Mark Maynard | Los Angeles

Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?

By Mark | January 29, 2013

For those of you who didn’t notice, I’ve added a link at the bottom of the right hand column. When clicked, it will take you to a page where I’ve started collecting all of our Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews. I may have missed a few, but I’ve tried, as best that I could, to aggregate them [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Annie Palmer, Becca Keating, Casey Dixon, Chicago, Christine Schultz, Christopher Leggz Pierce, Cincinnati, Detroit, Erie, exit interviews, Florida, Forest Juziuk, Hollis Knight Coats, Josh Chamberlain, LA, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, NYC, Oakland, Pennsylvania, polls, Portland, Seattle, Stephen Jolley, Stevo Doccerson, Thomas Kula, Vinnie Massimino, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zach Pollock | 30 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Becca Keating

By Mark | January 19, 2013

Becca Keating, the former Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF), has spent the past several days driving across the country with the intention of transforming herself into an Angeleno. Following is our exit interview, conducted as she adjusted to life in a world with sunshine. MARK: Let’s start with where you’re [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abortion, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Paper, avant-garde, Becca Keating, David Lynch, exit interviews, Grand Canyon, Gratzi, independent film, Ken Burns, Kevin Jerome Everson, Laida Lertxundi, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street Video, Marcin Gizycki, Ohio, old white men making decisions on women's health, parade floats, Pasadena, pie, porn, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Rose Parade, Roswell, Scientology, Suzan Pitt, The Central Park Five, tiramisu, Toledo, Twin Peaks, Un Chien Andalou, Village Corner, Whitney Biennial, women's rights, womne's health, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 11 Comments

Caine’s Arcade

By Mark | April 12, 2012

The following footage, of a little boy’s self-constructed fantasy arcade world, has been sweeping across the internet these past few days. Most people, from what I can tell, are attracted to the flash mob aspect — the fact that the filmmaker calls upon the hipster elite of Los Angeles, and their cleverly-named offspring, to venture [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Caine Monroy, Caine's Arcade, folk art, folk art environments | 12 Comments

Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road

By Mark | April 10, 2011

Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90′s, and, then, at some point later in the decade, we met up in LA and became friends. He was married, with two kids, and working [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged agents, Billy White Eggs, California, crease-cleaning monkey, Crossroads Road, Deadwood, Dukes of Clairmont, eaten by dogs, Edgar Allan Poe, Evil Twin, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, indie publishing, Jeff Kay, Jovis McIntire, lottery, Marie Prevost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, NBC, novels, obesity, Party of Five, Pennsylvania, Revenge of Print, Scranton, self-publishing, Sunshine, things that I hope I don't cry and convulse through, yurts, zine friends | 9 Comments

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