Welcome to this week’s “zine,” the second-to-the last by Mark M Ignoramia: Mark M’s Compendium of Confusion (2000, 2011, 2022) To dumbassesEvery(w)here. Acknowledgment Thanks to Michaelis who thought of a number of these. If a little knowledge is dangerous, is still less even more dangerous? Dillinger – didn’t he die fighting the Nazis? I always…
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How the English Language Worx, Volume 2, Etymology, Nakam and Not, Clean Your Plate, Facebook Rebellion, Quite the Thing, Goodbye Nancy, My Shrunken Musical Tastes, Misc.
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M How the English Language Worx, Volume 2, Etymology (1997, 2004) by Mark M, N.o.P. etymology – the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from…
Fun-nee Muh-knee, Zervos, Selections from Observations and Thinkings, Vol. wxy&z, Tlaxcallan/Rail-workers/MICIMATT, Prison Correspondence, Soporific Reading Material, Lit Assertions
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M No dollar bills were harmed in the making of these images. The origin of the idea, with a big nod to Mr. Warhol, was taking advantage of the play money and crayons of the young sons of a past girlfriend: In this post, I mentioned Salvador Dalí‘s…
Mark M’s Heavily-Abridged Dictionary, Widely Ignored, Little Known: Berlin Wall, PHEW! I say, True Story — Swear on the…, Racine Entry on Wikipedia, Terry Gross guest note +
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Well, I hope on Give Us Money Tuesday your e-mail inbox was not virtually bombed with appeals like mine was. “Mark M: I know you’ve been getting a lot of emails from Human Rights Watch today…” Sheesh! Mark M’s Heavily-Abridged Dictionary by Mark M, B.c.D.E. The M…
How the English Language Worx, Volume 1, Errant Missile, That U.S. Constitution + Elie Mystal, T-giving
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M How the English Language Worx, Volume 1 (2002, 2022) by Mark M, N.o.P. In order to save time, this book has no epigram. Likewise, no introduction. HOW SILENT B’s WORK comb climb dumb crumb Jimb (or Jambes) Pamb Mark Mb debt doubt thoughbt stabtus btorrenbt etc. HOW…
‘S.BULL’ excerpt, Random Universe?, Native Americans and Ecology, “Baked Candy,” CEOs, COP27 Lobbyists, Gloria Steinem Tells a Story, Election Remarks
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Excerpts from Sumari BULLetin, an exercise in artistic license, July 1987: The End of a Funny Story …and when they got back, they all laughed. Schematic Portrait Being only a portrait, one did not knotice that the subject had flat feet… Gift of the Gaffe (I’m sorry,…
Still More Selections from Mcyclopedia, Little Known, NPR’s Terry Gross
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Selections from Volumes 5 and 6 (of eight) of Mcyclopedia (1999, 2022): NOSTRIL. Hole in the nose for breathing through and smelling with. You have two of these so as to be able to tell how far away smells are. … NUCLEAR ENERGY. Highly unsafe energy-generation method*…
Guide to Art, Remedios Varo et al., Painting vs. Sculpture Including Spiders, An Overton Window
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M As you can plainly see above, my artistic abilities peaked at about age 11, if not sooner. This is an illustration of what may happen if you start heartily laughing with the unswallowed liquid of the beverage you are drinking still in your mouth. ———=——— I did…
‘S.BULL’ excerpt, Guest Filmmaker Jason Love, Africa, “Good Old Days,” Two Danger-Party System
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Excerpts from Sumari BULLetin (“What else could this be?”), October 1986: PRECISE AMOUNT OF VANITY FOR TODAY I say: 2 Superpowers R Better’n 1 But too many powers spoil the seas… Romancing the Stove Spate of Emergency Beyond Aroma Um. A posy is a posy is a…
The Action of the Force of Gravity Upon a Small Body of Water, Men’s and Women’s Liberation!, Good Wars?, Message to DT, Forbidden Investing
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M The Action of the Force of Gravity Upon a Small Body of Water (2000) To the ocean The drop dripped. ) ( ) ( ) [Splash(!)] ———=——— Men’s and women’s liberation! Warren Farrell calls it gender transition. Historically, men and women had it bad — in different…
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