This Thursday night, the documentary Medora will be making its Michigan debut at Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater. The film, which is the most recent production of Found Magazine’s Davy Rothbart, is ostensibly about a small town basketball team’s seemingly impossible struggle to break a two-year losing streak. As you quickly realize when you watch […]
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Davy Rothbart on following hunches, being persistent, ceding control, and beating David Duchovny to the punch: The story of Medora
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged American dream, Andrew Cohn, Bain Capital, basketball, Beachside Films, Byron Case, Chaz Cowles, Cory Booker, David Duchovny, Davy Rothbart, deindustrialization, documentary film, Dylan McSoley, ESPN, Film, Found Magazine, Gummo, high school, Hoop Dreams, Hoosiers, Indiana, John Branch, Kansas City, Kickstarter, Little Miss Sunshine, manufacturing, Mary Manhardt, Medora, Medora Hornets, midwest, My Heart Is an Idiot, New York Times, Perry Street Tavern, poverty, Rusty Rogers, Safety Not Guaranteed, school consolidation, Stanley Tucci, Street Fight, The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison, underdogs, Zach Fish | 14 Comments
Ypsilanti exit interview: Vinnie Massimino
As three of the last four posts on this site have been about the upcoming Ypsilanti Democratic primary, I though that it was time for something a little different. Here, with that in mind, is an exit interview with local video artist Vinnie Massimino. If he looks familiar, it might be because, until about a […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bathroom Reviews, Bee Roll, Beezy's, being bored, Belleville, Ben Miller, Berlin, Byron Mosley, comedy, Detroit, Diana Ross, EMU, film making, Flint, interviews with Mark, Joshua Light Show, Joshua White, Lou Reed, Matt Posky, Mike Eller, MOCAD, New Order, NYU, Otter Lake, risk taking, settling, Sons of Dads, Spies Like Us, Stairclimbing, The Cure, the plight of baristas, Thieves Like Us, Vinnie Massimino, VOSKY, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 12 Comments
Detroit’s Funeral for the Fag
As you all know, in just a few days, all the bars and restaurants in Michigan (with the exception of those that allow gambling, I believe) will go smoke free. And, it sounds like our friends in the Detroit Party Marching Band are planning to usher in the new prohibition era in style. Here’s the […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Detroit, Health, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bars, Bronx Bar, Cass Corridor, cigarettes, coffins, Detroit, Detroit City Party Marching Band, Detroit Party Marching Band, fags, funeral dirges, funeral for the fag, jazz funeral procession, pallbearers, performance art, PJ's Lager House, Powell's, prohibition, Slow Drag Combo, smoking, smoking ban, the Screaming Eagle | 19 Comments