The Dark Mark Show

Model, rapper and adult entertainer Face Tat Mami joined Mark and Nicole in 2021 for a wild show. Mami talked about the myriad of tattoos on her face and body and how she intentionally got them on the most painful places on her body. She just did a shoot with Alt Erotic where she had 15 tattoos placed on her face, which may or may not be a world record. She also talked about her appeal to men and women, how she can out party anyone, the fine art of twerking, her respect for Tekashi 6X9 (after Mark labelled him a snitch...

Mark welcomed back horror director Dustin Ferguson and former co-host Hannah Bakk to discuss one of Hannah's favorite horror movies...
Friday the 13th part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan
So many questions to be answered such as:
Is this as gory as Hannah has hyped it up to be?
Why does it take so long to reach Manhattan?
Is Kane Hodder the best Jason of all time?
Why is this the last film to have Friday the 13th in the title?
How did they sail to Manhattan if they are docked in a...

It is writer/director Andrew PC Yevich's birthday today and to celebrate we are replaying the raucous show with Comedian Vanja Renee 

Hollywood hyphenates Vajna Renee and Andrew PC Yevish joined Mark and Nicole for a wild super-sized vodka infused party...

Andrew was came to LA from Wildwood NJ, where he made a lot of money with a rock and roll lifestyle store but was going through a divorce and ended up purchasing a home from a Laker, learning lessons from dating and acting coaches and writing and directing the upcoming movie Fake It Til U M...

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...

Author/podcaster/Advocate Kelly J. Mendenhall joined Mark and special guest co host legendary anchorwoman Bree Walker for a fantastic show

Kelly talked about growing up in Flint, Michigan and finding the punk rock scene as a pre-teen.. She discussed her collection of tattoos, which inspired her book “Skin in the Game”. She was a successful marketing executive working for a non-profit when she had severe spinal injuries which went inexplicably misdiagnosed for years and left her unable to work. Rather than give up, she has become an inspiration to “spoonies” everywhere and finally got a knowledgeable and empathet...

It is former Dark Mark Show cohost Josi Kat's birthday and to celebrate we are replaying her birthday show from 2014.

It was Josi's birthday and Mark threw quite a party with a typically eclectic guest list. Actor/Model/Photogapher Eli Brooks talked about being in a Piss Ant video and brought Saariyah Syn who bellydanced for Josi. The fabulous Sasha Scarlett sang a sexy happy birthday song for Josi which entranced everybody, not the least of which Goth Republican Blogger Joseph Fein. Terrie Huberman gave Josi a "Water" psychic reading and former Piss Ant drummer Chuck Sapien recounted...

Mark and Nicole talked to the Chaotically Fascinating Burlesque performer, MUA, model and tarot reader Kira VonSutra on the latest Dark Mark Show

Kira talked about how haunted Tulsa, Oklahoma was growing up, leading to spirits pulling her off the top bunk of her bunk bed, how she was able to follow her dreams of being a makeup artist to Hollywood leading to her eating lasagna with Danny DeVito at his home, being creeped on by Chevy Chase and making up Dan Aykroyd for a Saturday Night Live sketch directed by Ron Howard, and how she became one...

Dancer/Choreographer Abi Anne Oliver and Pro Wrestler/Actor Author Ronnie Angel joined Mark and Nicole for a show so wild, even the studio couldn't contain it

Abi talked about growing up in Manchester and her love of Irish Riverdancing leading to her winning dance competitions at an early age which has led her to everything from the London Olympics, hip hop videos, reality shows, Late Late Show with James Corden and so much more

Ronnie talked about his wrestling career as "Greased Lightning" and stories about Canada, deathmatch wrestling and bonding with Rowdy Roddy Piper...

 Comeback kid and Multiple AVN award nominee Siri Dahl joined Mark on the lighter side of the dark side in this classic show from the dark pandemic days of 2020

Siri talked about being a late bloomer and student of sex before she ever made love for the first time, how her curvy body made her a "tweener" when she started as she was curvier than most porn stars but not BBW status, why she took 5 years off and debunks all the crazy rumors about her hiatus and confonts the trolls who question her getting a breast reduction (to a...

Since the revival of Othello with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhall is tearing it up on Broadway and the Los Angeles Rennaisannce Faire in full swingit seems an opportune time to replay our Shakespearean episode with Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson of the award winning podcast "The Bardcast: It's Shakespeare You DicK"

 Podcasts collide this week as Mark and Nicole welcome actor/directors/scholars Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson of the award winning podcast "The Bardcast - It's Shakespeare You Dick!" to the lighter side of the dark side.

Lisa Ann and Owen discussed t...

In the spirit of 4/20 ending up on Easter Sunday we are rerunning the show with legendary comedian and weed smoker Tommy Chong from 2022 which was reported in Variety, Yahoo, Deadline and all over the internet news sites at the time

Mark and Nicole welcomed back Tommy Chong who was apparently so high he forgot who they were but had a great conversation about breaking up and getting back together with Cheech, almost going broke while filming Up In Smoke, discovering Pee Wee Herman and Michael Winslow, how Robert Altman inspired Next Movie, what its like to smoke weed...

It was 12 years ago today that The Dark Mark Show taped its first episode from The Jon Lovitz Club at Universal Citywalk. Here it is in all its unedited splendor.

In his premiere episode Dark Mark shares some absinthe with his guests and watches the mayhem ensue. News Anchor/Activist Bree Walker gives her wildest interview ever as she reminisces about interviewing Sid Vicious and Mick Jagger as well as being a sexy "Puma". Her BFF comedian Susan McIntosh brings her New York attitude and very unusual "green" hat. Magician Michael Vile of A&E Freakshow literally pulls...

Comedian Dante who has known Mark since they were both teenagers joined Mark and Nicole for a fun and very funny show 3 years ago today

Dante has been a force in front of and behind the camera for many years. Starting to perform at the Comedy Store before he could legally drink he helped Jamie Foxx get on stage for the first time, lived with Amy Schumer on Last Comic Standing won the Funniest Black Man in LA (!) ran for Mayor and now manages celebrities and up and comers as CEO of Golden Artists Entertainment

This...

Micah the Magician and singer/songwriter Dread Persephone joined Mark and Nicole for a magical good time

Micah talked about how he landed his appearance on Penn and Teller Fool Me in a very unusual way and what goes on in such a performance (in his case he had to purchase jumbo cards for Allyson Hannigan to handle) his appreciation for Edgar Allen Poe which has led to his annual variety show in tribute to Poe, how difficult it really is to juggle blindfolded while in a wind tunnel, how lucrative his residuals are for his recurring role...

Aaron Rossi who drummed for Ministry, Prong, Rob Zombie, John 5 and many others passed away in January 2025. In his rememberance we replay his appearance in The Dark Mark Show in 2014 with then Ministry guitarist Sin Quirin…

Sin Quirin and Aaron Rossi of the band Ministry joined Mark and Josi to talk music and enjoy some peanut butter cups and juggling.
 Sin talked about recording the latest "final" Ministry album From Beer to Eternity, how hearing Ministry on cassette tape changed his approach to music, the pitfalls of playing guitar in front of a fence, referred to Mark's Min...

Friend and frequent guest Carl Crew passed away yesterday. In tribute we are replaying his appearance from 2021 with legendary comedian Joey Gaynor

Carl Crew the star of Blood Diner and The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer and comedy legend Joey Gaynor joined Mark and Nicole just in time for Halloween

Carl talked about his club California Institute of Abnormal Arts, which is now displaying an exact replica of The Elephant Man's bones in addition to 3 embalmed dead bodies including an amazingly preserved over 100 year old dead clown, and has been the home of Bigfoot wrestling. Carl...

Friend and frequent Dark Mark Show guest Carl Crew (he was on the 2nd show which is now officially lost media) passed away yesterday. In tribute to this one of a kind person we are replaying his appearance in 2019 with legendary comedian Joey Gaynor

Mark and Hannah welcomed cult horror movie icon and the P.T. Barnum of Burbank Blvd Carl Crew and legendary stand up comedian Joey Gaynor to the lighter side of the dark side...and did they both have some great stories to tell.

Carl talked about how he got the role in...

The original Manic Pixie Dream Girl and 1980's teen dream Diane Franklin had a birthday today and to celebrate we are replaying her show in 2020

Diane talked about how much fun it is to see her fans at 80s festivals, though the children she teaches acting too these days get first priority. She talked about the enduring appeal of Better off Dead, Last American Virgin and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and gives her reaction on not being able to reprise her role as the princess in Bill and Ted 3. She delves into the horror films she has...

While you were watching the Super Bowl, Mark was in studio introducing Nicole and the Dark Minions to 2 glittery new friends he made in 2023:
Bangs the Clown and comedian/astrologer Kristy Belich

Bangs talked about her path to being the Bettie Page of clowns, as she was a 2nd generation clown whose mother dressed her up to march around her in parades, leading her to enroll in clown school where she learned to trust her instincts which have led to her being one of the sexiest clowns on the burlesque circuit. She talks about the hazards of...

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 want...

Johnny Indovina and Sin Twisted joined Mark and Hannah for some fun and spirited conversation. Johnny talked about getting inspiration from hearing his mother sing at church as a boy, his club days sharing the stage at The Scream with Jane’s Addiction and Guns N Roses, his songwriting inspirations, breaking up and reforming his band Human Drama and his huge following in Mexico.

Sin talked about her name change from Fisted to Twisted, going to Cambodia where her new split tongue came in handy, how music inspires her unique dance moves, including The Eagles (!), her cosplay adventures at...

David Lynch passed away yesterday. He was such a great artist and artistic inspiriation. As a tribute we are replaying the show where Dark Mark and L.Faunt discuss his entire filmography with an emphasis on Mark's favorite Lynch Film Lost Highway

Dark Mark discusses one of his favorite movies Lost Highway with multi-media artist/psychic/dancer/comedian/actor/model/cinematographer L. Faunt

Mark and L went down the non-linear rabbit hole that is Lynch's notorious 1997 film to talk about:

The entire Lynch filmography and the irony that his next feature after this was...

Adult film star, escort and wine connoisseur Kacy TGirl kicked off the first Dark Mark Show of 2023 with style as she regaled Mark and Nicole with stories of how serious adult film stars take the AVN and XBIZ awards, the wild parties that happen at the Trans Erotica Awards which led her to answer Nicole’s questions about how to get into a 5some (!). She went over unusual requests she gets from clients and the very few things she won’t do as well as the frustration of men who are willing but may have erection problems. What she will do i...

It is the one year Anniversary of the reboot of the Dark Mark Show and Mark and Hannah celebrated with quite a wild show featuring legendary scream queen Deborah Dutch, sideshow madman Dangerous D. and sword swallower Cyrus Pynn

Deborah talked about how a cheerleading accident led to her not pursuing a life as a ballerina (though she still can do the splits as she demonstrated), having her grandmother’s friend Agnes Moorhead of Bewitched fame see her in a high school play, how dating a soft rock star (and smoking weed with a Beatle) led to her re...

After 10 years of outrageously hilarious shows The Dark Mark Show comes to an end with a bang as Mark and Nicole threw a holiday special like you've never seen before with contortionist/burlesque dancer/cosplayer Sin Twisted and Santa Claus.
Sin talked about how Andy Dick once tried to bum rush her while she was onstage inside an R2D2 shell, talked about her experience with swingers' clubs and how erotic a pool game can get. How having a steady partner does not inhibit her from having a wild sex life and she teased Santa with her beautiful feet...

Holiday cheer (and vegan Egg Nog laced with Fireball Whisky) was in the air as Mark and Nicole welcomed Elisa Jordana and Santa Claus to a fast paced and fun holiday party.

Elisa was engaging with her fans on Livestream while the show was going on and her fans were typically unpredictable. She cleared up previous claims that she was asexual and detailed how she fell for Gabe Saporta the lead singer of Cobra Starship and ended up as the keytar player so she could be in front. She met Benjy Bronk on jdate and ended up joining...

Domina Mara and Santa Claus joined Mark and Nicole to enjoy some spiked egg nog and celebrate the holidays

Mara talked about growing up in the "heart of California" as a Spanish/Filipino/Chinese mix and becoming a sought after dominatrix. She goes into detail about how men worship her feet to the point that they will purchase her toenails and "foot dust", especially the left foot which is apparently smellier and full of pheromones, various requests for her underwear for sale, her collection of sub animals (dogs and cats currently, soon to be added by a horse...

Mark and Hannah hosted an epic holiday special with comedians Maggi Mayfield and Rotten Kitty and the one and only Santa Claus

Maggi reminisced about travelling cross country as a teenager, her radio career which led her to meet and roam the halls at iheartradio with Rod Stewart and Val Kilmer, how moving from Los Angeles to Austin has led her to get paid more for her stand up comedy and release her first comedy album "Pandemic Girl" and she sang her holiday anthem "The Naughty Christmas Song" live in studio

Kitty talked about chasing unicorns...

In this Christmas classic from 2019 Mark welcomes Ela Darling, the Marketing Director of ViRo Club and Adult Film performer and Santa Claus who took time out of his busy schedule to stop by.

Ela talked about how adult film stars tend to be deceptively smart, and how she got her Masters Degree in 2 years and became a librarian, who turn out to be freedom fighters. Mark complimented her acting while bound and having a ball gag in her mouth and she told the story about how she became the first Virtual Reality webcam girl which involves Dungeons and...

Mark and Josi celebrated the holidays with adult film superstar Cindy Starfall and the man himself Santa Claus. Cindy talked about growing up rich in Vietnam, how she discovered the joys of a shower head at age 11 which led her Nannys to be befuddled at her hour long showers, how she used to hike up her skirts while being the only Asian student in a Catholic school in Oregon, how she likes older men and running her hands in Santa Claus' beard, being busted by a HR directors son while working at a corporate job and doing webcams on the...

Legendary sex symbol Kitten Natividad and legendary gift giver Santa Claus joined Mark and Nicole for a wild holiday party.  Kitten talked about her wild star studded days in the 1970s and 1980s and also talked about being a worldwide burlesque performer and movie star then and now. Kitten, Nicole and producer Jeremy took turns on Santa’s lap and spanked Santa when he was naughty. 
Ho Ho Ho!

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Rissa Miller returned to The Dark Mark Show in 2022 to share holiday stories straight from the dark side with Mark, Nicole and you the listener.

These aren't tales of holiday cheer that you are used to, get ready for tales of cannibalism, orgies, whipping, pickled children and monsters such as the newly popular Krampus and Belzsnickel, as well as the giant Yule Cat, the Yule Goat, Christmas Werewolves and Vampires as well. Rissa also delves into the controversial tradition of Zwarte Piet, the decadence of Saturnalia (which Nicole has practiced on occasion} and the dark side of the...

It's beginning to look a lot like XMas, in that spirit we present our punk rock holiday show from way back in 2013

Eric Leach and Phil George from the punk band Symbol Six and special guest Santa Claus himself were Mark and Josi's guests on this special holidy episode. Eric and Phil talked about founding their band when they were in Junior High inspired by the legendary early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene, how Izzy Stradlin of Guns N Roses was their roadie for free, how women sometimes cause the most violence at shows, how living with Kim...

ARTivist Jil Love and witchy comedian Renee Watt joined Mark for quite a metaphysical show

Jil talked about the epiphany she had in 2012 which led her to combine her art with activism which has let her to cover herself in blood, oil and recently sitting on a golden toilet on Donald Trump's star on the walk of fame and bloodletting for the children of Yemen. She travelled from her native Spain to Hollywood where she got into a fight with a Transformer in order to promote peace.

Renee talked about her own epiphany 2 years ago which...

Model and Influencer Romi Chase joined Mark in 2020 for quite a stimulating conversation...

Romi talked about what it was like living in small town Poland, and how she made the transition first to Alabama then to her current home in Miami.

Her pale skin and 53 inch booty were not the beauty norm in Poland or the USA, but Romi has been able to do what a lot of skinny blondes have not and has amassed a huge social media following.

She does have a gripe with Instagram who it seems is biased against bigger...

It was Dark Mark's Birthday this week and Hannah threw him quite a birthday party. The guests included podcast hosts Dakota the Bearded Lady and Morgan Jaffe, comedian Jamie Gendron and author and former Dark Mark Show co-host Nicole Sixx. Everyone had quite a fun time watching Mark finish off a bottle of cinnamon whisky while they talked about the appeal of older men, why you should never let someone borrow your staple gun, whether it is more fun writing about horror or playing a stabbing victim in a movie, Marilyn Manson causing impotency, fishnet stockings and who had the...

I voted on Halloween which is a tradition of mine because the Democratic and Republican candidates frighten me. In 2020 I interviewed Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen and found them to both be smart, capable and having more good ideas and solutions to the country's problems than the 2 party system offered then and now.
Please vote and consider voting 3rd party. Now more than ever we need more choices and voices.

Mark interviewed Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and they had an interesting discussion about ballot access for third parties...

Tasseographer and historian Rissa Miller returned to The Dark Mark Show in 2023 to regale Mark and Nicole with tales about the hidden history of Halloween

Rissa talked about how the spooky season really started with the oft-mispronounced Samhain and how it was actually turnips at that time that were being carved and how children were given soul cakes instead of candy. She shared the story of "Stingy Jack" and how he outsmarted the devil, which prompted Mark to comment on all the stingy Jacks that he knows. She explains how trick or treating was invented as a way...

Lisa Wilcox joined Mark and Nicole to talk about her starring role in Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5. She clears up rumors of her being considered for Nightmare 3 and Halloween 4, describes what it is like to have fight scenes with Robert Englund especially in a giant kaleidoscope and MC Escher inspired stairs, dispels rumors of hanky panky on the set and even brings out her own personal nunchucks on the show.

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Since Terrifier 3 is a smash hit and massacred even Joker 2 in the box office this week it seems like the perfect time to revisit the show where Art the Clown himself, David Howard Thornton visited the lighter side of the dark side in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2021

David Howard Thornton the man who plays Art The Clown in Terrifier and the upcoming sequel Terrifier 2 joined Hannah Bakk and Mary Zaint of the Vegans Uncensored Podcast for a creepy good time just in time for Halloween

Everyone gave an opinion as to why clowns are...