I’ve complained recently that we haven’t been getting a lot of calls during the show. Well, apparently all of that complaining has paid off. The phone didn’t stop ringing this episode. The first call came in before Jim Cherewick had even finished singing the opening theme. It was Matt Jones, calling from his basement, where […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged board games, Bulb Records, Chin Azzaro, Chris Sandon, Columbus, erotic photography, gentrification, Girls of the Big 10, Jim Cherewick, Kurt Anschuetz, Miller High Life, Nancy Perry, nude photography, Pete Larson, Playboy, ponchos, porn, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Red Roof Inn, snoring, Stan Malinowski, Suzanne Somers, swap meet, tallboys, The Who Guy, Yen Azzaro, Ypsiopoly |
Say what you will about our local strip club, they usually have pretty interesting signs out front, especially around major holidays. And I was expecting to see something good this morning as I drove my daughter to school. I thought that, surely, there would be some kind of cringe-inducing Easter pun. But, sadly, there was […]
This past Saturday night’s episode was a weird one… and, strangely, I don’t say that because we attempted to have a serious conversation about the work of Frida Kahlo with respected University of Michigan professor Maria Cotera while simultaneously grilling illegally processed deer meat in front of the strip club next door. No, I say […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, basketball, Ben Connor Barrie, Bill Cosby, Brian Robb, deer, DIA, Diego Rivera, eating challenges, Frida Kahlo, grilling, horny robots, Kate de Fuccio, Kyle Kipp, Maria Cotera, micro-aggressions, Patrick Elkins, performance art, Pericles, Shakespeare, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Fest, venison, Ypsilanti Cosby, Ypsilanti Youth Theatre |
By Mark | January 11, 2015
A week or so ago, I was at the Tap Room with Ypsilanti Councilman Brian Robb and Wurst Bar owner Jesse Kranyak, when it occurred to me that the small AM radio station owned by said Councilman was just 100 yards or so away. “Let’s finish these beers,” I said, “and continue our conversation over […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1700 AM, A Face in the Crowd, Andy Griffith, beer, Brian Robb, community radio, Elia Kazan, fascism, Guinea Pig Zero, Jesse Kranyak, Kenya, Peter Larson, radio, Robert Helms, six pack, The Saturday Six Pack, Thomas Paine |
By Mark | December 15, 2014
I know it’s highly unlikely, but it occurred to me as I was walking by our local strip club this evening that it’s at least conceivable that their big, upcoming event was the result of a grassroots campaign waged by local waitresses, who, perhaps jealous of the attention given to “sexy librarians” and “sexy nurses,” […]
