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Bestselling author Shaka Senghor on redemption and atonement, the making of the Commie High documentary, and civil rights attorney Dick Soble… on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 31, 2016

On this Saturday’s show, we’ll be joined by Shaka Senghor, the author of the New York Times bestseller Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison. A recent Detroit-based fellow at MIT’s Media Lab, Senghor was released from prison in 2010, after serving 19 years for second-degree murder, a crime which he […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged arbitration, atonement, authors, Calvin Evans, Commie High, Community High, Dick Soble, dispute resolution, Donald Harrison, drug dealing, ex-prisoners, gun violence, MIT, MIT Media Lab, murder, Oprah, prison, prison industrial complex, prison reform, redemption, Shaka Senghor, solitary confinement, The Daily Show, Writing My Wrongs: Life Death and Redemption in an American Prison | 19 Comments

Paul Saginaw reminisces about his uncle “Chickie” the bookie, Stef Chura sings of alien love, and local historian James Mann insists that he’s not a ghost… on episode 8 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 8, 2015

Any lingering doubts that I might have had about this past weekend’s show faded away five minutes before we went live, when local historian James Mann barged into the AM 1700 studio demanding that I touch him while on the air, and confirm for the people of Ypsilanti that, despite the claims of a well-respected […]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anchor Bar, Boys' Life, Brian Quinn, Charles “Chickie” Sherman, Chloe Gates, Classy Mooney, Corner brewery, Detroit, Dirty Mooney, drink recipes, Evan Malter, free love, Gambia, ghosts, Is James Mann a ghost, James Mann, Lily Gates, Maude's, minimum wage, Monahan's Seafood Market, Paul Saginaw, Pete Larson, Real Seafood Company, Stef Chura, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Community of Businesses | 16 Comments

Unconstitutional, scientifically unsound, fiscally irresponsible, suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients comes to Michigan

By Mark | December 31, 2014

In what seems like a pretty clear attempt to appease the far right and drive more of Michigan’s poor from the public assistance rolls, Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation on the day after Christmas giving the State the power to collect and test the urine of welfare recipients suspected of using drugs. [“Merry Christmas, welfare […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, demonization of the poor, drug addiction, drug testing, Florida, House Bill 4118, lame duck, piss test, profiling, racism, Rick Snyder, Senate Bill 275, Trey Radel, urine, welfare, welfare queens, welfare reform | 34 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

By Mark | March 30, 2013

I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol, Axel Rose, balding, big women, black licorice, Brian Eno, bubbles, Canton, Charles Slick, Charlie Slick, childhood, childhood memories, circuit boards, comedy, Detroit, Downtown Home and Garden, Drum Buddy, Dustin Diamond, electrical engineering, exit interviews, flipping coins, glitter, Global Warming, Green Acres, hair, hair and tooth loss, Hotel California, I Dream of Genie, infomercials, inventing, inventing our way out of disaster, Justin Timberlake, Kentucky, Krampus, lesbians, math, Monticello, Mr. Ed, music, music scenes, Nick at Nite, Oakland, pop music, Portland, Puget Sound, Quintron, reinventing, Rock and Roll, Sagittronics, Sherwood Bar, Sigourney Weaver, stand-up, strong women, Totally Awesome Fest, visionary musicians, Washington State, Washtenaw Community College, Water Hill Music Festival, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 22 Comments

On once making eye contact with Sherman Hemsley, or some other short, balding, black man drinking wine

By Mark | July 26, 2012

When I heard yesterday that Sherman Hemsley had died at the age of 74, I was reminded of an afternoon several years ago in Ann Arbor spent staring over a beer at a man I believed to the iconic character actor. He was sitting a few seats away, drinking by himself. I think I was […]