By Mark | November 18, 2011
Last year, our friend Logan, who brews all of the delicious beer at the Corner Brewery, decided to make two batches of special beer for the big Krampus constume party. As you may recall, one the beers was naughty, and one was nice. Sadly, as I was knocked unconscious by a flying disco ball at […]
Posted in Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged beer, Christmas, Corner brewery, Detroit Party Marching Band, Krampus, Krampusdeep, Logan Schaedig, naughty beer, nice beer, Patrick Elkins, Woodruff's |
By Mark | November 9, 2011
Last year, as we approached the big Krampus party, I posted the following on this site: Tonight, during my breaks in reading up on how to properly brine a turkey, I’m looking around the internet for inspiration to guide me as I set out to make my costume for the big Krampus event on December […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged a different Nick Cave, Alice Cooper, Art in Motion, Bauhaus, brining, costume ideas, costumes, David Bowie, Detroit Party Marching Band, fiber textiles, fur, glam, goring, Krampus, Maynard gravy, Meat Loaf, Moonage Daydream, Nick Cave, OCD, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, performance art, placenta mask, Search and Destroy, sound suits, sweating, Teenage Frankenstein, The Mummies, The Stooges, Turkey, University of Michigan, Velvet Goldmine, Woodruff's, Ziggy Stardust |
By Mark | December 16, 2010
From what I remember, the Krampus event was a huge success. At least that’s what people tell me. And everyone looks giddy in the photos that I’ve seen. My memories, though, are a little foggy. I thought, when I woke up the next morning, and started trying to fit the pieces together in my thoroughly […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cannibal holocaust, concussions, costumes, Depot Town, Detroit Party Marching Band, disco balls, DIYpsi, Elbowdeep, happenings, injuries that Mark has suffered, Krampus, Linette, Linette Lao, Logan Schaedig, memory loss, Mike Giannouris, moss, Ryan Groendyk, Sam Abuelsamid, Thomas Kula, Thompson Block, Toys for Tats |
By Mark | December 11, 2010
“The gold painted garbage was strewn ‘cross the Brewery with care, in hopes that old Krampus would soon be there…” OK, the decorating is now done, and the townspeople of Ypsilanti, according to their custom, are now hard at work, sharpening their pitchforks, soaking their rags in gasoline and putting on their lingerie…. Doors open […]
By Mark | December 6, 2010
I stopped by the Corner Brewery tonight on my way home form work and shot this short interview with brewer Logan Shaedig on the two new beers that he’s created for this Saturday’s Krampus event. Both beers – the naughty one and the nice one – will go on sale at 8:00 PM. Quantities of […]
Posted in Food, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged beer, Corner brewery, flies, Krampus, Logan Schaedig, naughty beer, nice beer, Oarsman, peanut butter and jelly, Shadow Brew, Shadow Stout, sour mash, undrinkable, video shot at the Corner Brewery, yeast from Craigslist |
