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The Untold History of Zines…. Scott Huffines and Sarah Boonstoppel of Atomic Books

By Mark | February 3, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that worked its way through the protective layer of gristle surrounding my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of the zine folks that I knew during the golden […]

Posted in Crimewave USA, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1992, Aaron Cometbus, Adult Baby, Adult Swim, Al Hoff, Alberto Vargas, alt.zines, American Dime Museum, American Visionary Arts Museum, Amok, Amok Fourth Dispatch, Anarchist Cookbook, Andre Braugher, Answer Me, Apology Hotline, armed robbery, Atomic Books, Atomic TV, automatic stay, Avalon, bachelors, Baltimore, Baltimore Babylon, Baltimore City Paper, baltimoreorless.com, Baltimoron, bankruptcy, BDSM, Beer Frame, being robbed, Ben Is Dead, Bengies Drive-In, Benn Ray, Berserk, Besmirched, Black Friday, Blues Brothers, Bob Kathman, bubbles, Bunnyhop, cable access, Camille Paglia, capes, carbon monoxide poisoning, Carl Bennett, Carrot Top, catalogs, Cecil B. Demented, Charles Burns, Chick tracts, Church of the SubGenius, Club Charles, Cometbus, comics, commercials, community access, Coppin State University, crabs, Crank, creepy smut, crime, criminology, Crispin Glover, crossing the line, Dana Plato, Dana Plato’s Last Breath, Danny Elfman, David Greenberger, Death, Dennis Worden, Desert Moon, Devo, Dishwasher, Dishwasher Pete, Divine, dog shit, Donald Goines, Dr. Ron Israel, drunks, Duplex Planet, Durk Pearson, East Village Inky, Edith Massey, Edith Massey's teeth, Eightball, Ellen Forney, Elmer’s Glue, Elvis, erotica, escape pods, Essex, extra long interviews, extras, Factsheet Five, follow your dreams and go bankrupt, food service, Freaks, freakshows, Friendly’s, Fudge Palace, gay, Genetic Disorder, Gerald V. Casale, Giant Robots, Grape Ape, Gretchen Worden, Guinea Pig Zero, Hair To Stay, Happyland, Harry Reems, hate, heavy metal, High Weirdness by Mail, hillbillies, hippies, hipsters, Hitch, homicide, I was a Teenage Dominatrix, Iceberg Slim, Illinois Nazis, In the City of Bikes, independent bookstores, independent retail, Infiltration, internet pioneers, IRS, Jack Hyatt, Jad Fair, James Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, jerking off, Jim Goad, Jim Rose, jizz, Joby Palczynski, Joe Coleman, Joe Matt’s Peepshow, John Waters, Johnny Eck, Johns Hopkins, Kathleen Kotcher, Ken Smith, Keri Pentauk, Kill Zinesters, Laibach, Larry Farber, Linda Blair, Lionel Hutz, Literary Finds for Mutated Minds, longest interviews known to man, Loompanics, LSD, Lydia Lunch, Lysol, mail fraud, mail order, Martha Plimpton, Maryland, masturbation, Mental Hygiene, mental patients, messy food in panties, Michael Hunt Publishing, Miracleman, Mobtown Shank, mock masturbation, Monkey Food, Mount Royal Tavern, moving back in with your parents, Mr. Apology, multi-level marketing, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, Mutter Museum, Mystery Date, Nazis, Negative Capability, Neil Gaiman, New York Times, Ninjalicious, nudist magazines, Ocean City, parenting, Pat Moran, Pathetic Life, Pecker, Penile Knievel, Penn Jillette, perfect storm, Pete Jordan, Peter Bagge, pies, Pink Flamingos, Pirates of Essex, Play-doh, porn, Princess Mononoke, pussy magnets, Rachel Whang, Ralph Coon, Redneck Manifesto, Reptilian Records, Rollerderby, Sandman, Sandy Shaw, Sarah Boonstoppel, SASE, Scott Huffines, self-publishing, Shawna Kenney, Shocked and Amazed!, sitting on pies, sleaze, smudge, smut, Spanked Husbands Satisfied Wives, Species 2, Splosh!, spree killers, Steely Dan, Steve Blickenstaff, stevedores, Stickboy, strippers, submissives, Superjail, Taylor Mead, tea-bagging, The Atlantis, The Dark Knight Returns, The Last Prom, The Pain When Will It End, The Simpsons, The Untold History of Zines, The Wire, Thrift Score, Tim Krieder, Tom Warner, training bra, true crime, Underdog Lady, underground comics, underground press, vampires, Watchmen, weird stuff, weirdos, WhAP!, Zamora the Torture King, zines | 25 Comments

Lisa Waud on her plans to expand Ann Arbor’s Pot & Box into the thriving entrepreneurial hotbed that is Detroit’s Corktown

By Mark | January 17, 2013

A few days ago, Linete and I foud ourselves in Detroit, without kids, poking around Corktown. The plan was to get something warm to drink at Astro Coffee, but it looked too crowded. Linette peaked in, through one of the fogged-up windows, to see if there was space for me. (She can fit most anywhere. […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2520 Michigan Avenue, absinthe, Andy Didorosi, Astro Coffee, Bureau of Urban Living, Canine to Five, City Bird, Claire Nelson, Cliff Bell’s, cocktails, Corktown, Dave Landrum, Detroit, Detroit Bus Company, Detroit Farm and Garden, Detroit gas stations, Downtown Home and Garden, Emily Linn, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Felch Street, flowers, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, Gallery 555, gardening, Green Dot Stables, Hatch Detroit, Helen Harding, Honor & Folly, Hugh, ice cream truck, Izzy’s, Jean Henry, Joe Posch, Katherine Yates, Le Petite Zinc, Lisa Waud, Liz Blondy, Mercury Bar, Michigan Avenue, Model D, Mudgie’s Deli, new ideas in retail, Open City Detroit, Paper Street, Pete Bailey, Pop-up for the Holidays, pop-up retail, Popular Mechanics, Pot and Box, Rachel Parke, retail in Detroit, Rooselvelt Park, scotch, Slows Bar BQ, Small & Mighty, St. Cece’s, Stagger Lee, The Sugar House, Two James Distillery, urban gardening, Valentine's Day, Xavier’s, YEP, Young Entrepreneurial People | 24 Comments

According to a source, I was right about 7-Eleven and Starbucks considering Ypsi

By Mark | January 29, 2011

Remember how, a couple of days ago, when talking about the new retail development taking shape on Cross Street, right across from Eastern Michigan University, I said that I thought that it was likely the developer, O’Neal Construction, was already in negotiations with Starbucks and 7-Eleven? Well, if I’m to believe this email that I […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 7-Eleven, anti-globalization, Bryant Simon, coffee, Cross Street, Eagle's Market, Eastern Michigan University, economic development, EMU, Everything But the Coffee, franchises, globalization, La Fiesta Mexicana, O'Neal Construction, retail in Ypsilanti, Starbucks, Sweetwaters, Tower Inn, Trenta, Ugly Mug | 56 Comments

The return of Hugh for the holidays

By Mark | December 16, 2010

Last year at about this time, I ran an interview with a friend of mine named Joe Posch about a pop-up (temporary) shop that he was opening in Detroit. Well, the business, called Hugh, is back again this Christmas season, and I tracked down Joe to find out what was new, and what, if anything, […]

Posted in Detroit, Retail | Also tagged bachelor style, barware, Bureau of Urban Living, buy local, Christmas gifts, City Bird, Danish stainless steel, drinking, entertaining, entrepreneurism, Esquire, gift ideas, Halloween USA, hoarding, Hugh, Iodent Building, Joe Posch, Laura Abraham, Leopold's Books, new ideas in retail, Playboy, pop-up retail, Rachel's Place, retail in Detroit, reuse, Scandinavian chic. bachelor pad, Shop Local for the Holidays, ski holiday, Spectacles, teak, the still-ejaculating husk that was once Hugh Hefner, transient retail, vintage | 4 Comments

Joe Posch, owner of Detroit’s Hugh, on the realities of retail

By Mark | December 10, 2009

A few days ago, the family and I ventured into Detroit, and, not only didn’t we die – we had a great time. And, while there, we dropped by our friend Joe Posch’s lovely new store, Hugh. What follows is a brief conversation between Joe and I on the idea behind the store, the challenges […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bachelor style, Bureau of Urban Living, Canine to Five, Christmas gifts, City Bird, Claire Nelson, demolition, Design 99, Design Within Reach, destination shoppers, Detroit, Detroit Opera House, DIA, Eastern Market, entrepreneurism, getting press, gift ideas, good design, Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes, Hamtramck, Have an Inter-NOT Holiday - shop in Detroit, Hugh, Joe Posch, Leopold's Books, Liz Blondy, mall shoppers, Mark offends a friend, mass transit, Mezzanine, Nutcracker, Open City, Park Avenue, Park Shelton, Playboy, pop-up retail, recruiting entrepreneurs, Retail, retail happening, retail in Ann Arbor, retail in Detroit, retail in Ypsilanti, ruin porn, small business, Supino's Pizzeria, Target, tax credits, Team Detroit, the donut of Novi, titanium crystal, Toby Barlow, University Cultural Center Association, VG Kids, whisky stones, Woodbridge Pub, Woodward | 26 Comments

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The Untold History of Zines…. Scott Huffines and Sarah Boonstoppel of Atomic Books

Lisa Waud on her plans to expand Ann Arbor’s Pot & Box into the thriving entrepreneurial hotbed that is Detroit’s Corktown

According to a source, I was right about 7-Eleven and Starbucks considering Ypsi

The return of Hugh for the holidays

Joe Posch, owner of Detroit’s Hugh, on the realities of retail

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