Tag Archives: Manhole

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Leggz

By Mark | November 12, 2012

Yet another Ypsilantian, a member of the band Manhole, has pulled up stakes and left Ypsilanti for the mythical paradise of Portland, where, according to legend, “young people go to retire.” Here’s my interview with the tall, quiet man we all knew as Leggz. MARK: What’s your name? I mean, I know you as Leggz, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Christopher Leggz Pierce, Cross Street, Derek Smalls, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, exit interviews, Frank Blunt, Hollis Knight Coats, I think we're alone now, Kissimmee, Leggz, Muskegon, Tiffany, VG Kids, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 14 Comments

Manhole member Stevo “Doc” Doccerson demands to be interviewed, have mangy, glistening pelt of chest hair acknowledged

By Mark | May 1, 2012

Remember that band, Manhole, that got run out of Ypsi after they illegally appropriated my face for an ill-fated line of leisurewear? Well, all the guys came back to town this last weekend, in hopes of acquiring stacks of free pancakes and selling poorly photocopied trading cards of themselves at Totally Awesome Fest 8. I [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged chest hair, Daniel Peron, Hob the Troll, Hollis, Hollis Knight Coats, interviews, interviews with Mark, Stevo Doccerson, Totally Awesome Fest, trading cards | 7 Comments

The totally confrontational Totally Awesome Fest press conference

By Mark | April 25, 2012

Ypsilanti’s more densely bearded, somewhat less murderous, and considerably less black version of Don King, Patrick Elkins, called a press conference yesterday to announce the lineup of the 8th annual Totally Awesome Fest, which begins this Friday evening at 5:00, in the field behind VG Kids. I suppose, in retrospect, that it should have been [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Absolute Beginners, Animal Magic, Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, child labor, Chris Sandon, delinquent hipsters, Detroit Party Marching Band, Don King, Dreamland Theater, Duane the Teenage Weirdo, Electric Waterfall Castle, Fucking Awesome Fest, holograms, interviews with Mark, Jambo Man, Jamboman, Little Weasel House, Lord of the Yum-Yum, mascots, microfiche, music festivals, pancake walk, pancakes, Patrick Elkins, Patrick's Weird Beard Goes Wandering, Penelope, Playboy Mansion, pooping in the river, press conferences, Ripper Field, Swimsuit, The Bungalow, thickly-bearded local troubadours, Totally Awesome Corp, Totally Awesome Fest, Tupac, VG Kids, Ypsi festivals | 12 Comments

The day the Mark went dark

By Mark | January 4, 2012

Last night, as we set out to relocate this site at its new home in the upper atmosphere, I told you that you could take 48 hours off. I had been told, by our technical team, that the migration would likely take that long, and, during that time, the site would be completely dead. As [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Other, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020 Task Force, Andre, animatronic alcoholics, Anton LaVey, beer drinking robots, cloud computing, dark mark, fruit trees, grafting, guerilla grafting, Horatio Alger, Lisa Bashert, Lord Voldemort, MarkMaynard.com, Nancy Grace, Neighborhood Fruit, nipples, Patrick Elkins, robots, site maintenance, Small Wonder, Ted Lawson, the future of this site, You Gotta Have Hope | 37 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Stephen Jolley

By Mark | September 24, 2011

Remember how, a little while ago, I told you that Hollis Knight Coats, the mastermind behind the Ypsi band Manhole, left for Portland? Well, he didn’t leave alone. The following exit interview is with Stephen Jollie, the man who aided him in his escape. MARK: What’s your name? STEPHEN: Stephen Jolley. Close friends often refer [...]