Tag Archives: Crimewave USA

Shadow Art Fair: July 10

I just got word from a friend that the Metro Times has named the Shadow Art Fair the area’s best Indie Craft Fair. Here, I’m told, is what they had to say: Best Indie Craft Fair Shadow Art Fair This DIY craft fest of “stuff that people make” has run since 2005, and now draws […]

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The thankless task of editing Dreamland Tonight

For the last few days, my friend Mike Ambs has taken time away from editing his own film to focus on the editing of Dreamland Tonight’s first episode. Hopefully, someday, I can repay him. In the meantime, though, he’ll have to settle for this little, online shout-out. I don’t know that it really fits here, […]

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Crimewave USA magazine, first member of the Dead Magazine Club

I guess the folks at Utne Reader must have appreciated the little magazine that Linette and I used to publish. They just launched a new website called the Dead Magazine Club, where they bemoan the loss of great periodicals, and they chose Crimewave as their very first entry. Apparently they want to know what’s become […]

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How To Write Like Me… the class at 826

One of my favorite local non-profits, the wildly inspirational youth writing organization 826 Michigan, has asked me to teach a class for them in their How to Write Like I Do series. The class, which is for adults, is scheduled to take place the evening Thursday, December 10. And, here’s how it’s being advertised: Amateur […]

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Cross Street Station reunion

Linette and I first met about 16 years ago in an Ypsilanti bar called Cross Street Station. It’s been closed for several years now, but apparently quite a few people still have fond memories of the filthy, old place that, for whatever reason, agreed to book my band when few Ann Arbor clubs would. The […]

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