Tag Archives: interviews

Manhole member Stevo “Doc” Doccerson demands to be interviewed, have mangy, glistening pelt of chest hair acknowledged

By Mark | May 1, 2012

Remember that band, Manhole, that got run out of Ypsi after they illegally appropriated my face for an ill-fated line of leisurewear? Well, all the guys came back to town this last weekend, in hopes of acquiring stacks of free pancakes and selling poorly photocopied trading cards of themselves at Totally Awesome Fest 8. I […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged chest hair, Daniel Peron, Hob the Troll, Hollis, Hollis Knight Coats, interviews with Mark, Manhole, Stevo Doccerson, Totally Awesome Fest, trading cards | 7 Comments

Bonnie Bucqueroux on the Lansing Online News

By Mark | April 9, 2012

As I think I’ve demonstrated here in the past, I’m intrigued by what’s going on around the United States in the emerging field of citizen journalism. I like the idea of regular people rising up, motivated by the ever-decreasing quality of local reportage, and launching their own online news communities. As some of you may […]

Posted in Media, Michigan, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, Al Gore, alternative press, Alternet, Ann Arbor News, B. L. Bucqueroux, Bill Castanier, Bonnie Bucqueroux, Bringing the Thunder to Southwest Lansing, Broadside, BSQUEAKY, Caron Creighton, Chris Savage, citizen journalism, Clarice Thompson, Community Policing, Dana Casadei, Detroitblogger John, digital divide, digital media, Eclectablog, Erin Slayter, Flint, Frank Feska, future of journalism, Gone Wired Cafe, industrial agriculture, iPhone apps, Jonah Maygar, Justin Tadlock, L.A. Free Press, Lansing, Lansing Area Capital Gains, Lansing City Pulse, Lansing Community College, Lansing State Journal, Livestream, Michigan State University, MLive, MSNBC, new media, Okemos, open source, print, Print is Dead, public access television, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story, retirees, Runner's World, Samuel Rose, Santos Ramos, shoes, spitting cat, survivalist, Sustainable Farmer, tea party, The Citizens' Communique, The Climate Project, the shameful state of the American press, Therese Dawe, Todd Heywood, Traveler's Club, Truth-dig, Truthout, Virg Bernero, WLNZ, Yelp, Ypsi Sentinel, ZeroHedge | 11 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Adam Gainsley

By Mark | March 15, 2012

A few weeks ago, as a part of our ongoing Ypsilanti Immigration Interview project, I spoke with a young woman named Gillian Ream, who had just recently moved to Ypsilanti from Ann Arbor with her software-developer boyfriend. Well, today’s interview is with said boyfriend, Adam Gainsley. Please join me in welcoming him to Ypsilanti. MARK: […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adam Gainsley, apps. programming, Arbor Brewing Company, Bandemer Park, Barton Park, Beer Thirty, Beezy's, bike friendly, Bike Ypsi, bikes, Bird Hills, Border to Border Trail, Brown Park, Burns Park, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chick Inn, community, community activism, defining community, disk golf, entrepreneurship, Frog Island, Frog Island Music Festival, Gillian Ream, hackathons, hi-tech startups, Hill Auditorium, Holmes Road, Huron River, local income tax, Mary Beth Doyle Park, meet-ups, milkshakes, NMAC, Non-Motorized Advisory Committee, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, programmers, programming, Pub 13, Ridge Road, Save Ypsi Yes, Scott's Coffee Break, Sidetrack, social media, software, Tech Brewery, University of Michigan, walkability, walkable downtown, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, working from home, Ypsi immigration interview, Zydeco | 16 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Meaghan Fukunaga

By Mark | February 23, 2012

And, here’s yet another interview for the series. This one is with a young woman by the name of Meaghan Fukunaga. MARK: You wrote to me a few days ago, asking me if you could be a part of this Ypsilanti Immigration Interview series. I’m curious how you first became aware of it, and why […]

Posted in Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged art history, Cross Street, Deja Vu, digital archives, La Fiesta Mexicana, Massachusetts, Meaghan Fukunaga, Normal Park, O'Neal Construction, phrogging, squatting, U-M School of Information, University of Michigan, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsi Public School District, Zillow | 3 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 […]