Art News: Anticipating Desire
by Mark Fullmer Anyone know where my installation’s supposed to go?” “Seth might.” “Which one’s Seth? Hi. Are you Seth? Are you Seth?” “Seth’s in the bathtub.” “Installing his piece.” “It’s about Dylan Thomas.” “Who used to live here.” This is three o’clock on a Friday afternoon in Suite 1024 of the Hotel Chelsea which [...]
Read MoreFilm: Just One Thing (A Brooklyn Short)
I first saw Mark perform this piece as a one-off at Penny’s – a hurdy-gurdy holy roller that literally had the crowd holding their breath until he erupted, at the final blue-faced moment, into a trumpeted “Saints Go Marching In”. Seeing it again now, stripped of the stage and without redemption, “Just One Thing” reminds [...]
Read MoreVideo: The Long Version (No Sexy Regrets)
First and final take, recorded with Joe Yoga, Rachel Rabbit, Mark Fullmer, Bat Matthews, and Michelle Leona on July 4th, 2010. Video courtesy of a telephone. Also: new facebook page here!
Read MoreAMR Podcast #33 – “Leadership, Finally,” Says My Corpse
In This Podcast: Visceral post-apocalyptic scenarios; sexual débutantes; lots of vodka; fuzzy mics; rocky road pancakes from PrimpMyPancake.com or dot org; yelling on the floor; heading to The Cloisters; victorian calisthenics & the walking cure; fear of the underground; known unknown knowns; the unconventionally pretty girl and whether or not she called Bat back; “a [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #32 – The Rule Against Quoting Joan Didion
In This Podcast: Twitter poetry read aloud; Paul Simon on the record player; a mysticotelegraphic fistbump panegyric to the American open road odyssey; staged epiphanies; facebook novels; asphalt french kisses; western music meets Waikiki; the end of Williamsburg; the fictitiousness of lived experience and the need for agency; the rule against quoting Joan Didion; reading [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #31 – Repeat Twice for Full Effect (NSFW-ish)
In This Podcast: Origin myths; James Joyce’s french letters read aloud (NSFW); Mark’s head wedged between fat thighs; onomastical canniness; all the johns in academia; a bottle of Beaujolais in the morning and the girls with their pouty breasts; a one act/one minute play, acted; Mets Win!; &etc. Click here to listen to AMR podcast [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #30 – Be Your Own Tony Robbins
In This Podcast: Mark as cocktail/messiah; love feasts; slightly problematic songs from childhood maybe-cults; parsing mankind; being your own Tony Robbins; the cult of Nick Courage; red carpets on Christmas; hanging out in the ladies room; world traveling; vibrations of blue in Taos, New Mexico; green flesh/orange toe nails color blindness; &etc. Click here to [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #29 – Mark Fullmer Grows in Brooklyn
In This Podcast: Ontological inquiry, moving to New Orleans, moving to Brooklyn, moving to China, zugunruhe, sazeracs, switching gears for a second, majestic hair coronas, Mark’s Friend of a Friend interview, world traveling, sneaking into classes at Oxford, mockney: the accent of choice, annoying foreign exchange students, getting into Jazz Fest for free, how you [...]
Read MoreRachel Rabbit’s Bourgie Nightmare: Equinox III
Equinox III by Rachel Rabbit There are 10 empty treadmills at lunchtime. Faux punk dude picks the one next to me, Runs hard while I walk. He’s there the next day, the next. I had to quit. The money I save can now go to the orphans, the rainforest. More likely, TJ Maxx.
Read MoreIt’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best
My buddy Joe Yoga introduced me to Karen Dalton a few years ago and her trumpet voice hooked me hard. I’ve been looking for her on vinyl ever since, finally found a reissue this past Sunday courtesy of Light in the Attic Records, who did a real nice job with it – even packaged with [...]
Read MoreRachel Rabbit’s Bourgie Nightmare: Equinox I and II
Equinox I by Rachel Rabbit $150/month – I’ll guilt my body into obedience. Shower’s nicer than my apartment. Equinox II Tell your nipples to stop staring at my eyeballs, I’m trying to get this damn sports bra on. You look really toned, I’m happy for you – How much does it cost to look like [...]
Read MoreGroup Show w/ Courage @ Chelsea Hotel
About a month from today I will be part of a massively collaborative pop-up art show at the Chelsea Hotel – where Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious, Robert Mapplethorpe, and (briefly) Tom Waits &c. lived! – and will be using the opportunity to finally show [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #28 – Zombie Contingency Plan
In This Podcast: Talking Out Romper Stomper in the Principal’s Office, An Elevator Pitch for A Boy and His Dog, Weaponizing Your Bodies with Victorian Calisthenics, Feelin’ Good About The Rapture, SoHo to The Cloisters: A Speculative Scenario, Curry in a Hurry, Fornication/Formication, Pre-Planning, Shin Guards from the Sporting Goods Store, Hygiene and Multi-Use Machetes, [...]
Read MoreAMR Podcast #27 – “I’m Obsessed With My Own Hair”
In This Podcast: The Double Mohawk – A Hard Lesson Learned in Bone Structure, How to Sleep in Liberty Spikes, Eschewing the Daily Shower, Following Grey-Haired Girls, Bat’s Stylist Origin Myth, Salon Culture, Crazy Hair Cuts, & etc. Click here to listen to AMR Podcast #27 – “I’m Obsessed With My Own Hair”
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