Category Archives: Media

Beer with Bloggers… April 9, in Ypsilanti

By Mark | April 1, 2013

As last year’s Beer with Bloggers event was such a resounding success, we’ve decided to do it again next Tuesday evening at the Corner Brewery. The event, as always, will be free and open to the public… So, if you’ve got a blog of your own, enjoy engaging in conversations on your favorite local blog, [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged Ann Arbor School Musings, Anne Savage, Beer with Bloggers, Ben Connor Barrie, Chris Savage, Christine Barry, community organizing, Damn Arbor, Eclectablog, Edward Vielmetti, Mary Bilyeu, Mike White, Patrick Diehl, Patti Smith, Pete Larson, Ruth Kraut, Steven Krause | 15 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Dustin Krcatovich

By Mark | March 9, 2013

Local illustrator and writer Dustin “Dusty” Krcatovich will be moving to Portland shortly. Here’s his official exit interview. MARK: Here’s your first question… Were you born in Michigan? And, if not, how old were you when you first moved here, and what were the circumstances surrounding the move? DUSTIN: I was born and raised in [...]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Michigan, Other, sex, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Tagged accidental intercourse, Allegan, American Apparel, Ann Arbor loses artists, anonymous sex, Art Alexakis, Austin, baby shower, Bank of Ann Arbor, Brass Tacks Sandwiches, Capitalism, comics, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Concentrate Media, Concentrate speaker series, consumerism, culture jamming, Dave Thomas, Dov Charney, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, Everclear, exit interviews, feet for hands, FM Dust, Forever Stoked, gigolo, growing up, gynecologic imagery, Ian Fulcher, illustration, Jen Munford, Jeremy Wheeler, masturbation, Matthew Altruda, non-local banker, Otsego, Pete Larson, Portland, Portlandia, punk, R.S. DeLucco, selling out, Slacker, Smegma, Starbucks, suicide, The Ann Arbor Paper, University of Michigan, Wendys, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 29 Comments

Calling what happened during Michigan’s lame duck session “very, very bad,” former State Senator Joe Schwartz blames term limits and the unprecedented influence of corporate money

By Mark | January 22, 2013

As we recently discussed, Michigan Radio, as part of their Issues & Ale series, hosted a panel discussion in Ypsilanti late last week on the subject of Michigan’s newly passed right-to-work legislation. The panel, which included former Republican State Senator Joe Schwartz, Kristin Dziczek, the Director of the Labor & Industry Group at the Center [...]

Also posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Ave Maria, Ave Maria graduates, Center for Automotive Research, collective bargaining, Community Capital Forum, Corner brewery, corporate takeover of politics, F. Vincent Vernuccio, get the money out of Washington, Gretchen Driskell, Issues & Ale, Jack Lessenberry, Koch brothers, Kristin Dziczek, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MEDC, Michael Shuman, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Radio, Michigan Senate, Mike Finney, money in politics, partisan politics, Proposition 2, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, Ron Weiser, tea party, term limits, Tom Monaghan, union busting, unions | 25 Comments

Celebrating the National Day of Service, and the legacy of Martin Luther King, by brandishing assault rifles at the Capitol

By Mark | January 20, 2013

While thousands of good Americans turned out yesterday, at the President’s request, to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King by volunteering their time as part of our National Day of Service, devout gun lovers across the country decided to express their patriotic love for this country a bit differently. Instead of volunteering to help [...]

Also posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan | Tagged 2nd amendment, assassination, assault rifles, Bonnie Bucqueroux, CCW, concealed weapons, freedom hole, Gun Appreciation Day, gun control, gun rights, guns, Lansing, Lansing Online News, Martin Luther King Jr., National Day of Service, racism | 12 Comments

Glenn Beck announces his intention to build a Libertarian utopia, promising to bring the terrifyingly beautiful vision of Ayn Rand to life

By Mark | January 15, 2013

After teasing his audience for days with cryptic Disney Land imagery and the promise of incredible news, Glenn Beck, the vile charlatan who’s made a career of fleecing America’s most fearful and ignorant, announced that he intends to build a $2 billion Libertarian utopia in rural Texas loosely modeled on