By Mark | January 28, 2014
In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that worked its way through the gristle surrounding my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of the zine publishers that I know, and asking them how they found […]
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I just stumbled across yet another reason to love Baltimore. It’s called Book Thing. According to the story, the founder of Book Thing – a guy named Russell Watterberg – was a bartender in Baltimore five years ago when the idea first struck him. He was there, at the bar, talking with drinking schoolteachers about […]
So, have you gotten your free herb plant from the downtown Ypsi farmers market yet?
For those who care about such things, I wanted to pass along this little bit of good news… Vault of Midnight in Ann Arbor is participating in Free Comic Book Day!
More information on Growing Hope’s absolutely fantastic downtown Ypsi farmers’ market (held from 2:00 to 6:00 every Tuesday afternoon, beginning May 5), can be found here… If you haven’t checked it out recently, you really should. Not only will there be free herb plants for the readers of MM.com, and terrific local food items of […]
