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.
The Federation Will Not Be Televised Video and Star Trek Live
Ahead of their latest transplanting of a television and film pop culture icon to a very small stage, the folks at The Dark Room Theater…
A Young Steve Martin Performs Magic on the Smothers Brothers Show
Steve Martin so young that his hair’s not grey. Don’t believe it? Believe it. Martin became a writer for The Smothers Brothers Show at the…
Impressionist Jim Meskimen Performs Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices
Impressionist Jim Meskimen performs Clarence’s speech from William Shakespeare’s Richard III in a bevy of celebrity voices from Harvey Keitel to Woody Allen to…
Banana Bag & Bodice Take Their Beowulf SongPlay to Europe
Former San Francisco, now NYC-based theater troupe Banana Bag & Bodice have made Olde English Newe again, with a very modern interpretation of the epic…
Tragedy on the Sea Nymph, An All-Dog Opera
On the night of Thursday July 21st at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis a world record will be set for saying the phrase “Opera…
Repost Repose Street Art in Dubai
Photo from Deform Industries There’s not a lot of background on this piece, but fortunately the video below shows nice details of how it was…
Tom Waits For No One, A 1979 Animated Tom Waits Performance
The little known animated short “Tom Waits For No One” has a fascinating history. It was filmed back in 1978 as a fun project to…
Left-Handed Darling On Stage Now in San Francisco
A quick post about a new play featuring yours truly Mikl-em, regular Laughing Squid contributor and man-about-town. Left-Handed Darling is a new original play which…
Documentary on The Old Russian Embassy House in San Francisco
The impressive row of Victorian era houses known as The Painted Ladies, located on the perimeter of San Francisco’s Alamo Square Park, have achieved iconic…
Thank You Masked Man, The Animated Lenny Bruce
“Thank You Mask Man” is an animated short created in 1968, a couple years after comedian Lenny Bruce died. John Magnuson produced this cartoon depiction…