Mark Maynard | Degrassi Jr High

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Vikram Bastian

By Mark | March 20, 2013

Next Thursday, assuming I can keep the panic attacks at bay, I’ll be conducting live exit interviews in front of a raucous, beer-swilling crowd at Conor O’Neills, as part of Concentrate Media’s moderately-distinguished speaker series. (It’s free, and open to the public, but, if you’d like to attend, you need to register in advance.) Here, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adrienne Berry, alcoholism, American exceptionalism, Ann Arbor Free School, Ann Arbor Public Library, Anthony Meza Wilson, big banks, binge drinking, Bitchpork, brown people, Canadian shame, Canadians, Casa Jezebel, conservative parents, cooperatives, counterculture, credit unions, Davy Rothbart, Degrassi Junior High, depression, dumpster diving, edifice complex, Eric Stephenson, Eric Sturgis, Erin Brockavitch, Evan Bicker Williams, exit interviews, Far House, Forest Juziuk, Freaks, Fred Thomas, free school, geeks, haircuts that destroyed families, hedonism, Hotel Midwest, house shows, houses with names, hubris, Ian Fulcher, illegal alien, India, Jambo, Jambo Man, Jef Porkins, John Roos, John Rowland, Joseph Bollinger, Katherine Scott, Kayj, Kiran Nigam, KKK, Logan Schaedig, Manufacturing Consent, Michael Firn, Michelle Winkfield, Mississauga, MLK, moderates, music scenes, Noam Chomsky, Oakland, Ontario, Our New Library, Patrick Elkins, Pitchfork, Protect Our Library, punks, race, Raphael Brim, sadism, San Francisco, Sasha Kimel, Shelly Salant, Socialism, Steffanie Stauffer, Sumangala Kailasapathy, The Found House, Thom Elliott, undocumented resident, undocumented worker, University of Michigan, urban planning, Vikram Bastian, Water Street, web development, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 48 Comments

R.E.M. and the legacy of that perfect circle of acquaintances and friends

By Mark | September 25, 2011

I wasn’t going to post anything here about the recent news that R.E.M. was breaking up, until, at the gym this morning, I heard two network morning show talking heads going back and forth about how they’d only started appreciating the band in recent years. I suppose they could have meant that they were really […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 394 Oconee Street, Andrew Fassel, Athens, Athens GA: Inside/Out, before the internet, bootlegs, CBGB, Country Pie, David Letterman, fandom, historic archeology, Howard Finster, Losing My Religion, Michael Lachowski, Michael Stipe, Murmur, music scenes, Newton, perfect circle, R.E.M., Radio Free Europe, Ramones, self-taught art, St. Marys Episcopal Church, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Velvet Underground | 35 Comments

Unflattering Mark Maynard

By Mark | July 11, 2010

Here’s the end product of my hour-and-a-half long session with Reverend Aitor, who, by the way, was a really nice guy. As he’s from Toronto, we talked a lot about Degrassi Jr High. While certainly unflattering, it could have been worse… At least the Reverend chose to portray me as human, and not some hybrid […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair | Also tagged Doug Skinner, human pig hybrid, John Keel, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Misanthrope Specialty Company, moth man vs pig man, Reverend Aitor, Unflattering Portrait Project, unflattering portraits | 6 Comments

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