mikl-em
Actor, nerd, poet, producer, writer mikl-em made his name short so you wouldn't have to. In addition to his blog you can find his writing in "Hi Fructose" magazine and witness him almost life-sized in various plays at The Dark Room Theater in SF's Mission district.
He tends to write about theater, humor, San Francisco culture and history, and stuff that's just plain weird. He thanks Scott for sharing the keys to the Laughing Squid virtual HQ and promises to uphold whatever it is that the mirthful cephalopod would prefer to be uplifted.
Big Bus (1976) – The Original Disaster Movie Parody
Before Airplane! there was Big Bus. A recent post about the Vintage Mobile Cinema reminded me again of the original mock disaster movie. Lampooning early…
Obnoxious Americans Still Not Safe To Be Obnoxious Abroad
Has Obama Failed To Reduce Hostility Toward Obnoxious Americans Abroad? An Onion News Network In The Know segment on how President Obama has FAILed to…
Parody of IKEA Herding Cats Commercial
A great parody of the 100 cat IKEA commercial by British director/animator Barry Pilling.
Long Now Foundation’s 16-hour Longplayer and Long Conversation Event in San Francisco
Longplayer is an original musical composition by Jem Finer which has been playing for over a decade and is designed to play out for 1000…
San Francisco Lit Crawl 2010: featuring Chicken John, John Law and 300+ Authors
photo by Scott Beale Each year the annual Bay Area literary festival Lit Quake culminates in an ambling stumble amongst literarily dozens of locations where…
The Sharktopus Movie Debuts on SyFy Network
The creature known as Sharktopus came into this world as a throwaway line on a Futurama episode. But now the SyFy Network and B-movie legend…
The Shining: Live at The Dark Room Theater in San Francisco
The folks at San Francisco’s Dark Room Theater keep a steady parade of pop culture parody on offer including the weekly movie mockery series Bad…
Restored Print of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Now In Theaters & On DVD
The silent film classic Metropolis has been re-released with 30 minutes of restored footage that was thought lost since the 1920’s. It is showing in…
Copyright Criminals Film Showing, Panel and Performance by Steinski (and others) in San Francisco
Copyright Criminals is a documentary about sampling in hip hop music. The film features such Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most…
Another Crazy Soccer Goal Celebration by Stjarnan F.C.
Icelandic football club Stjarnan F.C. continue their infamous, hilarious series of post-goalscoring team pantomimes. Last time it was a fishing photo opp. This time it’s,…