Late last week, I took a few days off from work and went to Chicago with the family. We visited friends, ate really good brisket, poked our heads into the small and dark apartment of Henry Darger, invested way too much time studying the habits of the longnose walking batfish, and spent Linette’s birthday seeing […]
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The silent rattlesnakes of Truman Capote, and the hoax behind Hand-Carved Coffins
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged 1975, 1980, Al Dewey, Amphetamine Reptile, amphetamines, Chicago, coffins, decapitation, Department of Homeland Security, domestic terrorism, drinking, fiction, folk art, Green Street Meats, Hamilton, Hand-Carved Coffins, Henry Darger, hoaxes, In Cold Blood, Intuit, Jake Pepper, Jean Henry, Johnny Carson, Kansas, Linette Lao, longnose walking batfish, murder, Music for Chameleons, Perry Smith, pumpkins, rattlesnake, Richard "Dick" Hickock, Richard Nixon, Rose Styron, Shedd Aquarium, silent rattlesnakes, snakes, Studio 54, Thanksgiving, Truman Capote, vacations, visionary art, white nationalism 57 Comments
Broken ribs and bikini machines
Someone from my doctor’s office called earlier with the results of the x-rays I’d taken yesterday. Apparently they showed that I had two fractured ribs. Here, for those of you who are interested in leaving flowers, candles and the like at the site where the incident took place, is a map showing where I smashed […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Also tagged animation, another famous person has died, Art Clokey, bikini machines, broken ribs, Ciccio Ingrassia, claymation, Conan O'Brien, Davey, days home from work, Dr. Goldfoot, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Fabian, Franco e Ciccio, Franco Franchi, Frankie Avalon, Goldfinger, Goliath, Gumby, injuries that Mark has suffered, James Bond, Jay Leno, Jeffery Fieger, Olmsted, Pokey, reality television scandals, Sicily, Spie vengono dal semifreddo, The Bachelor, the Supremes, things to do while on painkillers 37 Comments