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 […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Ingrid Ankerson
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1824, 2020, Annarbour, Baltimore, Ben Wikler, 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
This History of the Monkey Power Trio… “1995: The First Hour”
For the past several years, I’ve been posting my detailed notes here about the annual meetings of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. I’m not sure why I started to do this, but it’s become yet another thing for me to obsess about. I sit alone in an airport every year, before heading home […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized Also tagged 131 Union Street, 1993, 1995, 502 Catherine Street, 7" records, Al Zaretskie, Andy Claydon, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, August, Baby Eyes, band names, basements, Blind Pig, Brett Kavanaugh, Bulb Records, Carroll Gardens, Cornelius Gomez, Couch, Crimewave USA, Dan Richardson, Daniel Hughes, Daniel Johnston, David Simon, Dead Dog’s Eyeball, Demolition Doll Rods, DIY, documentation, ethnomusicology, found photographs, Gene Pool, Geraldo Rivera, Greg Hughes, Hawaii Five-0, historic archeology, History of Zines, Honcho, Houston Street, Hydra, Jaycox Coal, Jehovah's Witness, Jehovah’s Shit List, K. McCarty, Kim’s Video, Kling Kling Bang Bang Pop, Mark's art ideas, Mark's mind, Matt Krizowsky, Monkey Power Trio, Nancy Whiskey, New Jersey, New York, Newton High School, nipples, NYU, OCD, October Throughout History, OJ Simpson, Olde English, oral history, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Rob Taliercio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Tejaratchi, Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh, squid ink, Sunday Bulb Sunday, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Monarchs, The Restroom Poets, The Theme from the Film: Daddy What Was Monkey Power, Watchtower, You Like-a the Cheese?, Zurich 8 Comments
Monkey Power Trio 21… 60 hours in the Cleveland suburbs with a bullhorn
The weekend before last marked the 21st 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 decided […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized Also tagged Airbnb, Aunt Esther, bullhorns, Caleb Brokaw, catfish, Cleveland, couches, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, Geographic Midpoint Calculator, Glenmorangie, Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Mars, Matt Krizowsky, midgets, Mike Bell, Olympus Mons, Potosi, Redd Foxx, Rodney McMillian, Sanford and Son, scotch, Steelyard Tavern, West Side Cleveland Market, Winnie the Pooh, Wisconsin 16 Comments
If Washtenaw Avenue were a taint, would that make Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti the anus?
I’d like to preface my comments by saying that I like the Ann Arbor News. I may, on occasion, disagree with their corporate
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged analogies, Ann Arbor News, breast implants, breasts, future of journalism, Melissa Gilbert, New York, New York City, taint, the sad state of journalism, Washtenaw Avenue, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment 19 Comments