As most of you probably know, there’s a big, outdoor music festival taking place here in Ypsi this weekend. It’s being called the Jamboree, and, as luck would have it, I had an opportunity to sit down with festival director Don Sicheneder and ask him a few questions this evening. Here’s our interview: MARK: So, […]
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Jamboree update
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged Arbor Brewing Company, Back 40, beer, Better Made Chips, Black Jake and the Carnies, Community Records, Corner brewery, Daisy May, Dick Siegal, Don Sicheneder, Dragon Wagon, Erik Dotzauer, Fago, first aid tent, Frog Island Brewery, Hullabaloo, kids tent, Koegle hot dogs, Laith Al-Saadi, Las Vegas, magic pipe, Matt Jones, May Erlewine, Music Event, October Babies, one man band, Orpheum Bell, Rave Distributors, Riverside Park, roots music, Seth Bernard, That 1 Guy, The Afternoon Round, The Bearded Ladies, The Macpodz, The Ragbirds, Tokyo Sexwhale, Wayward Roots, Ypsilanti, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Bluegrass Festival, Ypsitucky Jamboree 22 Comments
“Oh, my God, did he say Ypsitucky?”
When I first moved back to Ypsi, Linette and I made some shirts that said “Buy Indie in Ypsi.” We thought that we were doing a good thing – encouraging people to support the locally owned, independent stores in their community – but some folks didn’t see it that way. We received complaints from a […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Rants, Ypsilanti Also tagged David Ware, Depot Town CDC, Erik Dotzauer, forced labor, Freighthouse, kidnapping, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Bluegrass Festival, Zingerman's 172 Comments