Since I started interviewing musicians about their favorite vacations, there’s been quite a bit of pressure on me to somehow incorporate visual artists. Well, after thinking about it for the past several months, I came up what I hope is a fruitful new series. It’s called “Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the […]
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with the most important artists of our day… Episode 1: John Maggie
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Ideas to Steal: The Huron Hammock
Arlo and I were walking around the elevated path that runs along the edge of Frog Island Park this evening, looking down toward the river, and talking about fish, when we noticed a young woman sleeping in a hammock that she’d tied up between two trees, just a few feet off the water. It looked […]
Also posted in Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Tagged Arlo, Frog Island Park, hammock, Huron River, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, jealousy, pod people, seed pods 9 Comments
The unsolved mystery of Jack Brown’s 1984 murder in Ypsilanti
Every once in a while, my OCD gets the best of me, and I find myself going off on a tangent, obsessed by some little thing that, if I were anyone else, I’d probably just disregard. Recently, as you might recall, I got a little fixated, for whatever reason, by a large bell that figured […]
Also posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Tagged 1984, Brenda Stumbo, conspiracy theories, contract killing, Cynthia Wilbanks, Eagle Brief, Ed Hall, Ehman and Greenstreet Real Estate, Gary Hawks, getting away with murder, historic reenactment, hit man, In Search Of, Jack Brown, Kirk Profit, Mike Hawks, murder, murder for hire, murder mystery, Orson Welles, real estate, Roy Wilbanks, scandals, sitcom ideas, The Hearts of Age, Unsolved Mysteries, Ypsilanti police department 35 Comments