By Mark | January 12, 2016
There was no way that David Bowie wasn’t going to be famous. His will was too strong. As childhood friends of his have said, he was already preparing for fame at nine, aggressively moving between fads, attempting to catch the right one at the right time in order to propel him toward celebrity. He was […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged another famous person has died, Apollo 11, Arnold Corns, Brian Epstein, celebrity, David Bowie, David Bowie Wants Idea, determination, fads, fame, Jeff Starship, Joey Ramone, Longwater, Lour Reed, Love You till Tuesday, Madona, Major Tom, Moonage Daydream, rural pop, Sniper, sociopaths, space, Space Oddity, The Ostrich, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men, Timothy Monger, trends, Ziggy Stardust |
By Mark | January 26, 2015
Almost a year ago now, I received an email from a reader of this site by the name of Bob Nolan, who, knowing of my love for the Ramones and Stooges, suggested that I talk with a friend of his named Brendan Toller. Brendan, he told me, had been working on a film about Danny […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History | Also tagged 16 Magazine, A Day In The Life, acid, Andy Warhol, animation, archives, bible belt, Bob Nolan, Bob Rudnick, Boswell, Brendan Toller, Brian Epstein, Brooks Brothers, butts, CBGB, Christmas cards, crowdfunding, Danny Fields, Danny Says, Datebook, David Bowie, Dennis Frawley, documentary film, Dolly Parton, Edie Sedgwick, Elektra, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Fred Sonic Smith, Funhouse, Harvard, Harvard Law, Hedwig, I Need That Record, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Jesus, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Judy Collins, Kickstarter, LBJ, Lenny Bruce, Linda Stein, Mark's big ideas, Max's Kansas City, Mayor of the Sunset Strip, MC5, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, New York City, Nico, Paul McCartney, public relations, punk rock, Ramones, Rock and Roll, Rodney Bingenheimer, San Remo, Search and Destroy, Seymour Stein, slacks, Stooges, The Beatles, The Doors, the music business, The Stooges, Timothy Leary, Tommy Goodwin, Velvet Underground, WFMU, Yale, Yale University, Younger Jewish Set |
By Mark | October 27, 2013
Rolling Stone is reporting that Velvet Underground founder and rock-n-roll icon Lou Reed has died at the age of 71, some five months after undergoing a liver transplant. Here’s a clip: …”Produced” by Warhol and met with total commercial indifference when it was released in early 1967, VU’s debut The Velvet Underground & Nico stands […]
As three of the last four posts on this site have been about the upcoming Ypsilanti Democratic primary, I though that it was time for something a little different. Here, with that in mind, is an exit interview with local video artist Vinnie Massimino. If he looks familiar, it might be because, until about a […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 8 Ball, Bathroom Reviews, Bee Roll, Beezy's, being bored, Belleville, Ben Miller, Berlin, Byron Mosley, comedy, Detroit, Diana Ross, EMU, film making, Flint, interviews with Mark, Joshua Light Show, Joshua White, Matt Posky, Mike Eller, MOCAD, New Order, NYU, Otter Lake, risk taking, settling, Sons of Dads, Spies Like Us, Stairclimbing, The Cure, the plight of baristas, Thieves Like Us, Vinnie Massimino, VOSKY, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
By Mark | September 9, 2010
I was going to join everyone else on the internet tonight and write about so-called Christian Terry Jones and his poorly thought-out plan to burn 200 copies of the Quran come Saturday, but it looks now as though it’s been called off, or at least momentarily postponed. Jones says he decided to pull the plug […]
Posted in Church and State, Civil Liberties, Religious Extremism | Also tagged burn a Koran Day, Florida, ground zero mosque, Park51, quran, religious freedom, Sharif El-Gamal, Susan Boyle, Terry Jones |