Tag Archives: Modern Lady Fitness

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Casey and Ryan Dawson

By Mark | July 18, 2016

They’re gone now, but, before they left, I had an opportunity to talk with Casey and Ryan Dawson about their decision to pack up, leave Ypsilanti, and recreate themselves on the west coast. What follows is their official exit interview. MARK: How soon after I had you both on the Saturday Six Pack as guests […]

Posted in Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged adventure, Alabama, Athens, Atlanta, beagles, Casey Dawson, Electric Shark, exit interviews, exploration, Georgia, Jim Cherewick, Jim Cherewick's birth, Jim Cherewick's older brother, Livonia, mustache, nude bike riding, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ryan Dawson, The Riots, United Space League, Van Houten, Yellow Rail Family, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 7 Comments

The Ann Arbor music scene, from Paul Robeson to Frank Allison …on episode 28 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 30, 2015

After the last several episodes, where we had so many guests, and so many things to get through, I enjoyed the relaxed pace of this most recent edition of the Saturday Six Pack. I’d left us a lot of breathing room when planning the show, thinking that, just maybe, Marshall Crenshaw might stop by, seeing […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged African American art songs, African American history, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor history, audio tour of Ann Arbor rock history, Community Church of God, Frank Allison and the Odd Sox, George Clinton, Gillian Ream, Mark's big ideas, Marshall Crenshaw, musicians, opera, oral history, Our Own Thing Chorale, Paul Robeson, records, Rock and Roll, Soviet Union, vinyl, walking tours, Willis Patterson, Ypsi Songfest | 11 Comments

Building bridges between the people of Ypsilanti and the police, vomiting cheese sticks, southern transplants, the music of Modern Lady Fitness and Blake Elliott, and ‘Two Gays and a Jew’ …on episode 17 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 26, 2015

There was a lot to like about this last episode of the Saturday Six Pack, which began with an original composition by Modern Lady Fitness that included more obscure, inside references than Glass Onion. [They not only sang about Brigid’s fancy lady parts, which, for some reason, are often a topic of conversation on the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Atlanta, Barbarella, black lives matter, body cameras, Brigid Mooney, cheese sticks, Chris Stranad, Community Policing, Controversi-ALE, Daltrey’s Fringe, Derrick Jackson, ENPACT, excessive force, fancy vaginas, Fangs and Twang, Hangin' Frank, Jerry Clayton, Marietta Georgia, Mike Nix, Newt Gingrich, Ozone House, police tactics, running, Six Pack Portrait Project, Three's Company, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Ypsilanti Running Company | 5 Comments

Community policing post Ferguson, Modern Lady Fitness, and running for your life in Ypsilanti… on this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 14, 2015

As the owner of AM 1700 has apparently made a deal to rent out the entire station next weekend for a “Golden Age of Radio” themed bat mitzvah, this will be our last show for a while. So, if I were you, I’d be sure to tune in this Saturday evening, when I’ll be joined […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged AM 1700, bat mitzvah, Blake Elliott, Chris Stranad, Derrick Jackson, First Fridays, Mike Nix, Six Pack Portrait Project, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Ypsilanti Running Company | 12 Comments

Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with the most important artists to ever draw breath on the planet earth… Episode 4: Chris Sandon

By Mark | June 15, 2014

Continuing our series of conversations with the world’s most successful artists living within walking distance of my house, today we’re joined by my frequent collaborator and friend, Chris Sandon. MARK: How’d you first learn about sex? CHRIS: Hmm… not really sure I can pinpoint one thing. My guy friends and I had a typical stash […]