The last episode of the Saturday Six Pack is now available online. If you’re so inclined, you can either scroll to the bottom of this post, where you’ll find the Soundcloud audio embedded, or just click over to iTunes, were you can download it in podcast form. I know it doesn’t mean much coming from […]
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John Sinclair on his efforts to bring down the U.S. government, superintendent Ben Edmondson on the state of Ypsi schools, and musician Cash Harrison on the inspirational power of heartache… on episode 49 of the Saturday Six Pack
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz
As we’ve been posting a lot of exit interviews lately, I though that we’d mix things up a bit and post an interview with someone who, like me, consciously chose to return to Ypsilanti. Here’s my immigration interview with poet, writer and performer Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz. MARK: I first saw you, if I’m not mistaken, […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor Art Fair, Austin, Bob Denver, Bob Seeger, Bowery Poetry Club, Brady Bunch, bras, Chicago, Chicago Comics, comics, Crimewave USA, Cross Street Station, Dave Koresh, Def Poetry Jam, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EVERY SPECK OF DUST THAT FALLS TO EARTH REALLY DOES MAKE THE WHOLE PLANET HEAVIER, forensics, Gilligan's Island, graphic novels, immigration interview, Jeff Seasholtz, Living Newspaper, musicals, nerds, newspapers, Night Moves, open mic, poetry, poetry slam, porn, pot, punks, Quimby's, Rennie Sparks, Shappy Seasholtz, Spin ½, Steppenwolf, The Handsome Family, The Phantom Tollbooth, theater, Tijuana bibles, whip-its, WPA, Ypsi immigration interview 6 Comments
Phoebe Gloeckner on autopsies, aggression, hating herself as a kid, and watching a twice-removed version of herself on the big screen; Amanda Uhle on bringing Mittenfest back to Ypsilanti; and Peter Larson on having to hide from the Kenyan anti-terror police after they were alerted to his guitar playing… on episode 25 of the Saturday Six Pack
Celebrated author and illustrator Phoebe Gloeckner was kind enough to stop by the AM 1700 studio this past Saturday night and talk with me for about an hour over bottles of Purple Gang Pilsner. Ostensibly, she was there to talk about her novel, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and the film of the same […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged agency, Aline Kominsky, Amanda Uhle, beer, Bilko, Cheap Suit Serenaders, comics, Diane Noomin, Diary of a Teenage Girl, DiDi Glitz, empowered, England, fictional teen finger sucking, finger sucking, fingers, H.R. Pufnstuf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabuhay_Gardens, J.G. Ballard, Jim J. Bullock, Mabuhay Gardens, Marielle Heller, Minnie Goetz, Mittenfest, Monroe, Patty Hearst, Pete Larson, Pete Larson's music as terrorism, Phil Silvers, Phoebe Gloeckner, punk, Purple Gang Pilsner, R Crumb, research, Robert Armstrong, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, sex, sexual abuse, statutory rape, Stockholm Syndrome, Teddy Boys, teen finger sucking, teen sex, terrorism, The Atrocity Exhibition, Too Close for Comfort, Twisted Sisters, V. Vale 13 Comments