I’m sorry to have kept you in the dark for so long, but Ypsilanti’s sixth annual Krampus festivities are scheduled to take place the night of Saturday, December 19. This year, like last year, things will kick off at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater at 8:00, with a big, ass-shaking, anti-holiday dance party. Then, at around midnight, […]
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Krampus is returning to Ypsi this Saturday night… so you’d best start sewing your pelts and practicing your dance moves.
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Black Jake, Black Peter, Chris Sandon, Christmas, Doug Skinner, Klaubaur, Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus, Pelznickel, Perchten, spanking, war on Christmas 15 Comments
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Misha Tuesday
After fleeing Ypsilanti for Chicago several years ago to pursue fame and fortune in the lucrative field of birthday party entertainment, the man who now calls himself Misha Tuesday has returned home to Michigan. This is his formal re-entry interview. MARK: What’s your name? MISHA: For me, that’s a complicated question. I used to change […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adam Winnie, birthday parties, Chicago, children's entertainers, clowns, conspiring against adults, Dizzy the Clown, Emperor Chadness, farming, fatherhood, fortune telling, Ice Cream Team, Magic, Magister Freud, mind reading, Misha Grey, Misha Tuesday, Naia Venturi, outwitting adults, Patrick Elkins, Pennsylvania, pirates, Pittsburgh, potatoes, Rathbone the Pirate, Tony Randall, Trumbullplex, Ypsi immigration interview 13 Comments
Wagering beers with Ypsi’s new superintendent, fighting with my daughter, and talking about Blackbeard with a young radical …on episode 22 of The Saturday Six Pack
We tried something new this past episode of the Saturday Six Pack. We cranked the heat in the studio to 120-degrees, nailed the door shut, and watched as our guests slowly melted into their chairs… If you listen closely, you can hear it happening. What starts with tiny droplets of sweat falling gently onto our […]
Posted in Education, Mark's Life, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amelia marks, Andres, Bee Roll, Benjamin Edmondson, Bernie Sanders, Blackbeard, Brian Robb, cannibalism, Charlie's Angeles, Cheryl Ladd, Chick-fil-A, Civil War, Clementine, Confederate flag, El Salvador, Iggy Pop, Jamestown, Jennicet Gutiérrez, Jim Cherewick, Keandre Duff, kiddywampus, Kittywampus, Man Up or Kid Down, Matt Siegfried, Naia Venturi, Pete Larson, pirates, Raw Power, teeth, The Stooges, vacations, WICKidz Radio, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools 16 Comments