Tag Archives: Concentrate Media

Video: Owners of The Rocket, Wurst Bar, Bona Sera Cafe and Jacobsen Daniels Associates talk candidly about doing business in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 6, 2013

Given that we just crossed over into National Masturbation Month, I thought that I’d share a titillating video this evening. Unfortunately, Linette has the parental controls set in such a way that it’s impossible me for me to do that, though. So, instead, here’s video of me on the stage at Woodruff’s a few days [...]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Annette Weathers, Bad Fairy, Bona Sera Cafe, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Hasan Mihyar, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, Jeff Meyers, Jesse Kranyak, masturbation, Paul Schutt, Roger Rayle, The Rocket, Wurst Bar | 10 Comments

The Reality of Doing Business in Ypsilanti: a roundtable discussion with a half dozen of Ypsi’s most well known entrepreneurs

By Mark | April 30, 2013

This Thursday evening, from 5:00 to 7:00, I’ll be on stage at Woodruff’s, facilitating a conversation between Bee Mayhew Roll (Beezy’s), Eli Morrissey (The Rocket), Darryl Daniels (Jacobsen Daniels Associates), and Wonder Woman (Bona Sera Cafe) about the challenges that entrepreneurs face in downtown Ypsilanti, and the opportunities, as they see them, that currently exist. [...]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Bona Sera, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, The Rocket, trough urinals, Wonder Woman | 14 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Dustin Krcatovich

By Mark | March 9, 2013

Local illustrator and writer Dustin “Dusty” Krcatovich will be moving to Portland shortly. Here’s his official exit interview. MARK: Here’s your first question… Were you born in Michigan? And, if not, how old were you when you first moved here, and what were the circumstances surrounding the move? DUSTIN: I was born and raised in [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Media, Michigan, Other, sex, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidental intercourse, Allegan, American Apparel, Ann Arbor loses artists, anonymous sex, Art Alexakis, Austin, baby shower, Bank of Ann Arbor, Brass Tacks Sandwiches, Capitalism, comics, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Concentrate speaker series, consumerism, culture jamming, Dave Thomas, Dov Charney, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, Everclear, exit interviews, feet for hands, FM Dust, Forever Stoked, gigolo, growing up, gynecologic imagery, Ian Fulcher, illustration, Jen Munford, Jeremy Wheeler, masturbation, Matthew Altruda, non-local banker, Otsego, Pete Larson, Portland, Portlandia, punk, R.S. DeLucco, selling out, Slacker, Smegma, Starbucks, suicide, The Ann Arbor Paper, University of Michigan, Wendys, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 29 Comments

Having won the title of World’s Best Comic Book Store, Ann Arbor’s Vault of Midnight plots global domination

By Mark | February 25, 2013

After years of shopping at Ann Arbor’s much-beloved comic book shop Vault of Midnight, I finally had the occasion a few weeks ago, at an event hosted by Concentrate Media, to meet the store’s founder Curtis Sullivan. What started as a friendly conversation on the current state of Ann Arbor retail quickly escalated into an [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Pop Culture, Retail, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Skate Park, Art Prize, Batman, Comic Book Men, comic books, comics, Conan, Curtis Sullivan, Doctor Strange, Elizabeth Sullivan, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Eye of Agamotto, games, Grand Rapids, graphic novels, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, Jim Ottaviani, Kevin Smith, Ming Chen, Morrison Restaurants, Norm Harris, retail in Ann Arbor, Ruby Tuesdays, Steve Fodale, superheroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, toys, Vault of Midnight, vinyl figures, Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award | 18 Comments

Free beer at Woodruff’s on Wednesday for those who are interested in discussing the local music industry

By Mark | October 24, 2011

This Wednesday, at about 5:15 PM, the folks from the online magazine Concentrate will be hosting an event at Woodruff’s, in Ypsi. The event, which is part of their monthly speaker series, will feature local music industry insiders Jim Roll and Fred Thomas. (Our friend Shelley Sallant, who you’ll remember was noted in Forest Juziuk’s [...]