Tag Archives: Laura Kaeppeler

Reflecting on Pure Michigan

By Mark | January 13, 2013

It’s pretty rare in the world of blogging that you can actually land a punch, and rarer still that the punch you land will leave a mark. You flail away for hours a day, tiling at windmills, and writing your heart out, but, for whatever reason, things rarely break through. You have little victories. You [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Marketing, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, Marilyn, MEDC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Mike Finney, Miss America, perfect storm, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, Robert DeNiro, Syed Taj | 14 Comments

Greg Baise on WCBN tomorrow, and on shiny, white, super-skinny American Apparel mannequins everywhere

By Mark | January 26, 2012

I have a friend named Greg Baise. If you’ve ever been to see a band in the metro Detroit area, chances are you’ve probably seen him. He’s probably the best connected guy I know when it comes to music, having promoted shows for over a decade, and done tons of other stuff in the industry. [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Apparel, awesome t-shirt ideas, Blind Pig, Corktown, critical mass, Dan Selzer, Dov Charney, Faust, Fuck Your Blog, Gold Dollar, halter leotards, Jeff Kaeppeler, Jezebel, Jodie Foster, karaoke, Keiji Haino, Kelly Jean Caldwell, Kevin O'Neill, Kim Sorise, La Vie C'est Chouette, Miss America, music venues, new ideas in retail, Obama, performance venues, product tie-in, Sonic Youth, stretch velvet leggings, Ted Shumaker, The Palace at 4 A.M., Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Times New Viking, Tony Conrad, Viva Radio, WCBN, Woodruff's | 12 Comments

My tenuous and ugly connection to our new Miss America

By Mark | January 22, 2012

The other day, I caught part of an interview with our recently crowned Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler. I wouldn’t normally watch something like that, but she was talking about how she wanted to use her new celebrity to draw attention to the plight of children with incarcerated parents, and I guess I found that compelling. [...]