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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Newcombe Clark

By Mark | April 10, 2013

A week or so ago, in front of an audience at Conor O’Neills, I had the pleasure of conducting a live exit interview with Ann Arbor-born commercial real estate broker turned University of Michigan MBA Newcombe Clark, who will soon be leaving Michigan for Chicago. As there was still a great deal that we didn’t […]

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

By Mark | March 30, 2013

I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol, Axel Rose, balding, big women, black licorice, Brian Eno, bubbles, Canton, Charles Slick, Charlie Slick, childhood memories, circuit boards, comedy, Detroit, Downtown Home and Garden, drugs, Drum Buddy, Dustin Diamond, electrical engineering, exit interviews, flipping coins, glitter, Global Warming, Green Acres, hair, hair and tooth loss, Hotel California, I Dream of Genie, infomercials, inventing, inventing our way out of disaster, Justin Timberlake, Kentucky, Krampus, lesbians, math, Monticello, Mr. Ed, music, music scenes, Nick at Nite, Oakland, pop music, Portland, Puget Sound, Quintron, reinventing, Rock and Roll, Sagittronics, Sherwood Bar, Sigourney Weaver, stand-up, strong women, Totally Awesome Fest, visionary musicians, Washington State, Washtenaw Community College, Water Hill Music Festival, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 22 Comments

Announcing that five Ypsi schools share one librarian, 826 Michigan asks for volunteers to staff libraries so that our children can once again check out books

By Mark | October 24, 2012

When I received the above message earlier this afternoon, I didn’t think there was any way that it could possibly be true… I knew, of course, that Ypsi’s schools had suffered severe cuts. Just a few weeks ago, I’d watched Linette design a poster for Fly Children’s Art Center, drawing attention to the fact that […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Amy Sumerton, Big Bird, books, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, deregulation, dismantling of public education, epic rants, FLY Children's Art Center, librarians, libraries, military budget, Mitt Romney, PBS, public education, tax the rich, Wall Street deregulation, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 43 Comments

Eight parents that should be neutered and shot into the sun

By Mark | May 6, 2010

I’m busy this evening, working on the script for tomorrow night’s episode of Dreamland Tonight, but I wanted to share this horrible video nightmare that was just sent to me by someone who obviously wanted to trigger one of my famous, life-shortening panic attacks. Call me a prude, but I’ve got an issue with parents […]