The Dark Mark Show

This week Mark and Nicole do something different which may lead to a new spinoff podcast, they discuss one of Nicole's favorite movies Alien vs Predator and try to answer these questions and more: Is AVP a horror movie or an action movie? Why didn't Sanaa Lathan become a bigger movie star? Is Paul WS Anderson an underrated director? How powerful is the Alien acid blood? How did this movie get rate...

Comedian and Commander of The Nerd Legion Erikka Innes and DJ Tommy Secosky joined Mark and Nicole fusing the nerd and goth worlds Erikka grew up in the Bay Area and went to Stanford, though she insists she is not a genius, she left a lucrative job as a tech writer to go into comedy and has been very successful with 3 comedy albums so far, including the latest Unicorn Dance Party 2. She talks abou...

Stitched Up Heart bass player Randy Mathias and actor/comedian Rosalee Mayeux joined Mark and Nicole for a fast and funny show Randy has known Mark and Nicole for a long time through the LA Goth scene and talks about his journey from forming bands with former members of Marilyn Manson and Dead Kennedys, to his being in legendary goth band London After Midnight (where he ran onstage in Germany in a...

Psychic, Medium, Intuitive Healer and metaphysical Jack of all Trades Terrie Huberman returned for a loose and funny show. Terrie talked about how she is able to channel energy, even over Zoom which she used before it was all the rage post-pandemic. She gave insight into all the various ways she communicates spiritually through people, including Jewish Energy Healing, how she became the personal p...

Charles Rosenay the author of The Book of Top 10 Horror Lists joined Mark and a pigtailed Nicole for quite a fun show Charles grew up in the Bronx, though he became an incongruous Mets Fan. He was also a big fan of the Beatles, The Monkees, and Universal Horror Films, which led him to be a DJ, play Davy Jones in a Monkees cover band, and put on horror and pop culture conventions WAY before their c...

The author of the book "Selling Dead People's Things" Duane Scott Cerny regaled Mark and Nicole with great and sometimes scary stories from over 30 years of buying and selling antiques. Duane actually got his start reselling his friend's toys as a kid, then nude pictures his father brought home from his job as Playboy (to his bullies), He then detoured to study with the state poet laureate, get in...

Mark and Nicole welcomed famed ventriloquist April Brucker and her cast of puppets...excuse me...Textile Americans to the lighter side of the dark side April has been featured on MTV, VIdeos After Dark with Bob Saget (showing how to fold a towel oh so suggestively) ABC's What Would You Do? where she was so convincing that a man threatened to call the police and Judge Jerry Springer where her puppe...

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 with Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, and a celebrity you would ne...

Rockstar Cheri Rockafella and comedian Brandon Black joined Mark and Nicole for one of the wildest shows we've had in a while... Cheri made sure to clarify that she came up with the Rockafella name way before Jay Z, She started singing in her native Houston and sings one of her first songs "Punk Slut" on air. She made her way to the Sunset Strip in the 80s where she was cut out of a Ratt video for...

In response to fan requests, Mark and Nicole were joined by artist and goth trendsetter Queenie Black for a fun show which truly takes you to the lighter side of the dark side. Queenie talked about growing up as a "Valley Girl" who transitioned from being a punk rocker to loving Adam and The Antz (with a Z) to loving the emerging Death Rock scene as it was known then. She gives her own definition...

Author and Humorist Ruth Yunker joined Mark and Nicole to talk travel, aging, literature, flirting and more Ruth looks shockingly amazing and sexy for her age. Although this is the most unusual podcast she has been on, she bonded with Mark over the joys of top hats and travelling alone. She talked about her "Keira Knightly" eyebrows, the joy of yoga and weed as well as why you have to be careful t...

Legendary drag queen and host of the talk show Amber Live! Amber LeMay joined Mark and Nicole for a fun and flirty show, Amber was zooming from Vermont and had lots of positive things to say about the state, from its lush scenery to its "live and let live" attitude (though it seems to be behind on its marijuana laws. She described growing up as a gay man in Ohio as not exactly as Glee depicted and...

Fort the 9th Anniversary of The Dark Mark Show we turn back the clock to 2013 and replay the very first show. 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 McI...

Rebecca Love joined Mark and Nicole for a very sexy and fun show. Rebecca talked about growing up in the backwoods of upstate New York and the transition of moving to Florida as soon as she was legally able. She then started and adult entertainment career that has transitioned into her being one of the most popular actresses in softcore Skinemax films and now has led to her being very popular onli...

Comedian Dante who has known Mark since they were both teenagers joined Mark and Nicole for a fun and very funny show 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 (!) ra...

Rachel Clinesmith the creator and owner of Vampyre Cosmetics and Alchemy Mythosis Cosmetics made over model/actress/sideshow performer Lilian Sin and cohost Nicole for a very gothy show Rachel talked about her passion of makeup starting with growing up and being inspired in New Orleans leading to her being a Mary Kay rep as a teenage girl and being instrumental in spreading the goth look in Kansas...

Fantasy author Danielle M. Orsino welcomed Mark and Nicole to her magical kingdom of the Fae. Danielle grew up in a small town just outside New York and was a nerd way before that was cool. She eventually became a champion martial artist which led her to cross paths with Michael Jai White and Bill Clinton. She became a nurse and entertained a patient with her stories which have become the basis of...

Stand Up Comedians Tonya Moon and Jamie Gendron joined Mark and Nicole for a wild and hilarious show Tonya has lived quite a life. She is half Korean and her passion for makeup led her to work for Larry Flynt and Hustler Magazine and to make vintage porn stars such as Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers look beautiful. She shares outrageous, uncensored stories about everything from unusual places...

Actor/Producer/tDirector James Balsamo joined Mark and Nicole for a wild show James talked about going to the prestigious performing arts school featured in fame and the Lee Strasburg Institute then going to work at Troma and taking out Lloyd Kaufman's trash and playing the Toxic Avenger in promo materials. He used his networking skills honed at horror conventions to start Acid Bath Productions an...

 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 the amount of dick jokes and sex in Shakespeare's work, how technology is proving he wrote his plays and also that he likely was a stoner and a...

Comedians Sarah J. Halstead and Manu Badenes joined Mark and Nicole for a frequently hilarious and surprisingly deep show Sarah talked about growing up in Flint Michigan and how Michael Moore damaged that city as much as GM closing their plant, how she was successful in the wine and champagne industry but always yearned to act and make people laugh so she drove cross country and has been in over 9...

Heavy metal singers and the maniacal minds behind the upcoming Amazon Prime series Band Wars Ticker Twizted and Hekate Williams joined Mark and Nicole for a fast and funny show Ticker was named as much for having Tourette's syndrome (and no the last name Twizted does not have an ICP connection) but has persevered and become a radio host, lead singer of the Metal band Cryptamnesia and, perhaps more...

Hollywood hyphenate extraordinaire Joycelyne Lew joined Mark and Nicole for the first DMS of 2022 Joycelyne is an actress/voiceover artist/model/comedian/host/YouTuber/makeup artist/magician/body part model/hairstylist/cook and has so many more talents. She tells stories about her extensive show business career and working with everybody from Yul Brenner, Danny Thomas, Jackie Chan, David Carradine...

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 apparent...

Comedian and Dominatrix Mistress K joined Mark and Nicole for a wild and funny show Mistress K talked about growing up in suburban Massachusetts where she worked in a prison, was fired from a drug recovery program by a supervisor who was on drugs, transitioned into nursing then made more money selling sex toys which led to her being a dominatrix. She talks about how much money she made selling pan...