If you missed the last episode of The Saturday Six Pack on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, you missed one hell of a good time. I don’t want to give too much away, as I think you should listen for yourself, but here are a few of the highlights. [If you’d like to listen to the episode […]
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My friend Ted Kennedy saw the actor Sam Rockwell in Zingerman’s on Friday, buying a cup of coffee. Rockwell, he told me by way of email, was wearing sweatpants. I asked if they were shiny. (I imagined that they would be.) “No,” he replied, “they are baggy and charcoal-colored.” I asked for a photorealistic drawing. […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects | Also tagged Ann Arbor, Betty Anne Waters, celebrity sighting, Charlie's Angels, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, drawing, Hilary Swank, pencil paparazzi, photorealism, Sam Rockwell, Sam Rockwell's sweatpants, sweatpants, Ted Kennedy, Zingerman's |
By Mark | February 7, 2009
I can’t find the motivation to do anything worthwhile this morning. Linette’s sewing. Clementine’s drawing. And I’m sitting here at the kitchen table, unable to break free of YouTube. I’d started out with noble enough intentions – looking for footage of Shirley Hemphill doing standup. But, now, not having found anything, I’ve settled for a […]