Every year, in late April, a free, all-ages, multi-venue festival of weirdness called Totally Awesome Fest descends upon the sleepy little midwestern hamlet of Ypsilanti. There’s no escape from it. No one is immune. Like it or not, you will experience beauty and magic. It permeates every element of village life. Walking through town, one […]
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Totally Awesome Fest 12 begins tomorrow, and, if you’re too scared to experience it in person, you can catch some of it on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack
Spending the evening with Patrick Elkins on WCBN
If you’re near a radio, computer or phone, Patrick Elkins and I are about to go live on the world’s best radio station to talk about Legfest… Join us at WCBN. update: While I didn’t get any audio of our interview, which I think went really well, I did get a few short videos from […]
“Legfest”… a benefit to preserve the legs of Patrick Elkins… October 11 at Woodruffs
Remember how, a few weeks ago, I told you that some friends and I were exploring ways to help densely bearded local troubadour Patrick Elkins pay the almost $10,000 in medical bills that he’d amassed over the past year, as a result of his ongoing battle with Deep Vein Thrombosis? Well, phase-one of our plan […]
Remembering Karl Pohrt, the man behind Ann Arbor’s Shaman Drum
Late last week, Karl Pohrt, the driving force behind Ann Arbor’s historic Shaman Drum book shop, passed away at the age of 65 after a long battle with thyroid cancer. Having been an admirer of his work over the years, I’d wanted to mention his passing on the site, and offer up a place for people […]
Shadow Art Fair performances announced
I just received word from Ian “MC Trashpedal” Fulcher that the line-up for the The Final Shadow Art Fair has been locked in… Here’s what Ian has in store for those of you who find yourselves trapped outside, in the beer garden, on July 20. (The descriptive phrases are Ian’s… so don’t ask me what […]