Mark Allen

As a child I had a profound crush on Murray (Gavin MacLeod) on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. In many ways, he was my sexual awakening.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 15, 2013

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Check out my interview with Bruce LaBruce about his new, revised take on Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay ‘Notes on “Camp,”‘ called “Notes on Camp/Anti-Camp,” and his ideas about what the still-in-use term means in today’s complex cultural times. Would we consider RuPaul’s Drag Race to be camp? What about Baz Luhrmann? Wesboro Baptist Church? Bacon? Find out here.
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“My Ass”
- written and performed by Mark Allen (2012)
- drums by Jim Krewson
- photo by Mark Allen

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(high quality audio WAV version here)

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Check out my interview with filmmaker Shane Carruth over at The Awl. I chat with Shane about about his much talked-about new film Upstream Color, his other film Primer, his unmade film A Topiary, his planned next film The Modern Ocean, and what it’s like to make mind-tripping films out of missing puzzle pieces. We figure it out here.

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New project, more images here.

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Here’s a video of me performing my poem “My Ass” (with Jim Krewson on drums) on The Robin Byrd Show, recorded with my iPhone laying on the floor below me. Read reviews of the show here and here.

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This paper towel design is mind-blowing. twitter.com/_MarkAllen/sta…

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 10, 2013

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I finally got around to having my doctor give me an allergy test. The only thing that induced an intolerance level was “food styling.”

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 10, 2013

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RIP Taylor Mead

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 9, 2013

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The only thing that can cure my Stendhal Syndrome is a Konsumterrorismus attack followed by a Schadenfreude come-down.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 4, 2013

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Perhaps we should rename our great city McHattan.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 4, 2013

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Prozac sign, Red Hook, NY twitter.com/_MarkAllen/sta…

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 3, 2013

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They keep trying to organize a public rally for National Masturbation Month but everyone always decides they want to stay home alone.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) May 3, 2013

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PRIMER = Bob & Carl from ALL PRESIDENT’S MEN lost in SOLARIS. UPSTREAM COLOR = Mulder & Scully from X-FILES lost in Godard’s PIERROT LE FOU.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) March 12, 2013

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Cringing is a great ab workout!

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 29, 2013

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When famous people compliment me, can I tattoo the quote on myself? Like a book blurb?

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 27, 2013

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Christian activists should fight the new “war on Christianity” until there’s a church in every US town & God is printed on our money. #tcot

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 27, 2013

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Fact: cat-lovers have the personality of dogs, and dog-lovers have the personality of cats. This is almost always the case. #lilbub

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 25, 2013

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“Well, we cheated death again, Max.”

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 24, 2013

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— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 23, 2013

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The thing where they ask the media not to immortalize the killer by saying his name works well with a name like Djrzrokharz Tmscvulot (sp?)

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 20, 2013

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Dzhokhar Tsamaev is on Grindr! twitter.com/_MarkAllen/sta…

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 19, 2013

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“This isn’t one of your crummy movies! Birds on stage! Back-projection! Laser beams! What is this… an opera, or an amusement park?”

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 17, 2013

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My favorite album to have sex to is, always has been, and always will be, Diamanda Galas’ SAINT OF THE PIT.

— Mark Allen (@_MarkAllen) April 10, 2013

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Hey NY’ers! I’ll be performing “My Ass” live (along with the handsome Jim Krewson on drums) on the legendary Robin Byrd Show stage, Saturday, April 13th. *gasp!* Yes, that Robin Byrd Show. She’s the virtual Ed Sullivan Show of classic NYC! (if you don’t count Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party). Jim and I will be providing the “beat poetry” portion of the evening… and in honor of Robin’s greatness we’re gonna go totally insane on stage! Get tickets here. They’re selling out!

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