Tag Archives: FOX

From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…. Your virtual tour of old Milwaukee

By Mark | August 5, 2013

The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 30 Americans, Adam-12, Alexis Laframboise, August Krug, Bacon, bacon pills, bar reviews, Beautiful Losers, beer, Blatz, bricks, bronze Fonz, bronze Fonzie, Byron Kilbourn, Chicago, Chicago fire, cream brick, Dan Richardson, ducks, fish fry, Garry Marshall, George H. Walker, Gertie the Duck, green brick, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Henry Winlker, Ho-Chunk, Hosed on Brady Street, Iggy Pop statue, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jen Larson, Kehinde Wiley, Kilbourntown, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewing, Laverne and Shirley, leather jacket, leather jackets, Linette Lao, mallard, Mascouten, Menominee, Michilimackinac, Micky Dolenz, Miller, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bridge War, Milwaukee River, Monica's on Astor, native american, Nick Cave, Nomad, Nomad World Pub, Ojibwe, old bricks, Pabst, Potawatomi, prix fixe, Rodney McMillian, Sauk, Schlitz, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Solomon Juneau, travel, travel tips, Walker's Point, wheat, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

Is the death of Amy Winehouse really newsworthy?

By Mark | July 23, 2011

While I feel terrible that Amy Winehouse has passed, and sickened by the fact that her death is destined to become a punchline on talk radio, the really terrible thing, I think, is that it’s going to dominate news around the world for the coming days, bumping the mass murder in Norway, and the current […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture | Also tagged Amy Winehouse, Anna Nicole Smith, another famous person has died, celebrity culture, CNN, gun violence, mass murder, Norway, political violence, Rupert Murdoch, the sad state of journalism, violence on the extreme right | 20 Comments

Remembering Martin Luther King

By Mark | January 18, 2010

I think it’s been about three years since I swore off the terror porn of Fox’s 24, but here I am, on Martin Luther King Day of all days, thinking about crawling back for more. I’m ashamed, but I guess it could be worse. I mean, it’s not real torture, right? Before I slink off […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Pop Culture | Also tagged 24, Archie Byron, civil rights, embarrassing confessions, embarrassing revelations about Mark's television watching habits, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King, MLK, Montgomery Bus Boycott, non-violence, terror porn, The Montgomery Story, violence vs non-violence | 14 Comments

Joe Posch, playing footsie with Fox

By Mark | December 18, 2009

My friend Joe, who I told you about a few days ago, was on Fox this morning, in Detroit, selling his used Playboys and cement book ends. I’d like to give him a hard time for getting into bed with Rupert Murdoch, and exchanging witty reparte with a Fox infotainibot, but, truth is, I’m happy […]

Posted in Media, Retail | Also tagged bachelor style, Fox infotainibot, Hugh, Joe Posch, retail happening, retail in Detroit, Rupert Murdoch | 3 Comments

FOX News edits out the insanity in coverage of healthcare foes

By Mark | August 7, 2009

If you watched the television news or picked up a paper today, you likely saw the image of an older man, pushing a wheelchair, yelling into the face of Michigan Congressman John Dingell. The scene took place last night in Romulus, Michigan, during a town hall meeting on healthcare. So far, I’ve seen this particular […]