The Dark Mark Show

The show is all about sex as Sex Educator Anne Hodder-Shipp and Angie Krum joined Mark and Hannah to drop some carnal knowledge

Anne talked about her struggles being overweight and thus fashion deprived growing up, described how particular editors were when she was writing articles for adult trade publications, how ease of getting pornography and sexual accouterments has been a blessing and a curse and talked about her class on sex education EDSE

Angie is an unofficial sex expert in her own right. She talked about her own struggles with weight when she grew up but now has gone past it and regaled everyone with stories about her piercings, anal beads, toupees, foot worship, younger men and so much more...

It was a fun sized show this week as Mark and Hannah welcomed the queen of Alternative Comedy Beth Lapides and powerhouse singer/songwriter Savannah Pope to the lighter side of the dark side.

Beth just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of her show Uncabaret with a star studded show featuring Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Bernhard, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford and more. She recounted insisting that Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall not perform in drag, how Julia Sweeney now regrets her hit character Pat from SNL, how she felt when she saw her comedy nemesis Andrew Dice Clay in A Star Is Born and she had to remind Mark that the Fabulous Mrs Maisel was a fantasy. She also talked about The Rockwell in Los Feliz which is where Uncabaret is now on a monthly basis.

Savannah talked about growing up with show business parents (who apparently had jokes about editors) her music video Creature which was chosen as one of the top 20 videos of 2018 by Yahoo, directing her latest video Rock and Roll No More while laying in a coffin in the rain and sang a new song Freeway live in studio

The Dark Mark Show celebrated it’s 6th Anniversary with a wild party you have to hear to believe.

Mark and Hannah welcomed Amazon Eve from American Horror Story and the new film Chimera Strain, sideshow maniac Dangerous D. and strongman/wrestler Joe Killmeister to the studio and chaos ensued.

Joe bent a railroad spike, then everyone was impressed when Eve bent it back, Dangerous D. attempted his most challenging stunt yet, lifting 2 heavy chairs with his earlobes. If that wasn’t enough Joe swung an animal trap from the most sensitive part of his body (yes, that part). Then Mark challenged Eve to arm wrestling, which led to a full wrestling match. As Mark tried to catch his breath and wait for the red to drain from his face, Joe bent a frying pan. This was all topped by Dangerous D rapping over Amazon Eve beatboxing.

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It was a Hannah’s choice this week as Mark and Hannah welcomed singer/musician/actor Princess Frank and comedian Nikki Wantz to the lighter side of the dark side

Princess talked about how Prince and taking the piss out of people inspired his name, reminisced about playing the famous clubs on the Sunset Strip while an underage teenager, and how he transfers his enthusiasm to music to the students that he teaches today. He started on drums, but plays all instruments and sings, which he did on the AVN nominated song “Rock and Roll in Your Butthole” with adult film star Joanna Angel and described what it was like partying with assorted porn stars. He also made his acting debut in the movie “Scumbag” along with rock stars such as En Esch, Keith Morris, Jennifer Finch as well as the “party monster” himself Michael Elig, but it was interacting with someone who wasn’t a star that was his biggest challenge.

Nikki became the first person to be on The Dark Mark Show on Renagade Radio 4 times. He spoke about how her comedy is evolving and she no longer is trying to be self-depricating. She offered her opinions and experience about oral and anal sex, talked about how much fun comedy festivals are, especially in New Orleans, how to get an agent and her upcoming gig in downtown LA where she will perform fully clothed at a Nude Arts Festival.

All this and Hannah and Nikki give brutally honest and detailed reviews about the Motley Crue Netflix movie The Dirt.

Ty Asoudegan is the center of the rock and roll universe. From his stops in Philly Chicago and now Hollywood he has stories about such diverse musicians as Slash Ween Buddy Guy Bad Brains Cinderella Alkatrazz and Scott Ian is a guitar teacher at School of Rock and has partied with Bam Margera and lived to tell the tale and rock the Viper Room and Whisky a Go Go with his band Fastride.

Justin de Vries and Philip Haut of the band House of Light joined Mark and Hannah for a free wheeling discussion of music and so much more

Justin grew up in Australia, but found himself hitchhiking around Europe, where he ended up in Berlin and formed the band which is influenced by postpunk, shoegaze, goth and Abba (!). He is in LA right now and gave his thoughts on remixing, political correctness, interracial dating, several Australian bands and how he wants his vocals much louder on his upcoming 3rd album.

Philip is from the Virginia area and gave a clinic on the GoGo music scene in the late 1980s, and what is was like to be a GoGo drummer at the time. He is the American drummer for HOL and has trouble knowing when the beat comes in on some of the trickier songs. He also is an engineer and has a few anecdotes about recording LL Cool J interviewing Dr. Dre on Sirius XM

The Dark Mark Show gets #metalaf tonight as singer/muli-instrumentalist Mortis, The Devil’s Reject and burlesque dancer Lilian Sin joined Mark and Hannah on the lighter side of the dark side

Mortis talked about growing up in Bakersfield and gaining an appreciation for the outlaw country scene, why the devil rejected him, correspondence he had with Nikki Sixx and The Texas Hippie Coalition, how he built a studio and makes metal records without a band, his shocking stage show which landed him a spot on a festival with one of his influences Green Jelly and his battles with alcoholism and depression and how he conquered those demons and the scary dolls he sells and uses in his stage show

Lilian grew up in Michigan, where she was an unlikely friend to both the goths and jocks, though she was called a witch in school, she was living in Chicago when she struck a Facebook correspondence with Mortis which led to her following her dream and moving to LA where she is go go dancing at the Vampire Ball (they offered to pay her in fangs) and Batcave as well as Mortis’ stage show where she has a dance she calls the “bloodbath”.

All this and sex swings too!

It was a very special Dark Mark Show this week as it is Hannah’s birthday and her BFF comedian/podcaster Nikki Wantz joined Mark and Hannah in studio

Nikki and Hannah told stories about everything and everyone from Lemmy, Edward Furlong, Sebastian Bach, Gary Oldman, CC Deville, Ron Jeremy, Amy Schumer, Louis CK, Liam Neeson, fat shaming, The Rainbow, chuckle fuckers, Valentine’s Day, falling in love, weight loss #metoo and more as Mark read birthday tributes to Hannah from everyone from Bree Walker and Diane Franklin to Stanton LaVey and Kacey TGirl.

ARTivist Jil Love and comedian Jamie Gendron joined Mark and Hannah on The Dark Mark Show.

Jil followed up her protest where she put a gold toilet on Donald Trump’s star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame by actually building a wall adjacent to the star. With the help of prosthetics master Cleve Hall her naked body was made up to look like it was made of concrete so that she could look like she is bursting from the wall. She also left art supplies, tomatoes and eggs and let the tourists in Hollywood do what they wanted and wait until you hear what they did.

Jamie spilled the tea on some men she was with, both in the Hollywood scene and in New Orleans. She finally settles the long awaited question: who is bigger in the pants Eddie Murphy or River Phoenix. She also spills the tea on everyone from Robert D’Zar of Maniac Cop fame and Larry Linville aka Frank Burns from MASH. She also has a lot of things to say about Donald Trump, Kevin Hart, Ellen Degeneres and Louis CK.

Filmmaker Dustin Ferguson and pinup model Tamera Von Tart joined Mark In studio for a terrific show featuring 2 people who followed and are living their dreams

Dustin is from Nebraska and started out making fanedits of horror classics such as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies (and agrees with Mark that TCM: The Next Generation is an underrated classic). He soon began making videos for industrial bands such as KMFDM, Lords of Acid and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and shooting his own movies such as Meathook Massacre, Horndog Beach Party and his biggest film Nemesis 5, which inspired his move to LA. He hasn’t stopped, filming an average of 8 movies a year including the upcoming Robowoman and Killer Tomatoes reboot as well as pursuing his rap career as Dirty D. which has also caused a lot of controversy and discussion.

Tamera grew up in Florida and was inspired by the timeless and somewhat naughty fashion of Bettie Page and, despite being a single mother, pursued her dreams of being a pinup model. The road went through Washington, where her tattoos surprisingly weren’t well received and Hot Topic, where she was chastised for being too bright, then ending up living in a pink house and hosting shoots for such luminaries as Masuimi Max. She also became a regular at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Festival and on magazines and websites worldwide.