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The passing of my Mimi Dorothy

By Mark | May 17, 2018

Dorothy Maxine Lambie Avery, the last of my grandparents, passed away yesterday evening at the age of 93 in Lexington, Kentucky, not terribly far from where I was was born 50 years ago, and where she lived for most of her adult life. She was one of my favorite people in the entire world, and […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Beardstown, Bob Avery, cancer, Clementine, Death, Dorothy Avery, family history, family photo, friends who have passed, Galesburg, grandparents, Great Depression, Illinois, John Lambie, matriarch, Mimi Dorothy, Mothers' Day, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Robert Avery, Shane Land, Sweden, telegrams, World War II | 17 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Russ Forster on the 8-Track Mind

By Mark | January 16, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged 8-Track Heaven, 8-Track Mind, 8-tracks, angels, art-damaged pop, audio equipment, audio formats, Brigham Young, car culture, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chicago 18, cognitive dissonance, community building, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Death, Detroit, Disney World, Douglas Federal, End Result, energy conservation, exercise tapes, Gordon Van Gelder, impermanence, infinite loop, King Strang, Lear Jets, legends, Love Story, masturbation, misshapen penises, misshapen penises of zine publishers, Mormon, Museum Of Contemporary Art, music, Noble Truths, obsolete technology, origin myths, penises, performance art, Positive Force, punk rock, recycling, ritual castration, Russ Forster, The Untold History of Zines, thrift stores, trackers, ugly duckling, underground press, VHS, Voree Tablets, zines | 12 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Nelson

By Mark | February 1, 2012

Earlier this winter, on one of our small Occupy Ypsi marches around the city, I met a woman by the name of Erika. She’d apparently been living here in Ypsi for a few years, but, somehow, our paths had never crossed, even though we had several friends in common. Well, over the course of the […]

Posted in History, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Ann Arbor, armed robbery, bond debt, charter mandate, crime, death care, Eastern Michigan University, Erika Nelson, Ferndale, funerals, gun violence, Headlee, home buying, home funerals, home invasions, income tax, interviews, Lansing, local income tax, Mayor Schreiber, midwifery, millage, Oakwood, Obama, Paul Schreiber, Pittsfield Township, property taxes, Proposition A, Royal Oak, sense of place, the funeral industry, the future of Ypsilanti, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti police department | 8 Comments

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