The new issue of the Eastern Michigan University student magazine, “emYOU,” has an article on the upcoming Shadow Art Fair. I have a few issues with the story, that I won’t bore you with, but, in the defense of the writer, the following quote really was something that I said.

“The overall vibe is one of extreme violence and self-pity,” Maynard said.

I thought it was incredibly funny at the time. I didn’t, of course, expect the reporter to pass it along to his readers, absent any kind of explanation. I’m incredibly happy about it, though… I hope the phrase shows up in all the press we get from now on… And, along those same lines, I hope the Ann Arbor NPR affiliate runs the part of my interview where I say that several visitors will be forced to fight for their lives at the upcoming Shadow Art Fair.

Those of you craving death, extreme violence and self-pity, please mark Saturday, July 19 on your calendars… The Shadow Art Fair is real, and it’s coming for your non-douchey children!

[The poster for this summer’s Shadow Art Fair, pictured here to the right, was designed by a local vandal known as White Ryan.]