By Mark | November 9, 2011
A few days ago, when I learned that local musician Annie Palmer had packed her bags and fled Ypsilanti, I decided to send her an email and ask why she’d gone. Following, with her permission, is our exchange. [And, yes, I start every conversation with, “What’s your name?”] MARK: What’s your name? ANNIE: Annie Palmer. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sumerton, Annie Palmer, authenticity, bike stealing, Chicago, Chris Palmer, creepy Carlos, Eddie Murphy, exit interviews, goats, Mom and Not Mom, noise ordinance violations, roommates, Tennessee, Twin Peaks, Ugly Mug, Won't You Let Me, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
By Mark | August 30, 2010
I had other plans for tonight’s post. I had wanted, of all things, to write about Johnny Cash’s appearance in a 1974 episode of Columbo entitled Swan Song. It’s been one of my favorites for a long time, and I thought that a nice discussion of it would make a welcomed detour from all the […]
I’m really burning through my 15 minutes of fame this week. First there was the DeNiro thing showing up on Maxim, and now it seems as though Elvis Costello is making news with our Ypsipanties… Here he is yesterday, on stage at Amoeba Records in LA, holding a pair of our panties while reminiscing fondly […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Marketing, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amoeba Records, appalachian slave panties, brushes with panty fame, Elvis Costello, flim-flam-man, Here in Ypsilanti they don’t wear any panties, LA Times music blog, Marty Robbins, Never a rip, never a tear, P.T. Barnum, pocket full of panty, Profane and Sugarcane, Secrets, Sugarcane, T Bone Burnett, Tom Jones, Ypsilanti Underwear, Ypsipanti |
