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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Stephen Jolley

By Mark | September 24, 2011

Remember how, a little while ago, I told you that Hollis Knight Coats, the mastermind behind the Ypsi band Manhole, left for Portland? Well, he didn’t leave alone. The following exit interview is with Stephen Jollie, the man who aided him in his escape. MARK: What’s your name? STEPHEN: Stephen Jolley. Close friends often refer […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged asymmetrical haircuts, Beezy's, Benjamin Rosenau, Brighton, cheap sunglasses, Dutch Lust, Eastern Michigan University, exit interviews, guitar solos, hippies, Hollis, Hollis Knight Coats, Inkblot, Logan Schaedig, Manhole, Mark Jolley, Our Brother the Native, Patrick Elkins, people who can afford to buy black market organs, pizza delivery, Portland, rhythm hymns, State Theater, Stephen Jolley, The Jols, The Rainbow Family Vomit Band, The Zombies, Time of the Season, Trenton, Ugly Mug, Worst Song Ever, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 23 Comments

What would you type on the Unabomber’s typewriter?

By Mark | May 17, 2011

I’m wondering if maybe having the Unabomber’s typewriter would help me break through my writer’s block. It goes up for auction tomorrow, along with all the other possessions of Ted Kaczynski. I’m thinking that everyone else will go after his infamous hooded sweatshirt… Somewhere, at this very moment, I suspect a hipster in Williamsburg is […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged Jack Torrance, John Wayne Gacy, luddite, manual typewriters, online auctions, serial killers, technology, Theodore Kaczynski, Unabomber, Williamsburg | 8 Comments

Detroit, attractive to artists?

By Mark | March 8, 2009

Some folks out there say that, by the time something hits the New York Times, it’s culturally irrelevant. I don’t know that I believe it, but it sure seemed to be the case a few weeks ago, when the esteemed paper of record ran the feature on the “bacon explosion.” After it appeared, the once […]