Mark Maynard | vaudeville

Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s roots as a flesh trade landlord in pre-Disney Times Square

By Mark | June 6, 2018

By some strange coincidence, a week or so ago, just after hearing that Harvey Weinstein had been arrested and charged with rape, I was listening to an old podcast about the evolution of Times Square, and his name came up in connection to a strip club called the Melody Burlesk, later to be known as […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized | Also tagged #metoo, Bob Weinstein, Broadway, Bruce Jay Friedman, buffalo, Corky Burger, Dominique, Drew Friedman, Frederick Cincotti, Gilbert Gottfried, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, Groucho Marx, Harvey Weinstein, Holliday Inn, Josh Alan Friedman, Madeline Droege, Mardi Gras, Melody Burlesk, Melody Burlesque, Midnight Blue, Miramax, New York, New York City, podcasts, porn, prostitution, Rialto Report, Rudy Giuliani, Screw, Stir Crazy, strip clubs, stripping, Tales of Times Square, The Sunshine Boys, Times Square | 34 Comments

Digging though the Hollywood archives: Ted Healy’s drawing of Wallace Beery, and Wallace Beery’s murder of Ted Healy

By Mark | February 23, 2013

Every once in a while, I’ve been known to go off on a tangent. Something obscure will pique my interest, and, for whatever reason, I find that I’m not able to let it go. (Does anyone remember my interest in the large school bell that was rung by the 19 year old Orson Welles in […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1932, 1937, Albert Broccoli, anxiety, cross-dressing, Dinner at Eight, drag, Good Old Soak, Grand Hotel, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Greta Garbo, Hollywood, Jackie Cooper, James Bond, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Louie B. Mayer, MGM, murder mystery, Orson Welles, Oscars, Pat DiCicco, Phyllis Ann Beery, silent films, social anxiety disorder, Sweedie The Swedish Maid, Ted Healy, The Champ, The Hearts of Age, Thelma Todd, Three Stooges, Trocadero, unresolved mystery, Wallace Beery, Will Rogers | 33 Comments

Little Winsor in Ypsilanti

By Mark | October 15, 2012

Today marks the 107th anniversary of former-Yopsilantian Winsor McCay’s surrealist, illustrated masterpiece Little Nemo in Slumberland, and, to mark the occasion, the folks at Google have rolled out an incredible new, interactive header, which you can see in action in the following video. The following is from the Christian Science Monitor. The Google homepage today […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animation, Arlo, Captain Nemo, Cleary Business College, comics, dime museums, Disney, dream interpretation, dream sequence, Dreamland Theater, dreams, Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, Eastern Michigan University, famous people, Gertie the Dinosaur, Google Doodles, John Goodison, Laura Bien, Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland, marketing, Michigan State Normal School, Naia Venturi, New York Herald, P.T. Barnum, rarebit, Sackett and Wiggin’s Wonderland, serendipity, Spring Lake, stained glass, surrealism, Winsor McCay, Ypsilanti Commercial | 8 Comments

Only you can save Heritage Fest

By Mark | October 10, 2011

A letter went out yesterday from the organizers of Ypsilanti’s Heritage Fest, encouraging new people to get involved with the planning of the annual event. According to an article on AnnArbor.com, Barry Marshall, the chairman of the festival’s Board of Trustees, has said that without the influx of new people and energy, the event, which […]

Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1979, Barry Marshall, blackface, bombers, Centennial, festivals, Frog Island Park, Heritage Fest, Heritage Festival, historic reenactment, hobo jungle, hobos, Iggy Pop, little people, runaway slaves, slavery, Willow Run, Ypsi festivals | 11 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor exit interview: Hob the Troll

By Mark | September 4, 2011

A few days ago, I started a series of what I’m calling “Ypsi/Arbor exit interviews” by posting an email conversation with my friend Forest Juziuk, who will be leaving shortly for the promised land of San Fran-frisky. Today, I offer the second installment of the ongoing initiative. This interview is with a parasitic entity called […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bridges, dinner theater, dog fighting, Dreamland Theater, Drew Barrymore, entertainment management, exit interviews, Florence Henderson, Florida, Forest Juziuk, Fucking Awesome Fest, Genitti’s Hole-In-The-Wall, Hob the Troll, Hollis, Jambo Man, Jordan Trovillion, juvenile work camp, Manhole, Pleasure Dome, Ponderosa, Portland, Robert DeNiro, Robert Reed, salt mines, San Francisco, Stevo Doccerson, summer camp, swingers, Thom Elliott, Totally Awesome Fest, trolls, Westland, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 6 Comments

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Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s roots as a flesh trade landlord in pre-Disney Times Square

Little Winsor in Ypsilanti

Only you can save Heritage Fest

Ypsi/Arbor exit interview: Hob the Troll

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