By Mark | January 13, 2019
Since we first launched Landline Creative Labs, I’ve been wanting to start a series of interviews with our tenants, asking what they’re up to, and, through them, trying to get a better sense as to the direction in which Ypsi’s creative energy may be flowing. Here, in our first installment, I talk with Juliet Hinely, […]
Posted in 209 Pearl, Landline Creative Labs, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Media | Also tagged 22 North, Alison MacAdam, artist residency, artists, audio production, Believed, Brett Kavanaugh, Charlottesville, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christine Blasey Ford, Civil War, Confederate flag, Confederate statue, Cultivate, dog treats, Donald Trump, First Fridays, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Grove Studios, gymnastics, Jennifer Guerra, Juliet Hinely, Kate Wells, Kayj Michelle, knitting, Larry Nassar, Lexington, Lindsey Smith, Lyme Disease, Michigan Radio, Narooz, NPR, Orson Welles, Paulette Parker, podcasting, podcasts, public sex, Rachel Denhollander, racism, Radio Campfire, Riverside Arts Center, Robert E. Lee, Rosemarie Aquilina, San Francisco, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sarah Huelett, Selo Shevel, Senate Judiciary Committee, sexual abuse, St. Augustine, Stamps School of Art and Design, Stephanie Rowden, Stonewall Jackson, The Flaggers, The Listen Inn, The Red Hen, Unite the Right, University of Michigan, USAG, Virginia, Willis Sound, Ypsi immigration interview, Ziggy’s, Zoe Clark |
By Mark | September 8, 2018
I know it’s old news by this point, but, if you haven’t yet, I’d suggest that you make some time and watch President Obama’s speech to students at the University of Illinois which is so infuriating the right today. [The hypocrites at Fox News called it “disgraceful” and “divisive”, and ridiculed President Obama for coming […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged bragging, brilliant speeches, campaign speeches, corruption, divisiveness, Donald Trump, FOX News, Gettysburg Address, hypocrisy watch, Lincoln, Nazis, Obama, racism, University of Illinois |
By Mark | November 20, 2013
As you know if you read this site, I interviewed local musician Matt Jones over this past weekend about his all-consuming love for Gettysburg… Well, somewhere during our conversation, thanks in large part to Matt’s overwhelming enthusiasm for the subject matter, I decided that I needed to pack up the family and visit the battlefield […]
By Mark | November 17, 2013
Occasionally, I get good ideas. I’m not sure if this is one of those times, but it occurred to me a few days ago that I should have a regular feature on the site in which I talk with local musicians about their vacations. Our first guest is Matt Jones, of Matt Jones and the […]
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