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John Sinclair on his efforts to bring down the U.S. government, superintendent Ben Edmondson on the state of Ypsi schools, and musician Cash Harrison on the inspirational power of heartache… on episode 49 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 19, 2016

The last episode of the Saturday Six Pack is now available online. If you’re so inclined, you can either scroll to the bottom of this post, where you’ll find the Soundcloud audio embedded, or just click over to iTunes, were you can download it in podcast form. I know it doesn’t mean much coming from […]

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Talking revolution with John Sinclair, discussing the state of Ypsilanti schools with Superintendent Ben Edmondson, and exploring the bummercore world of Cash Harrison … on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 19, 2016

After our long vacation, the Saturday Six Pack will be back on the air this weekend with poet, activist John Sinclair, the former manager of the MC5. While I’m sure we’ll talk at length about both his time with the “The Five”, and the ten year sentence he received for selling two joints that made […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged '60s, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor Sun, Black Panther Party, Bob Rudnick, bummercore, Cash Harrison, CIA, communes, Danny Fields, Dennis Frawley, Detroit Artists Workshop, drug busts, Elektra, FBI, Fifth Estate, Flint, government spying, hippies, informants, Jackson Prison, John Lennon, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Kick out the Jams, Kokaine Karma, Leni Sinclair, liner notes, Luther House, marijuana, MC5, Michigan Supreme Court, old hippies, paranoia, police setups, police stings, pot, Richard Nixon, SDS, Students for Democratic Society, Supreme Court, The Beatles, Tom Hayden, Trans-Love Energies, White Panther Party, yippies | 4 Comments

On today’s fatality at Washtenaw Intermediate Middle Academy

By Mark | June 1, 2016

An eighth grader at my daughter’s school passed away at about 2:30 this afternoon, after either falling or jumping from the roof of the building. Linette was waiting in front of the building to pick Clementine up when word came out that the school was on “lockdown” due to a “medical emergency.” She and I […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged life and death, on facing death, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 11 Comments

Ypsi High’s new principal, Tanya Bowman, named in federal corruption probe of Detroit Public Schools

By Mark | March 30, 2016

Yesterday it was announced that Tanya Bowman, the new principal at Ypsi High, was named among 12 current and former Detroit Public Schools (DPS) administrators charged in a federal corruption case involving the large-scale purchase of school supplies that rarely, if ever, actually made their way into the hands of students. Prior to joining Ypsilanti […]

Posted in Detroit, Ypsilanti | Also tagged corruption, Detroit Public Schools, DPS, kickbacks, Norman Shy, Osborn Collegiate Academy of Math Science and Technology, public education, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 44 Comments

Toilet reading, Junglefowl, and restorative justice… on episode 27 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 23, 2015

During episode 24 of the Saturday Six Pack, there were quite a few good exchanges between Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, the new superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools, and the students who had gathered in the AM 1700 studio to ask him questions about his plans for the future of our district. Of those exchanges, my favorites […]