Nancy Kangas moved from Columbus to San Francisco in the early 1980s. By 1983, she’d launched “Nancy’s Magazine.” Over the course of the next 13 years, she’d put out 13 issues, cementing her place in the history of the American underground press. [above: Nancy Kangas in her San Francisco apartment, circa 1984.] MARK: I’m not […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized | Also tagged alternative press, Amy Fusselman, archives, carpentry, Chip Rowe, CIty Lights, clothing, Columbus, Doug Biggert, Doug Holland, dresses, fanzines, fashion, Greg Bonnell, John Hricko, librarians, magazines, Mark Eitzel, muses, Nancy Kangas, Nancy's Magazine, Ohio, Ohio State, Olga Hill, Pathetic Life, polyester, punk, punk bands, punk shopping mall, reviews, San Francisco, Stache’s, The Naked Skinnies, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, Zine Book, zines |
By Mark | September 12, 2017
Over the past several years of interviewing people here on the site, I’ve developed a few go-to questions – things that I really enjoy asking. Among other things, I like to ask people about the circumstances surrounding their births, and their very first memories. It doesn’t always happen, but, every once in a while, when […]
I had the opportunity to spend some time this afternoon with Jim Dean, the co-founder and chair of Democracy for America (DFA), as he stopped by the Ypsi-Arbor campaign office for Bernie Sanders on his way to Flint. Among other things, we discussed Bernie’s chances in the Michigan Democratic primary, what the Sanders campaign could […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bernie Bros, black lives matter, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National COnvention, democratic primary, DNC, Flint, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, inequality, Jim Dean, Mississippi, Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Presidential politics, race baiting, racism, reform, robber barons, Ronald Reagan, sexism, states rights, Ta-Nehisi Coates, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Tulsi Gabbard, Vermont |
By Mark | February 4, 2015
At some point in the next six weeks or so, a new business will be opening in Depot Town, a coffee roastery by the name of Hyperion. It’s the brainchild of Eric Mullins and Dan Kubera, both of whom were, until recently, employees of Ypsilanti’s Ugly Mug. Here, with more, is the transcript of a […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alex Merz, Anodyne Coffee Roasters, Anthology Coffee, Babo, Billy Kangas, Blue Bottle Coffee, coffee, coffee education, coffee roasting, Comet Coffee, Commonwealth Coffee, Counter Culture Coffee, craft beer, crop-to-cup, Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse, Dan Kubera, Direct Trade Coffee Club, empathy, Eric Mullins, foody, Four Barrel, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Ghostly, Grand Rapids, Honduras, Hyperion Coffee, Intelligentsia, Jim Sabrio, Josh Longsdorf, Madcap Coffee, Mighty Good Coffee, Milwaukee, Miro Lomelli, RoosRoast, startups, Stumptown Coffee, Uganda, Ugly Mug, Zak Rye, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Coffee |
By Mark | January 4, 2015
This past summer, as I was killing knapwed at Water Street Commons, I had the good fortune of meeting Polly Yates, an artist from England who happened to be spending several weeks in Ypsilanti. After chatting with her a bit about her work, and the several pieces of artwork which have sprung up on Water […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, anonymity, art food sex and trauma, artist residency, Call the Midwife, Chicago, collage, Death, eye contact, Facebook, fish and chips, found objects, found photographs, ghosts, grief, Mark Dickson, midwifery, Neon Heater Gallery, Polly Yates, Roman Susan Gallery, salt and vinegar, sausage, savaloy, Stalin, street food, surveillance culture, Taylor Ervin, Theresa Rickloff, weeding, YardWork, Ypsilanti Art Incubator, Ypsilanti Historical Society |
