Last night, as we set out to relocate this site at its new home in the upper atmosphere, I told you that you could take 48 hours off. I had been told, by our technical team, that the migration would likely take that long, and, during that time, the site would be completely dead. As […]
Tag Archives: 2020 Task Force
The day the Mark went dark
Posted in Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Other, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Andre, animatronic alcoholics, Anton LaVey, beer drinking robots, cloud computing, dark mark, fruit trees, grafting, guerilla grafting, Horatio Alger, Lisa Bashert, Lord Voldemort, Manhole, MarkMaynard.com, Nancy Grace, Neighborhood Fruit, nipples, Patrick Elkins, robots, site maintenance, Small Wonder, Ted Lawson, the future of this site, You Gotta Have Hope 37 Comments
The other side of the Ypsitucky debate
I told you a few days ago why I felt it was fine to use the suffix “tucky” to promote a Bluegrass music festival here in Ypsilanti this summer. Now, in the spirit of open mindedness, I give you the other side of the debate. The following letter comes from my fellow Ypsi 2020 Task […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Rants, Ypsilanti Also tagged David Ware, festivals, Ford, Gary Clark, Nazi, stereotypes, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Bluegrass Festival, Zingerman's 172 Comments
A kiosk in downtown Ypsi
All this impassioned talk about street art and vandalism got me thinking about about what channels we give our citizens – especially our younger citizens – to express themselves. As posting flyers in town is illegal, there aren’t many options… at least legal ones. There’s no place to post a flyer about an upcoming show. […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Media, Observations, Ypsilanti Also tagged committee to build a kiosk, kiosk, Michigan Avenue, street art, taggers, Water Street 36 Comments