By Mark | September 11, 2016
There’s important stuff that I should be writing about tonight, stuff that I know would earn a lot of “likes” on social media and give rise to some good, meaningful conversation, but, since re-watching the first few episodes of Start Trek the other night with the kids, I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged alcoholism, another famous person has died, b-movies, Christopher Pike, crazy people, creative negotiations, curses, Gene Roddenberry, Grace Lee Whitney, James T. Kirk, Jeffrey Hunter, Jesus, Joan 'Dusty' Bartlett, King of Kings, Laurel Goodwin, models, OCD, Spain, Start Trek, television, The Cage, The Longest Day, what if, Yeoman Janice Rand |
By Mark | August 31, 2014
I had the opportunity a few days ago to speak briefly with John Doe of the legendary Los Angeles punk band X. Doe, along with his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, after making their way thorugh Chicago in early September, will be playing two dates in Michingan… September 6 at The Magic Bag […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1976, 1977, Amiee Mann, Andy Warhol, Antioch, astroturf, Baltimore, Beat poets, Bertha's, Billy Zoom, Black Randy and the MetroSquad, Brendan Mullen, CBGB, Chuck Berry, conspiracy theories, DJ Bonebrake, Eddie Cochran, Exene Cervenka, Harry Dean Stanton, ISIS, Joe Henry, John Doe, John Waters, Los Angeles, Loudon Wainwright, mass media, Max's Kansas City, nihilism, Patrick Swayze, Patti Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Pleased to Meet Me, punk, punk rock, Roadhouse, sensationalism, Slash, songwriting, St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Talking Heads, Tennessee Williams, The Alley Cats, The Bags, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Go-Go’s, The Masque, The Plugz, The Weirdos, underground press, Velvet Underground, Venice Beach, violence, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, X, X: The Unheard Music, Ypsi Song Fest, Ypsilanti District Library |
By Mark | January 14, 2014
This evening, while researching something completely unrelated, I discovered an interesting little fact about filmmaker Christopher Guest that I wanted to share. A decade before starring in This Is Spinal Tap, and setting in motion a chain of events that would make him the mockumentary auteur he is today, he starred opposite Charles Bronson in […]
Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged 1974, actors playing cops, Baron Haden-Guest, barons, Bill Murray, casting, CBS, Charles Bronson, Christopher Guest, Columbo, Death Wish, England, House of Lords, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jean Pauline Hindes, mockumentary, National Lampoon, National Lampoon Radio Hour, peerage, police, revenge porn, Spinal Tap, The Hot Rock, United Nations |
By Mark | February 20, 2012
I need some advice. Later this spring, I’ll be heading to Toronto with the family, and, as I’ve never been there before, and as don’t generally associate with Canadians, I’m not sure what I should do when I’m there. Or, to be more specific, I’m not sure what I should do, once I’ve scoured the […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, sex | Also tagged alcoholism, another famous person has died, Best Laid Plans, Degrassi Junior High, Derek "Wheels" Wheeler, filming locations, Joey Jeremiah, Neil Hope, Pat Mastroianni, sightseeing, teen sex, Toronto, Vincent Massey Public School |
Looks like Hilary Swank and company will be shooting at the Sidetrack on Tuesday and Wednesday. Apparently, in the film, Swank’s character, Betty Anne Waters, puts herself through Law school by working at a bar called Adens Pub. So, for a few days, the Sidetrack will be Adens Pub, and the delightfully assed Ms. Swank […]
