Category Archives: The Saturday Six Pack

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By Mark | October 1, 2016

In preparation for this evening’s interview with Gregory A. Fournier about his new book, Terror in Ypsilanti, I’ve been reading as much as I can about the case of EMU student turned serial killer John Norman Collins. And, last night, as I starting thinking about all the locations in town that are associated with the […]

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Juan Cole, Leni Sinclair, and the YpsiGlow project …on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 22, 2016

The Saturday Six Pack will be back on the air this weekend, and it has all the makings of a great show. Our first guest will be esteemed University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole. An expert on the Middle East, Cole came to be a household name shortly after 9/11, as our nation geared […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Adriana Zardus, Detroit Artists Workshop, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Festifools, FoolMoon, Geore Bush, Iraq war, Isreal, Jeri Rosenberg, jihad, John Sinclair, Juan Cole, Leni Sinclair, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Middle East, SDS, Stephen Colbert, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East, White Panther Party, WonderFool Productions, YpsiGLOW | 4 Comments

John Sinclair on his efforts to bring down the U.S. government, superintendent Ben Edmondson on the state of Ypsi schools, and musician Cash Harrison on the inspirational power of heartache… on episode 49 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 19, 2016

The last episode of the Saturday Six Pack is now available online. If you’re so inclined, you can either scroll to the bottom of this post, where you’ll find the Soundcloud audio embedded, or just click over to iTunes, were you can download it in podcast form. I know it doesn’t mean much coming from […]

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Talking revolution with John Sinclair, discussing the state of Ypsilanti schools with Superintendent Ben Edmondson, and exploring the bummercore world of Cash Harrison … on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 19, 2016

After our long vacation, the Saturday Six Pack will be back on the air this weekend with poet, activist John Sinclair, the former manager of the MC5. While I’m sure we’ll talk at length about both his time with the “The Five”, and the ten year sentence he received for selling two joints that made […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged '60s, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor Sun, Benjamin Edmondson, Black Panther Party, Bob Rudnick, bummercore, Cash Harrison, CIA, communes, Danny Fields, Dennis Frawley, Detroit Artists Workshop, drug busts, Elektra, FBI, Fifth Estate, Flint, government spying, hippies, informants, Jackson Prison, John Lennon, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Kick out the Jams, Kokaine Karma, Leni Sinclair, liner notes, Luther House, marijuana, MC5, Michigan Supreme Court, old hippies, paranoia, police setups, police stings, pot, Richard Nixon, SDS, Students for Democratic Society, Supreme Court, The Beatles, Tom Hayden, Trans-Love Energies, White Panther Party, yippies | 4 Comments

The Disinformants, Crime Victims and Nick Zomparelli usher in Totally Awesome Fest 2016 …on episode 45 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 24, 2016

Every year, in late April, a free, all-ages, multi-venue festival of weirdness called Totally Awesome Fest descends upon the sleepy little midwestern hamlet of Ypsilanti. There’s no escape from it. No one is immune. Like it or not, you will experience beauty and magic. It permeates every element of village life. Walking through town, one […]