As we’ve been posting a lot of exit interviews lately, I though that we’d mix things up a bit and post an interview with someone who, like me, consciously chose to return to Ypsilanti. Here’s my immigration interview with poet, writer and performer Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz. MARK: I first saw you, if I’m not mistaken, […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Art Fair, Austin, Bob Denver, Bob Seeger, Bowery Poetry Club, Brady Bunch, bras, Chicago, Chicago Comics, comics, Crimewave USA, Dave Koresh, Def Poetry Jam, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EVERY SPECK OF DUST THAT FALLS TO EARTH REALLY DOES MAKE THE WHOLE PLANET HEAVIER, forensics, Gilligan's Island, graphic novels, hippies, immigration interview, Jeff Seasholtz, Living Newspaper, musicals, nerds, newspapers, Night Moves, open mic, poetry, poetry slam, porn, pot, punks, Quimby's, Rennie Sparks, Shappy Seasholtz, Spin ½, Steppenwolf, The Handsome Family, The Phantom Tollbooth, theater, Tijuana bibles, whip-its, WPA, Ypsi immigration interview |
By Mark | November 25, 2015
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
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 […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bias, blackface, Brandon Mitchell, Charlie's Angels, Chris Sandon, Colin Moorhouse, cults, Dabrye, Degrassi Junior High, Derek Whitaker, discrimination, Encoded Flow, FLY Children's Art Center, George Lucas, hip hop, Iggy Pop, Jason Youngs, Jim Cherewick, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Kyle Kipp, Leonard Nimoy, MC Kadence, Morgan Cox, Oddside Ales, penises, Pete Larson, Pete Townsend, Pylon, race, rap, sausage, science fiction, smeet, smeet penises, Sprout, Tadd Mullinix, Wurst Challenge, Ypsi Underground |
By Mark | November 12, 2014
A few days ago, I posted something here about the City having shut down our local used bookstore, Cross Street Books. While acknowledging that there were certainly issues with the peculiar, little store, which has always been both painfully crowded and comically unsafe, I lamented the fact that, without them, our Ypsilanti would be without […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ben Miller, Chicago, cooperatives, Cross Street Books, Green Room, independent bookstores, Lisa Bashert, Madison, Murph, Pittsburgh, Richard Murphy, Stewart Beal |
By Mark | September 19, 2013
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse |
