Earlier today, the website of a relatively new Ann Arbor brewery was taken down and replaced with the above message. And, since then, their Yelp reviews have gone into a tailspin. At last count, they had eight new one-star reviews, all calling for people to boycott the business on account of what one person called […]
Tag Archives: creative control
Pay your graphic designers, folks… or suffer the consequences
Posted in Ann Arbor, Local Business | Also tagged creative professionals, customer reviews, design, graphic design, websites, Yelp | 51 Comments
The Untold History of Zines…. Pete “Dishwasher Pete” Jordan on Dishwasher
In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that worked its way through the gristle surrounding my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of the zine publishers that I know, and asking them how they found […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1992, 1994, 2001, 50 state projects, adventure, Alaska, Alaska Fishermen’s Union, Allen Ginsberg, Amsterdam, Andy Kaufman, anonymity, Arizona, autobiographical, before the internet, bicycles, cannery, chain restaurants, Chloe Eudaly, Communism, Cracker Barrel, Craphound, cruise ships, cycling, David Letterman, dishdogs, dishes, Dishwasher, Dishwasher Pete, Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, dishwashing, drinking on the job, eschewing responsibility, expatriate, Factsheet Five, Farm Pulp, fish processing, free stuff, gags, Grand Canyon, Greg Hischak, Guinea Pig Zero, Haight -Ashbury, Hawaii, Huck Finn, humor, impersonation, In the City of Bikes, individual responsibility, integrity, internet, introverts, Jack-in-the-Box, juvenile delinquent, Kentucky, Kinko's, Kraft, labor history, labor movement, Late Night with David Letterman, mac and cheese, mainstream media, Malcolm X, Mark Twain, media consolidation, Myrtle Beach, National Parks, people who we know from television, Pete Jordan, Phoenix, photocopying, pranks, radical politics, Reading Frenzy, responsibility, restaurants, restlessness, revolution, Richard Nixon, San Francisco, Scam, scams, self-publishing, shitty jobs, Silicon Valley, South Carolina, Sufjan Steven, television, Temp Slave, The Untold History of Zines, theft, This American Life, Uncle Tom, underground press, unions, urban planning, zines | 21 Comments
The Untold History of Zines…. Julee Peezlee on McJob
In an attempt to better document the little sliver of the American underground press that worked its way into my heart in the early ’90s, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is with […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1990, anger, anonymity, art school, Boulder, Colorado, Douglas Coupland, Dyslexic, exorcising demons, Factsheet Five, Farm Pulp, fluxus, fuck you, Generation X, Greg Hischak, Jeff Kelly, Julee Peezlee, Kinko's, mail art, Mark Brooks, McJob, Mongo Boy, moving back in with your parents, No Poetry, photocopying, publishing, self-publishing, shitty jobs, Temp Slave, The Untold History of Zines, underground press, venting, zine friends, zine pioneers, zines | 6 Comments