Mykel's Oldies
Last century's writings of Mykel Board ... scanned for posterity
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Me & Morton Downey Downtown 04-13-1988
One of my few adventures on network television. Morton Downey was the
Rush Limbaugh of his age. Illustration by John Holmstrom.
Comments welcome.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
DOWNTOWN November 23, 1988 -- LIES ABOUT THE CMJ CONFERENCE
I wrote this piece as satire, but wanted it to appear as a real report. I guess the DOWNTOWN Gods were afraid of getting sued or something, so they wrote in big letters:
SATIRE
Still they did give an intro on the front page:
Friday, October 20, 2023
NY Press OCT 7-13 1992: TOKYO GENERAL
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Monday, September 18, 2023
DOWNTOWN SEPT 31, 1988 -- SCUMROCK
Mark Rentzer once told me that I named Scumrock. It was an aw-shucks, yeah-right moment. Then I found this and think he might have been right.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Downtown Oct 21, 1992 "World of Cover Bands"
WORD... A visit to coverband city
by Mykel Board
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Friday, July 28, 2023
BLISTER Mag, #2 1982 Mykel's Interview
Here's an interview I did for BLISTER FANZINE in 1982... Seems it was still ART times. Photos by (RIP) David Svilken of the YOUNG AND THE USELESS
Monday, January 17, 2022
High Society June 1995 -- The Lies of Thailand
This one they changed the title and added pictures (some of them mine) to appeal to their audience. I understand. It is a "men's" magazine, after all. I hope some people were disillusioned just the same.
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Saturday, October 30, 2021
ZAP -- Spring 2021 HORROR PORN
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