A number of people are online, saying they won’t be cowed by the virus (or public health officials). They’re posting photos of themselves out, and encouraging others to do the same. Right now, I’m watching a video of people, packed like sardines, inside a Nashville bar. Yesterday, the Governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, an avowed […]
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Social distancing. It’s the only way.
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, anti-vaxxer, anti-vaxxers, Corona, coronavirus, Devin Nunes, Kevin Stitt, Nashville, New York, pandemic, public health 24 Comments
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Ingrid Ankerson
Yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of attending a housewarming party here in Ypsilanti for Washtenaw Community College graphic design instructor Ingrid Ankerson. Here, for those of you who haven’t already had the pleasure of meeting Ingrid, who just moved to Ypsi from Wisconsin — by way of Baltimore and Ann Arbor — is her […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1824, 2020, Annarbour, Ben Wikler, Brooklyn, cheese, cheese curds, crabs, dairy, dark money, Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, Elisha Walker Rumsey, enamel, farming, gay marriage, gerrymandering, hot tub, immigration interview, infested, Ingrid Ankerson, jacuzzi, John Allen, Kettle Moraine, Kewaskum, Kohls, letterpress, Linette, Madison, Milwaukee, PJ Harvey, Pod Save America, racism, Ryan Molloy, Scott Walker, sheep, Sidetrack, Signal Return, teeth, typography, unions, Vandercook, Washtenaw Community College, West Bend, Wisconsin, Ypsi immigration interview 15 Comments
75 hours in Baltimore…. celebrating the Monkey Power Trio’s 23rd day as a band
The weekend of October 21st marked the 23rd meeting of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. For those of you who might not be familiar with our origin story, it all began back in 1995 with a promise between old friends one hot, summer afternoon in Brooklyn. On the spur of the moment, we’d […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized Also tagged 1919, 1972, acid reflux, Air B&B, American Visionary Arts Museum, Atomic Books, Billie Holiday, bursitis, Charm City, Charm City Holiday, Chesapeake Yeti, chicken-fucking, college athletics, college sports, crab cakes, crime, Crimewave, Crimewave USA, Dan Richardson, Danny Mills, Dave Miller, electrical wire, Federal Hill, Fells Point, Friendly’s, geographic midpoint, Geographic Midpoint Calculator, Glenn Danzig, Gooney Bird, granuloma, gymnastics, Hippy Hollow Road, John Waters, Johnny Eck, Larry Nassar, litany of ailments, Lyft, Mark's big ideas, Mark's health, MASS MoCA, Matt Krizowsky, Meow Wolf, Michigan State University, Mike Bell, Misfits, Monkey Power Trio, Nugent, OCD, painted screens, Paul Laffoley, penises, Pink Flamingos, podcasts, Potosi, prosthetics, racism, Reverend Albert Wagner, ride-sharing, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sante Fe, Scott Huffines, sex abuse, slavery, Stanley Wright, Tarzan Escapes, Ted Gordon, The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, The Wire, wax museums, Wisconsin, zines 14 Comments