Ypsilanti’s more densely bearded, somewhat less murderous, and considerably less black version of Don King, Patrick Elkins, called a press conference yesterday to announce the lineup of the 8th annual Totally Awesome Fest, which begins this Friday evening at 5:00, in the field behind VG Kids. I suppose, in retrospect, that it should have been […]
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The totally confrontational Totally Awesome Fest press conference
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Also tagged Absolute Beginners, Animal Magic, Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, child labor, Chris Sandon, Detroit Party Marching Band, Don King, Dreamland Theater, Duane the Teenage Weirdo, Electric Waterfall Castle, Fucking Awesome Fest, holograms, interviews with Mark, Jambo Man, Jamboman, Little Weasel House, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Manhole, mascots, microfiche, music festivals, pancake walk, pancakes, Patrick Elkins, Patrick's Weird Beard Goes Wandering, Penelope, Playboy Mansion, pooping in the river, press conferences, Ripper Field, Swimsuit, The Bungalow, thickly-bearded local troubadours, Totally Awesome Corp, Totally Awesome Fest, Tupac, VG Kids, Ypsi festivals 18 Comments
AnnArbor.com covering Ypsi, like it or not
The person who covers Ypsi for AnnArbor.com is a guy by the name of Tom Perkins, and he’s been stirring up quite a bit of shit lately. In this past week, he’s broken stories on both the crumbling of Dave Curtis’s Washington Street empire and the decision by the Depot Town CDC to end their […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Media, Photographs, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects Also tagged AnnArbor.com, Chris Sandon, Depot Town CDC, Depot Town Community Development Corporation, Elvisfest, Erik Dotzauer, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Mary Decker, Melissa Dettloff, Merrill Guerra, Michigan Design Militia, nipple tweaking, painfully-erect monster nipples, The Jamboree 38 Comments