I have a few updates relative to our May 1 seed bombing of Water Street. We reached out to a few reputable, in-state suppliers of native seed, and heard back from Native Connections in Three Rivers, Michigan that they had a prepared mix that might meet our needs. It contains significantly more species than we’d [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bluestem, call to action, Canada Wild Rye, composting, forbs, FundRazr, grasses, Indian Grass, June Grass, Native Connections, native plants, red clay, Sedge, seed bombing, seeds, Switchgrass, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project | By Mark | December 9, 2012 It just occurred to me that, after all of my hype in the run-up to the big show at Woodruff’s last Sunday night, I probably owed you a final follow-up post, so that those of you weren’t at the show could experience some sense of closure… Well, the show was a blast. The Coup rocked. [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alan Haber, American history, at-risk youth, Boots Riley, Brad Perkins, Brandon Mitchell, Heather Steenrod, Ian Vanek, Japanther, Jeff Clark, Jesse Morgan, Johnny Lupinacci, Kev Choice, LGBTQ, Matt Reilly, MC Kadence, Mitch Albom, music, Ozone House, Pete Larson, Pride Zone, Ramones, Rolling Stone, SDS, Steve Emshwiller, synchronicity, The Coup, The Rumpus, Tom Hayden, Tony Morgan, Walter Riley, Woodruff's | By Mark | December 2, 2012 In preparation for tonight’s big Ozone House fundraiser at Woodruff’s, featuring The Coup, Japanther and Kev Choice, I thought that I’d share this Youtube link, where you can stream The Coup’s entire new album, Sorry to Bother You. If you’re anything like me, I think you’ll find it a great way to start your cold, [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Boots Riley, Japanther, Kev Choice, Magic Clap, Music Event, Ozone House, Sorry to Bother You, The Coup, The Guillotine, Woodruff's | By Mark | November 28, 2012 Last night, I had the occasion to speak with world-renowned hip-hop provocateur Boots Riley on a wide range of subjects spanning from his childhood in Detroit, spent in a household of Communist organizers, to his current work, organizing people in his neighborhood as a member Occupy Oakland. And, of course, we touched on his equally [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Detroit, Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 21 Grams, 9/11, advertising, Alex Rivera, American Splendor, anti-capitalist, at-risk youth, Barbara Ransby, Bill Maher, Boots Riley, California, Capitalism, civil rights, class, College of Ethnic Studies, Communism, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, Danny Goldberg, dark comedy, fast food workers union, Five Million Ways to Kill a CEO, foreclosure defense, Greensboro, guillotine building workshop, Happiness, hip hop, ILWU, independent film, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, interviews, Japanther, Jeff Clark, K-Mart, Kev Choice, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, La Peña Cultural Center, labor history, labor movement, Led Zeppelin, Levi's, longshoremen, lunch counter sit-ins, Magic Clap, Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night, militancy, NAACP, Nirvana, North Carolina, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sandy, Ohio Players, Oscar Grant, Ozone House, picket lines, police brutality, political hip hop, political organizing, Politically Incorrect, Port of Oakland, Progressive Labor Party, Prop 21, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, rap, revolution, rhetoric of violent revolution, San Francisco, San Francisco State, San Francisco State strike, scabs, SDS, sit-down strikes, Sleep Dealer, social justice, Sorry to Bother You, speaking truth to power, Street Sweeper Social Club, Students for a Democratic Society, sympathy strikes, Taft–Hartley Act, Ted Hope, The Coup, The Guillotine, The Ice Storm, threat of violence, unions, United Steelworkers, USW, Walmart, Walter Riley, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense, we need a revolution, WEFD, Woodruff's, work stoppage, World Trade Center | By Mark | September 1, 2012 According to a report posted yesterday at AnnArbor.com, a well-known Ypsilanti man by the name of Leonardo Devinci Christian has been arrested on multiple criminal sexual charges, which include “one count of sexual penetration with an uninformed partner when there’s risk of AIDS, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.” [...]
