By Mark | January 14, 2010
Last week, before I was sidetracked by the big ceremonial rib-breaking, I asked some of the folks involved with Mittenfest this year to take a moment and write down their thoughts about how this year’s festival went, what they’re most likely to remember, and what, if any, thoughts they’ve had since about how to do […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Amy Sumerton, Andy Garris, Animal Collective, Bee Mayhew, Beezy's, ceremonial rib breaking, Champions of Breakfast, Child Bite, Chris Bathgate, Deer Country, Drunken Barn Dance, Fred Thomas, Friendly Foes, Frontier Ruckus, Ghost Heart, Great Lakes Myth Society, Gregory McIntosh, Jeremy Freer, Jim Roll, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn, Mittenfest, music, music festivals, Panda Bear, Photographers, ribs, Secret Twins, Silverghost, SXSW, The Juliets, Timothy Monger |
By Mark | December 21, 2009
Brandon Zwagerman doesn’t live here anymore. But he stays connected to the local music scene through Mittenfest, an annual winter showcase of Michigan bands, which he organizes from his home in New York. This year’s Mittenfest, to be held at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti beginning New Year’s Eve, spans 4-days, and involves 40-bands. Following […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, almost seduced by Ypsilanti, Amy Sumerton, Andy Garris, Beezy's, Big Beautiful, Black Jake and the Carnies, Brandon Zwagerman, Canada the band, Champions of Breakfast, Child Bite, Chris Bathgate, CMJ Music Marathon, Corndaddy, Corner brewery, Detroit Red Wings, DIY, Drunken Barn Dance, East Quad Music Co-Op, Electric Fire Babies, folkies, Fred Thomas, Friendly Foes, Frontier Ruckus, Ghostlady, Great Lakes Myth Society, Growing Hope, Hallway, indie music, Jeremy Peters, Jib Kidder, Jim Roll, Landfill Mountain Boys, Lightning Love, lo-fi pop, Madison House, Madisonfest, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn, Mittenfest, Mittenfest IV, music festivals, New Year's Eve, Photographers, pop music, Sarah Schaefer, Scott Sellwood, Secret Twins, Shadow Art Fair, Silverghost, The Dardanelles, The Juliets, the Michigan diaspora, The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, Timothy Monger, unstoppable juggernauts, Whiskey Bottle, Yates |
By Mark | December 20, 2009
A few days ago, when the Michigan House of Representatives voted to outlaw smoking in Michigan bars and restaurants, I sent a note out to a few of our local Ypsi bar owners, asking whether or not they felt that the legislation would negatively impact their businesses. I was expecting that at least a few […]
I’ve been talking about having a big, somewhat coordinated bar crawl here in Ypsi for quite some time now. Maybe it would be ill advised, but I was thinking that we’d have one drink in each of six different places. And, I even went so far as to talk some folks involved with Bike Ypsi, […]
Posted in Food, Ideas, Local Business, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arthur's, Bike Ypsi, commemorative t-shirt, Cool things I didn't do this weekend, Corner brewery, Death, Disney, getting drunk and riding bikes, Haab's, Hamtramck, Hamtramck Bars Poker Run, Idle Hour, Mister Mike's, poker run, risk adverse, Sidetrack, Up, Ypsi bar crawl, Ypsilanti bars |
I just talked with someone who was inside the Tap Room the other day, watching the filming of the independent feature, Stone. This person was there until 5:00 AM Thursday night. Apparently the scene being shot in the local Ypsi bar that night featured Robert DeNiro, who plays a corrections officer in the film. This […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Locally Owned Business, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Dustin Hoffman, Film, independent film, Milla Jovovich, Rain Man, Robert DeNiro, sex behind the Tap Room, simulated intercourse, Stone, super hot women passing through Ypsilanti, Tap Room, Water Street, Ypsi talk show |
