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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Thom Elliott

By Mark | April 3, 2013

MARK: So, Thom, I hear that you’re going to be leaving us sometime soon. What’s up? I’m hoping it wasn’t anything that anyone said on my site. THOM: No such luck. My life is in a time of great transition… I’m getting married, finishing my degree at EMU, and trying to decided what to do [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Advaita Vedanta, alcohol, alcoholism, Andrew Antis, Birmingham, bullying, Café Habana, Civil War, debauchery, depression, diabetes, drinking, Dustin Krcatovich, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Eton Academy, exit interviews, flophouse, Friedrich Nietzsche, gurus, Heraclitus of Ephesus, intestines, John Koolage, lingam, meat, meditation, mindfulness, mysticism, noise, Novi, Oak Openings, philosophy, Pleasuredome, Ramakrishna Puligandala, rishi, Ritalin, Sarah Heidt, self-medicating, Thom Elliott, Totally Awesome Fest, Tree-house for Earth’s Children, Vedas, vegan, Vinyl Joe’s Café, weirdo culture, weirdos, Ypsi Free Commune, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the puppetry work of Ypsilanti’s super-talented Dreamland Theater crew

By Mark | March 13, 2013

One day earlier this winter, as I was making my way around town, pushing my sleeping son in his stroller, I decided to turn down Washington Street and see if I could find Naia Venturi, the owner of Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater. Fortunately, she heard me knocking on the door, and came out from behind the [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Christmas Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A.K.A. Jimmy Picard, Aimee Adams, Andrew Bruce Mitchell III, Arlo, Arnaud Desplechin, ass, Benicio Del Toro, Blackfoot Nation, Butoh, Carla Harryman, Catherine Taylor, Dina Goldman, Dreamland Theater, Dreamland Tonight, Elya Baskin, Film, France, George Devereux, independent film, Jamie Klenk, Jimmy Picard, Judith Goldman, Justin Lang, Katrina Whalen, knees, marionettes, Mathieu Amalric, Michigan film incentives, Milwaukee, Monroe, Muriel Rukeyser, Naia Venturi, native american, post traumatic stress disorder, psychology, PTSD, Puck, puppet knees, puppets, Reality and Dream: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, sloppy puppeteering, Tyrone Williams, Unabomber, WWII | 17 Comments

The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary… agendas at play, profits to be made

By Mark | December 15, 2012

As you’ve no doubt heard, a gunman entered an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut yesterday morning, taking the lives of 20 children (all 6 and 7 years old) and 6 adults. It’s a heartbreaking story, and I don’t know that there’s anything that I can say that hasn’t already been said better by our obviously [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Observations, Other, Politics, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Lanza, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Basketball Diaries, Charlie Booker, Chicago Sun Times, Columbine, Connecticut, David Huckabee, Diane Feinstein, Elephant, first-person shooter, God in school, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, gunman, guns, Gus Van Sant, horrifically sad stories, Jay Carney, Macy's Thanksgiving parade, mass murder, Michigan Open Carry, Mike Huckabee, More Guns Less Crime, murder, murdertainment, network news, news media, nightly news, NRA, Obama, prayer in school, Rick Snyder, Rob Harris, Roger Ebert, Ryan Lanza, Sandy Hook, school shooting, Senate Bill 59, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, the state of the world, Tom Brokaw, tragedy, violent video games | 42 Comments

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but the man thought to be the I-96 shooter appears to identify as a Tea Party activist

By Mark | November 8, 2012

An arrest has been made in the case of the I-96 shootings. A man from Wixom by the name of Raulie Wayne Casteel has been taken into custody. According to the Daily Tribune, “Casteel was charged with six counts of a combination of felonious assault, carrying with unlawful intent, felony firearms, and discharge of a [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged angry white men, anti-government, gun violence, guns, I-96, Kerry Bentivolio, Libertarianism, Obama is a Socialist, paranoia, patriot movement, Raulie Wayne Casteel, Ron Paul, shooting, tea party, violence on the extreme right, Wixom | 16 Comments

Tying to make sense of last night’s mass murder in Colorado

By Mark | July 20, 2012

I should be spending my evening thinking about just what in the hell I’m going to do at tomorrow’s Shadow Art Fair, but I can’t stop reading about last night’s horrific events in Colorado. Predictably, a lot of people, like our friend Roger Ebert, are taking the opportunity to argue that more meaningful gun control [...]