By Mark | August 18, 2010
Occasionally, as a public service, I like to reprint something here from Facebook, for all the folks that I can’t bring myself to “friend.” So, any thoughts? Am I alone in thinking that the folks who gathered here in Ann Arbor for Punk Week weren’t really punks, at least in the classic sense? And I […]
Remember how, last year at about this time, we were talking about Totally Awesome Fest? Well, it’s upon us again, and, with that in mind, I attempted to engage the enigmatic Patrick Elkins, one of the men behind the festival, in conversation. Following is the result: MARK: What, if anything, are you doing differently this […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Ypsilanti | Also tagged "the blog", aerobics, Aimee Adams, Alan Shuerman, Anna Vitale, Annie Palmer, batter, Ben Miller's take-home fashion show, Body Holographic, brass knuckles, Bungalow, Charlie Slick, Chris Bathgate, City Center, cops shutting down house parties, Deathwish, Detroit Party Marching Band, Dos Hermanos, Dreamland Theater, drug and sex orgies, Emilia Javanica, Emogene Nightingale's Octopus Ballet, gas money, Geoffrey Fieger, Gigi Allyn, Grove Gardens, Heathens Gold, hippy segregation, Hob the Troll, how to fill the extra room in your shorts, Jamie Easter, Jen Wilke, Jes Kramer, Juniper Baby, Kelly Caldwell, Leaf Blower / Church Pipe, Lightening Love, Lightning Love, Lord of the Yum-Yum, magical events, Martes Martes, May Day, Moon Elves, Naia Venturi, nflatable kids pool, noise ordinance violations, octopus ballet, orgies, pancake vvrestling, pancakes, parades, Patrick Elkins, performance art, photos of men with beards, Pine Cones, puppet Mark, Ryan Groendyk, salsa lessons, Santiparro, Secret Twins, Shitney Houston, Spur Studios, Swimsuit, T-Bone and the Drones, Thom Elliot, Totally Awesome Fest, Video Games, yoga, Ypsi Food Co-op |
I’m just getting caught up on Metafilter after having dinner at the Brewery with my family, and I’m finding this thread on Tea Party progenitor Keli Carender to be particularly interesting. Maybe it’s the beer, but I’m finding myself completely intrigued by this criminally uninformed young woman and the movement she’s credited with birthing. (Sorry […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics | Also tagged bad puns, Birthers, Frank Rich, Keli Carender, Kent State, potential for violence, rhetoric of violent revolution, tea party, Tea Partyfication, teabaggers, teabaggery, violence |
All hell breaks loose in Ypsi this weekend, in a good way… I was going to say that Totally Awesome Fest is, “Like Woodstock, but more intimate and without the hippies,” but, in all honesty, there will likely be lots of hippies. I wouldn’t let that stop me, though. The Totally Awesome Fest is a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, Dreamland Theater, Free Furniture, Gigi Allyn, Gold Cat, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Manhole, Patrick Elkins, Pleasuredome, Totally Awesome Fest, Woodstock |
