By Mark | December 21, 2009
Brandon Zwagerman doesn’t live here anymore. But he stays connected to the local music scene through Mittenfest, an annual winter showcase of Michigan bands, which he organizes from his home in New York. This year’s Mittenfest, to be held at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti beginning New Year’s Eve, spans 4-days, and involves 40-bands. Following [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, almost seduced by Ypsilanti, Amy Sumerton, Andy Garris, Beezy's, Big Beautiful, Black Jake and the Carnies, Brandon Zwagerman, Canada the band, Champions of Breakfast, Child Bite, Chris Bathgate, CMJ Music Marathon, Corndaddy, Detroit Red Wings, DIY, Drunken Barn Dance, East Quad Music Co-Op, Elbow Room, Electric Fire Babies, folkies, Fred Thomas, Friendly Foes, Frontier Ruckus, Ghostlady, Great Lakes Myth Society, Growing Hope, Hallway, indie music, Jeremy Peters, Jib Kidder, Jim Roll, Landfill Mountain Boys, Lightning Love, lo-fi pop, Madison House, Madisonfest, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn, Mittenfest, Mittenfest IV, music festivals, New Year's Eve, Photographers, pop music, Sarah Schaefer, Scott Sellwood, Secret Twins, Shadow Art Fair, Silverghost, The Dardanelles, The Juliets, the Michigan diaspora, The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, Timothy Monger, unstoppable juggernauts, Whiskey Bottle, Yates |
By Mark | November 29, 2009
I suspect that you probably already know this, as you’re super cool and not much gets by you, but I thought that I’d mention it anyway… The Shadow Art Fair (SAF) is taking place this Saturday, December 5, at Ypsi’s Corner Brewery. It will run from noon to midnight. And, as usual, it’s just two-cents [...]
By Mark | November 22, 2009
Remember that idea that I had a long time ago, about using bikes to power an outdoor movie series here in Ypsi? Well, the idea, no thanks to me, is still alive and kicking. In fact, we hope to have the first bike built in time for the December 5 Shadow Art Fair. And, if [...]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alternative Energy, Andy Claydon, Anjanette Bunce, Ann Arbor Arts Alliance, Bike 1, bike powered movies, cycle powered cinema, Dave Strenski, generators, John Shuler, Kickstarter, Linette Lao, Michael Flynn, Mike Ambs, Project Pedal, Riverside Park, Shadow Art Fair, virtual tour of Ypsi |
By Mark | November 9, 2009
Tomorrow, from 3:00 to 7:00 PM, there’s going to be a special, indoor farmers’ market at the Corner Brewery. I’m told that 20 vendors will be on hand, more than half of whom will be local produce growers. Among the others planning to attend are Zingerman’s Creamery, Grassfield’s Cheese, Ugly Mug coffee, the Ypsi Food [...]
Posted in Food, Local Business, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged farmers market, Grassfield's Cheese, Growing Hope, happy hour, Maggie's Baked Goods, Pilar's Tamales, produce, Slaughtered on Water Street, Stone Hearth Bakery, Ugly Mug coffee, winter farmers' market, Ypsi Food Co-op |
By Mark | October 25, 2009
Linette and I first met about 16 years ago in an Ypsilanti bar called Cross Street Station. It’s been closed for several years now, but apparently quite a few people still have fond memories of the filthy, old place that, for whatever reason, agreed to book my band when few Ann Arbor clubs would. The [...]
By Mark | September 1, 2009
As most of you probably know, there’s a big, outdoor music festival taking place here in Ypsi this weekend. It’s being called the Jamboree, and, as luck would have it, I had an opportunity to sit down with festival director Don Sicheneder and ask him a few questions this evening. Here’s our interview:
MARK: So, [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing Company, Back 40, beer, Better Made Chips, Black Jake and the Carnies, bluegrass, Community Records, Daisy May, Dick Siegal, Don Sicheneder, Dragon Wagon, Erik Dotzauer, Fago, first aid tent, Frog Island Brewery, Hullabaloo, kids tent, Koegle hot dogs, Laith Al-Saadi, Las Vegas, magic pipe, Matt Jones, May Erlewine, Music Event, October Babies, one man band, Orpheum Bell, Rave Distributors, Riverside Park, roots music, Seth Bernard, That 1 Guy, The Afternoon Round, The Bearded Ladies, The Macpodz, The Ragbirds, Tokyo Sexwhale, Wayward Roots, Ypsilanti, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Bluegrass Festival, Ypsitucky Jamboree |
I love the Brewery, but I’m thinking about starting an online petition. I seriously hate trough urinals. I realize my dislike of them probably has a lot to do with the fact that I suffer from social phobia, but, even if that weren’t the case, I can’t imagine that I’d enjoy urinating shoulder-to-shoulder with other [...]
Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged bashful bladder, bashful kidneys, neanderthals, pee shyness, petitions, psychogenic urinary retention, shy bladder syndrome, shy kidney, stage fright, trough urinals, urophobia |
A few days ago, I posted an interview here that I did in the bathroom of the Corner Brewery. I didn’t set out to conduct an interview in the men’s room. It just kind of happened. I was washing my hands and talking with my friend Ryan, when it occurred to me that I had [...]
I’ve been talking about having a big, somewhat coordinated bar crawl here in Ypsi for quite some time now. Maybe it would be ill advised, but I was thinking that we’d have one drink in each of six different places. And, I even went so far as to talk some folks involved with Bike Ypsi, [...]
Posted in Food, Ideas, Local Business, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arthur's, Bike Ypsi, commemorative t-shirt, Cool things I didn't do this weekend, Death, Disney, Elbow Room, getting drunk and riding bikes, Haab's, Hamtramck, Hamtramck Bars Poker Run, Idle Hour, Mister Mike's, poker run, risk adverse, Sidetrack, Up, Ypsi bar crawl, Ypsilanti bars |
