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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Rita Jane Riggs

By Mark | August 2, 2015

At the end of August, one of my favorite Ypsilanti artists, Rita Jane Riggs, will be packing up and heading west to see what the universe has in store for her. Please join me in wishing her well on her journey. MARK: What first brought you to Ypsilanti, or were you born here? RITA: I […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Albuquerque, animal spirits, astrology, Bee Roll, Binkie, blankets, blood, Breaking Bad, Buddha, cartoons, Deja Vu, Demons, Dreamland Theater, eastern religion, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, extraterrestrials, fairies, First Fridays, ghosts, God, halos, hamsters, Huron River, iconography, illustration, innocence, Jesus, Krishna, Mary, meth, multidimensional realities, New Mexico, Normal Park, painting, plant spirits, psychic abilities, rats, reincarnation, religion, religious icons, Richard Brautigan, Rita Jane Riggs, Robert Spier, saints, sausage gravy, spirit guides, spiritual practice, stripping, T- Hardy Morris, tarot, Video Games, vulnerability, watermelon, watermelon sugar, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 8 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Russ Forster on the 8-Track Mind

By Mark | January 16, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged 8-Track Heaven, 8-Track Mind, 8-tracks, art-damaged pop, audio equipment, audio formats, Brigham Young, car culture, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chicago 18, cognitive dissonance, community building, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Death, Detroit, Disney World, Douglas Federal, End Result, energy conservation, exercise tapes, Gordon Van Gelder, hospice, impermanence, infinite loop, King Strang, Lear Jets, legends, Love Story, masturbation, misshapen penises, misshapen penises of zine publishers, Mormon, Museum Of Contemporary Art, music, Noble Truths, obsolete technology, origin myths, penises, performance art, Positive Force, punk rock, recycling, ritual castration, Russ Forster, The Untold History of Zines, thrift stores, trackers, ugly duckling, underground press, VHS, Voree Tablets, zines | 12 Comments

Introducing King Strang: Imperial Primate of the Halcyon Order of the Illuminati

By Mark | September 3, 2013

The fellow pictured above is James Jesse Strang, the self-proclaimed prophet who, upon the death of Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844, mounted a nearly successful attempt to wrench control of the Mormon church from Brigham Young. His presence continues to loom large over Michigan’s Beaver Island, where I spent this past weekend, and where […]

Posted in Agriculture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Beaver Island, Ben Perce, Bill Cashman, Burlington, Caleb Barnes, Carthage, Charlie J. Douglas, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, con men, cross-dressing, cults, Elvira Eliza Field, forgeries, Halcyon Order of the Illuminati, Huckleberry Finn, Illinois, Imperial Primate, Isaac Scott, King Strang, Mark Twain, Millard Fillmore, monogamy, Mormon, Nauvoo, polygamy, revelation, Strangite, USS Michigan, utopian communities, Voree, Voree plates, Voree Tablets | 31 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Rita Jane Riggs

The Untold History of Zines…. Russ Forster on the 8-Track Mind

Introducing King Strang: Imperial Primate of the Halcyon Order of the Illuminati

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