The Dark Mark Show

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...

Dark Mark Show guest and friend Jonathan David passed away this week, Far too soon. In tribute to this very funny and wonderful man we are reuploading his appearance in 2019 with Rotten Kitty. You will hear all the hardships he had to overcome and how truly hilarious he was. RIP Hannah was surrounded by funny people this week as she and Mark welcomed Jonathan David and Rotten Kitty to the lighter...

The bad boy of MMA Trap Gambino joined Mark and Nicole for a fun and hard hitting show. Trap talked about growing up in a small town in Ohio, comparable to a hood in the middle of a cornfield, meeting his wife and fellow MMA fighter Ashlee who was his high school sweetheart and moving to Las Vegas where he has caused many an online controversy, He tells us how he becamw a viral online sensation, h...

The ever unpredictable and outspoken Seraphim Ward Serpent Reign joined Mark and Nicole for a wild show. Seraphim wasted no time clearing the air about being sued by Marilyn Manson and having the case dismissed. She recounted dating Pogo aka Madonna Wayne Gacy the keyboardist of MM as well as how she met and dated actors such as Peter Greene and Esai Morales and even Trent Reznor and Glenn Danzig...

Dark Mark had a birthday party with a guest list of some of his best friends: Co-host Nicole Sixx, Former co-host Hannah Bakk, singer Jacqueline Van Bierk, and comedians Jamie Gendron and Mike Muratore The party raged on for almost 2 hours with Mark getting increasingly drunk on absinthe. Luckily he did not drunkenly fall out of his chair until just after the taping stopped. A great time was had b...

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...

Alex Grass the author of the terrifying new book Black River Lantern joined Mark and Nicole for a frighteningly fun show. Alex talked about his upbringing which took him from Pennsylvania to Israel, where he witnessed bombs dropping, and after some bad Shwarma, may have dropped some bombs of his own, how he worked on motorcycles, got tattoos, boxed and was the lead singer of the thrash metal band...

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 scary (or not), Terrifier super fans Hannah and Mary talked about when they saw the movie the first time and what they thought of it,...

Mark and Nicole spoke to Writer/Director/Actor Harley Wallen as part of Halloween month. Harley talked about his journey from Sweden to America, landing him in Michigan where he has created a cottage industry cranking out up to 4 movies a year. He reminisced about his undefeated MMA career (Nicole is undefeated in fights too) gives out industry secrets about Tom Sizemore who starred in his movie A...

Actor/Host/Creature of the Night Jeffrey Damnit and filmmaker "Zombie" Dave Reda joined Mark and Nicole for a horrifyingly hilarious show Jeffrey grew up in Chicago, where he was conquering the goth/industrial club scene as an underage teen, which led to him performing in a local freak show and eventually to Hollywood where he studied at Second City and with his whisky soaked voice and effortless...

Fangsmith and promoter of the Endless Night Vampire Ball Father Sebastiaan and the owner of Vampyre Cosmetics and editor of Vampyre Magazine Rachel Clinesmith joined Mark and Nicole for a fang-tastic show Father Sebastiaan explained the difference between Vampires and Vampyres, how since the pandemic hit, he has transitioned to virtual events and 3D fangsetting and is still doing well, he goes int...

Dating expert and author of "Apologies I Never Got" Bethany Nicole joined Mark and Nicole for a frank and funny discussion of dating. Bethany was honest about her father issues and her small town North Carolina upbringing. Unlike the rest of the world going the other way, she moved from Austin to LA which is where she started writing about dating. Mark Nicole and Bethany talk about the worst date...

R & B singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ayoka joined Mark and Nicole for a mystical, sensual and fast paced fun show Ayoka was brought up as an orphan in Maryland (despite what some bios of hers will tell you) and has a genius IQ, operatic vocal range and can play several musical instruments. In fact her piano teacher was so impressed, they encouraged her to be a singer. She refuses to u...

Michael came of age in Boston, which happened to be the first stop of such bands as The Clash, Talking Heads, The Buzzcocks, New Order, Billy Idol, Devo, Ramones, PIL, The B52s (singer Fred Schneider did the forward) The Plasmatics (singer Wendy O Williams is on the cover smashing the TV) and many more. He was able to gain access and take pictures of those shows. Michael talks about what it was li...

A tribute to former Dark Mark Show guest and extraordinary person Charly Gienau who was taken from us far too soon. May we meet again in some form or another... From September 2013 Mark and Josi welcomed Charly Gienau, singer and guitar player for Many of Odd Nature Magician Micah Cover and Fla to the lighter side of the dark side. Charly talked about being one of the few female guitar players at...

Master Guitar Players Janet Robin and Markus Illko of The String Revolution joined Mark and special guest co-host Bree Walker for a terrific show. Janet talked about how happy she was that her guitar teacher Randy Rhoads will finally take his place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, talked about how much fun it was to play with Meredith Brooks and hear an arena full of people sing Bitch in unison,...