Mark Maynard | interviews

The Untold History of Zines…. Steve Hughes on Stupor

By Mark | December 27, 2013

Over the years I’ve mentioned my friend Steve Hughes and his zine Stupor several times on this site. I’ve shared videos of him reading at the Shadow Art Fair, and interviewed him about his various projects in Hamtramck, where he makes his home and runs an art space called Public Pool. To my knowledge, though, […]

Posted in Detroit, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Rohde, blood, Christianity, Clinton Snider, collaboration, DIY, Dorota Coy, eastern mich, EMU, Factsheet Five, Hamtramck, Hope College, horrifically sad stories, Hygienic Dress League, Janet Kauffman, Jessica Frelinghuysen, Kickstarter, Kresge Foundation, Linette, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Matthew Barney, Michael Jackman, mud, New Orleans, oral history, poison, Public Pool, rust, seedy, self-publishing, sex, Shadow Art Fair, Steve Coy, Stupor, The Untold History of Zines, toilet, true stories, truth, truthiness, University of New Orleans, zines, Zug Island | 14 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

By Mark | December 3, 2013

A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about something that he was insanely passionate about, and I think he enjoyed, for a change, talking […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Avenue of the Giants, bartending, Big Love, Big Sur, Bill Hicks, birth stories, blue green algae, burgers, buruli ulcer, Carmel, Carnival Cruise, community service, consumption, cruise, crying, East of Eden, Eli Eisman, epiphanies, fast food, Garden City, gardening, gated communities, Glen Campbell, Grey Goose, Halliburton, Hee Haw, Hee Haw Honeys, hippies, how to be a better human being, Iggy Pop, John Steinbeck, Joseph Campbell, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Lust for Life, malaria, martinis, Matt Jones, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Misty Lyn, Misty Lyn Bergeron, musicians, musicians breaking the law, nature, polygamy, private property, private roads, Rawlins, redwoods, Rhinestone Cowboy, Salt Flats, San Francisco, Seva, Siddhartha, solitude, spiritual quests, spirituality, sun poisoning, Timothy Monger, travel, travel tips, trees, Utah, vacations, vans, vegetarianism, vertigo, Zen, Zion National Park. | 6 Comments

Bee Roll reflects on Beezy’s at the five-year mark… “If we want the world to be different, we have to start creating that world.”

By Mark | November 2, 2013

As interviewed Bee Roll, the owner of Beezy’s, when she was first opening her restaurant on Washington Street, and again as she celebrated her first anniversary, I felt compelled to check in once again when I was reminded that her five year anniversary was approaching… I hope you enjoy the interview. MARK: So, has it […]

Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, 826Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Andy Garris, anniverseries, baby having, balance, Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Brandon Zwagerman, buy local, Caleb Zweifler, Cask & Cake, community building, crime, cupcakes, D’Real Graham, Elbow Room, entrepreneurship, food entrepreneurship, Frostingfaced, Go Ice Cream, Hope Clinic, kitchen sharing, Marisa Dluge, mentorship, micro-businesses, Mittenfest, Nightshade Army, North Washington Street, Oasis Cafe, restaurant ideas, restaurants, Riki Tiki Pies, Shape Ypsi, Shape Ypsilanti, Shitfaced, The Rocket, vision statements, weaning, whiskey, Yeast Affection, Ypsi entrepreneurs | 11 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie

By Mark | August 15, 2013

Still trying to unravel the mystery of why people would choose, of their own free will, to move to Ypsilanti, I reached out to new homeowners Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie, and demanded that they submit to a formal Ypsilanti Immigration Interview. Here are the results. MARK: Was Ypsilanti just the most affordable choice, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Anne of Green Gables, Arboretum, Aubrey Parker, Ben Connor Barrie, Bike Ypsi, blogging, blogs, blowjobs, blowjobs in Township parks, cedar waxwings, Chicago, Corner brewery, coyotes, Cross Street Book Shop, Damn Arbor, dance, Darren Breen, deer, Detroit Public Library, DIA, Erika Jost, Flint, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, Jason Tallant, Leopold Brothers, Lucy Maud Montgomery, meet a blogger, native plants, New Theater Project, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, pesticide, poop, Roundup, Sidetrack, spelling, tap dancing, Teach for America, Tyler Weston, University of Michigan, used book stores, Water Street Commons, Wizard of Oz, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Downtown Library, Ypsilanti real estate | 27 Comments

Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening

By Mark | June 27, 2013

I had the occasion this evening to speak with Ian MacKaye, the former frontman of Minor Threat and Fugazi, who will be visiting Ypsilanti this Friday evening to play an all-ages show at the Dreamland Theater alongside Amy Farina, in their heavy yet minimalist two-piece band

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1968, alternative art venues, Amy Farina, churches, D.C. riots, DC, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Dreamland Theater, Fugazi, great interviews, Ian MacKaye, liberation theology, Minor Threat, music, music for kids, music industry, music venues, Pancake Mountain, performance venues, punk rock, religion, Saint Stephen and the Incarnation, Shelley Salant, The Evens, Voting Rights Act, Vowel Movement, WCBN | 18 Comments

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The Untold History of Zines…. Steve Hughes on Stupor

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie

Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening

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