By Mark | September 15, 2011
Hollis Knight Coats, the musical genius behind the band Manhole, recently decided to leave Ypsilanti for Portland, Oregon. Before he left, I tried to meet up with him on several occasions to discuss his decision to relocate. While I’d like to think that he wasn’t purposefully avoiding me, things never seemed to work out where […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cancer, colored girls that look like Logan, Dandy Warhols, dropping out, Eastern Michigan University, Eminem, Florida, Hollis, Hollis Knight Coats, Homeland Security, Kid Rock, living up to your potential, Manhole, Manhug, MC5, Michigan winters, Onaway, Portland, Slim's, The Stooges, things used to be better, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
By Mark | September 28, 2010
Remember how I told you that a local band here in Ypsi called Manhug had appropriated my image for a t-shirt? Well, I know I shouldn’t be helping them out, and giving them ideas as to how they might be able to sell more, but I’ve had this idea that I think is terrific. Do […]
By Mark | August 21, 2010
Two girls came by the house this afternoon. They handed me a box, looked at each other for a second, and ran away. Given the appearance of the girls, I was expecting it to be something gross, maybe in retaliation for yesterday’s post on the nastiness of dog-punching nomadic crusties. I don’t know what I […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio | Also tagged awesome t-shirt ideas, Clare, crusties, Keelan, Manhole, my favorite bands, not so awesome t-shirt ideas, pink flamingo, Punk Week, punks, weird glasses |
By Mark | August 11, 2010
This last weekend, while I was enjoying myself in Milwaukee, folks here in Ypsi had themselves a big shindig under the moonlight on the banks of the Huron River. This now annual event, as you might recall, got off to a wobbly start a few years back, when it attempted to get off the ground […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Ypsilanti, Battle of Ypsitucky, Charlie Slick, Depot Town CDC, Diazotrophical Liberation Armada, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, Jambo Man, Jmaes Osterberg, Manhole, Michigan Roots Jamboree, music, music festivals, Patrick Elkins, Patty Hearst, puppetry, shadow puppets, SLA, Stanley the Mad Hatter, Symbionese Liberation Army, Wayang Kucing, Ypsi festivals, Ypsilanti cats, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Jamboree |