Late last week, Karl Pohrt, the driving force behind Ann Arbor’s historic Shaman Drum book shop, passed away at the age of 65 after a long battle with thyroid cancer. Having been an admirer of his work over the years, I’d wanted to mention his passing on the site, and offer up a place for people […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection, artifacts, book stores, Buddhist, Buffalo Bill Museum, Christianity, conscientious objector, Death, Detroit Institute of the Arts, DIA, Five Guys, fuck cancer, good bosses, Ian Fulcher, Jean Herny, jobs, Karl Pohrt, Keith Taylor, life after death, native american, native american artifacts, Patrick Elkins, people who make a difference, people who will be missed, people whom I respect, Plains Indian, Raymond McDaniel, Richard A Pohrt, sangha, Shaman Drum, sincerity, University of Michigan, Vietnam War |
By Mark | February 7, 2012
A few days ago, I posted video here of Bill Murray, on the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman. I have no way of knowing how many people took my advice and watched the clip, which was absolutely brilliant, but it only garnered one comment. (Someone, making the case that he was still […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged anxiety, Bill Murray, black comedy, Bobcat Goldthwait, celebrity culture, comedy, depression, Disney, Falling Down, FDR American Badass, Joel Murray, Juno, Late Night with David Letterman, Mark, mental health, OCD, Police Academy, pre-war jazz and blues, reality television, Scrooged, Shakes the Clown, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Tara Lynn Barr, the cesspool that is American culture, the Taliban should win, World's Greatest Dad |
Well, it looks as though the auction for our beloved Ypsi-Arbor sign has now begun. The good news is, at least so far, no one has stepped forward to start the bidding… The minimum bid, as you can see in this screen capture, is $3,000. The folks at AnnArbor.com, though, are reporting that there is […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Ideas, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged American Pickers, bowling, cultural artifact, cultural nihilists, historic district, historic preservation, New Center Consulting, online auctions, Peninsular Paper, sign museum, Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsi Arbor Bowl |
I joke around every now and then. Confronted by something I find completely objectionable in American culture, I say that the Taliban should win. But, watching the trailer for the Human Centipede, I really am left wondering if our culture might be better off dead. And, yes, this is what I chose to write about […]
By Mark | October 21, 2009
Bill Donohue, the
President of the Catholic League, had the following to say in a Newsweek op-ed today. [Be sure to read all the way to the end.] …There are many ways cultural nihilists are busy trying to sabotage America these days: multiculturalism is used as a club to beat down Western civilization in the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Religious Extremism, sex | Also tagged abortion, bathhouses, Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Catholicism, Catholics for Choice, conspiracy theorist, cultural nihilists, culture war, Ford Foundation, going cold turkey on abortions, insults against people of faith, moral anarchists, pro-life, radicals, religious freedom, religious sabotage, secular saboteurs, secular-minded malcontents, secularism, the gay |