By Mark | December 4, 2009
These past few days, in a basement on Oak Street, Andy Claydon, Dave Strenski, and John Shuler have been building a power-generating bike. And tonight we had our first real test of the complete system, which we hope to have running at Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair. There are still a few kinks that need to […]
By Mark | December 2, 2009
Last night, I did a really quick interview with Jeff Meyers from Concentrate Media. Here’s the Q&A part for those of you who might have missed it. I didn’t have much time, so I went through the questions really quickly, and I’m sure I forgot to mention a bunch of important things in the process… […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cheap rent, Concentrate Media, Dreamland Theater, Elijah McCoy, Henrietta Fahrenheit, History of Ypsilanti puppet show, Iggy Pop, interviews, interviews with Mark, Jeff Meyers, Jennifer Albaum, Preston Tucker, Shadow grants, the local arts establishment, the Ypsi arts scene, visionaries, Winsor McCay |
By Mark | November 22, 2009
Remember that idea that I had a long time ago, about using bikes to power an outdoor movie series here in Ypsi? Well, the idea, no thanks to me, is still alive and kicking. In fact, we hope to have the first bike built in time for the December 5 Shadow Art Fair. And, if […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alternative Energy, Andy Claydon, Anjanette Bunce, Ann Arbor Arts Alliance, Bike 1, bike powered movies, Corner brewery, Dave Strenski, generators, John Shuler, Kickstarter, Linette Lao, Michael Flynn, Mike Ambs, Project Pedal, Riverside Park, Shadow Art Fair, virtual tour of Ypsi |
11:00 Super busy. No time to write…. Someone must have smuggled in a cello or something. I can hear it coming from across the room, and it sounds great. 8:44 I’ve got great videos that I want to post, but it looks like my camera battery has died… I’m pissed off. 6:20 The special Shadow […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Food, Local Business, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bag lunch, bathroom interview, brushes with death, Cd. Juarez es the # 1, dollar dozer, interview, Juarez, money hole, My Life in Ypsi, Ryan, severed heads, Shadow Brew, Zingerman's |
Like it or not, the Shadow Art Fair, is just about 10 days away now. It’ll be good. You should come. As always, there will be tarot card reading, female circumcision, and a petting zoo for the kids… I’m not sure what I’ll be doing yet, but I think I’ll be there, talking about the […]
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