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Reminiscing about cleaning the glory holes and peep shows of the old Michigan Avenue porn shop

By Mark | October 8, 2018

Back when I used to have the radio show, I would occasionally get messages from a listener in Colorado. For the purposes of this post, we’ll call him Jeff… Well, Jeff, in one of our conversations, let it be known that he’d not only spent a good part of the ‘70s in Ypsilanti, but that […]

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Wretched Hive shirt: first attempt

By Mark | June 22, 2009

Last night, I asked you, the talented members of the MM.com community, to channel your vast creative powers toward a task vital to the survival of our species. I asked you to design a t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase – “a wretched hive of scum and villainy.” And, as of a few minutes ago, I […]