At the end of August, one of my favorite Ypsilanti artists, Rita Jane Riggs, will be packing up and heading west to see what the universe has in store for her. Please join me in wishing her well on her journey. MARK: What first brought you to Ypsilanti, or were you born here? RITA: I […]
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Jazz Planet promises to bring War of the Worlds to Ypsilanti on Halloween night
As I’ve never met the folks behind this project, and have no clue as to how good it will be, I probably shouldn’t be promoting it, but, as a huge fan of both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles, and a life-long lover of radio drama, I didn’t feel as though I had a choice. When […]
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RIP John Keel
John Keel, the legendary Fortean author of such books as “The Mothman Prophecies” and “Strange Creatures From Time and Space,” died last week in New York at the age of 79. As I only knew Keel second-hand, through my friend Doug, I don’t have much to offer in the way of a eulogy. As we’ve […]