottle full of candy. On the bright side, it could be worse. At least they don’t show little girls getting “tramp stamps” above their butt […]

Posted in Other | Also tagged activities for kids, face tattoos, hepatitas, kids grow up too fast, kids today, Mike Tyson, people who will one day regret getting a tattoo designed by Mark, pole dancing, tattoos, tramp stamps | 16 Comments

Tickets to Dreamland Tonight go on sale at the Shadow Art Fair tomorrow at noon

By Mark | July 9, 2010

I just got back from the Brewery, where I spent the last few hours setting up for tomorrow’s Shadow Art Fair. If all goes according to plan, the Dreamland Tonight exhibit will be pretty cool. You’ll have to stop by and check it out. We’ve made a private viewing area, complete with vintage theater seats, […]