Tag Archives: AM 1700

Ypsilanti’s young people pack the AM 1700 studio to speak truth to power, and the music of Soft Milk… on episode 24 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 24, 2015

This past weekend’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack, as I suspect most of you already know, started coming together earlier this summer, after the gang-related murder of 20 year old Keandre Duff, who had been shot in the head and killed just after midnight on the morning of July 12 at an Ypsilanti block […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activities for kids, Amanda Edmonds, Andres Stockdill, Ask-A-Teen, Benjamin Edmondson, Berlin, carpenter ants, Dylan Beckwith, eating bugs, Eli Stevick, gangs, GG Allin, ghosts, Heritage Fest, Iggy Pop, internships, Jerry Clayton, Kate de Fuccio, Keandre Duff, Nick Azzaro, nudity, Ozone House, Ozone House Drop-In Center, Soft Milk, teens, Tony DeGiusti, WICIR teen group, WIHI, WIMI, Youth Commission, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 18 Comments

Ypsi School Superintendent Benjamin Edmondson, vacation memories and complaints with my daughter Clementine, and all kinds of other awesome stuff …on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 17, 2015

After a few weeks off the air, The Saturday Six Pack will return tomorrow evening with an all new episode. Our first guest will be the new Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools, Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, with whom we’ll be discussing the current state of K-12 education in Ypsilanti, the initiatives he’s already set in motion, […]

Posted in Education, History, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Warhol Museum, Asheville, Bee Roll, Benjamin Edmondson, Bernie Sanders, Clementine, gay rights, Jamestown, Jennicet Gutiérrez, Jim Cherewick, Matt Siegfried, Roanoke, Savannah, The Go-Go’s, transgender, vacations, Virginia, White Duck Taco, WICKidz Radio | 13 Comments

Taking on the New York literary establishment with Michael Jackman, celebrating Fathers Day with Jim Roll, and making life better for our most vulnerable neighbors with Keta Cowan… on episode 20 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | June 25, 2015

I enjoyed the hell out of last Saturday night’s episode, and I’d like to thank everyone who had a hand in it. If you missed the live broadcast, and you’d like to check it out, you can either download the podcast by way of iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. Or, if you want, you […]

Posted in Awesome Foundation, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Almond, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, Back Porch Video, Beef Rag, Dave Eggers, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit River, Doug Holland, Factsheet Five, film school, Hamtramck, hipsters, inauthenticity, Inspector 18, Keta Cowan, Matt Siegfried, McSweeney's, Michael Jackman, New York City, Pathetic Life, Pete Larson, Pillow Talk, punk, Rick Moody, suicide, Synod Community Services, The Painted Lady, Underground Literary Alliance, undocumented resident, undocumented workers, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Washtenaw ID Project, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Williamsburg, Zine World, zines | 7 Comments

Community policing post Ferguson, Modern Lady Fitness, and running for your life in Ypsilanti… on this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 14, 2015

As the owner of AM 1700 has apparently made a deal to rent out the entire station next weekend for a “Golden Age of Radio” themed bat mitzvah, this will be our last show for a while. So, if I were you, I’d be sure to tune in this Saturday evening, when I’ll be joined […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged bat mitzvah, Blake Elliott, Chris Stranad, Derrick Jackson, First Fridays, Mike Nix, Modern Lady Fitness, Six Pack Portrait Project, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Ypsilanti Running Company | 12 Comments

Singing about heartbroken monsters with Fangs and Twang, discussing the condition of Michigan’s roads with Representative David Rutledge, and reliving the horrors of Totally Awesome Fest… on episode 16 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 12, 2015

My favorite moment of this week’s episode happened within just the first few minutes. I was looking at State Representative David Rutledge’s face when Fangs and Twang performed the opening theme song that they’d written for the show, and he was just beaming. While I think he genuinely liked the song, which was admittedly pretty […]