In politics, as in business, it’s long been accepted practice to release bad news on Fridays in hopes of keeping media scrutiny to a minimum… And, I’m sure it was with this in mind that President-elect Donald Trump, this past Friday, released word that he’d agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to former students […]
Tag Archives: musicals
Thank you, Mike Pence, for drawing my attention to Alexander Hamilton
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #HamiltonElectors, 1787, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, anti-gay people who are most likely gay, Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway, checks and balances, Civil War, coal, Constitution, conversion therapy, corporate fascism, Dan Pfeiffer, David Frum, despotism, Donald Trump, electoral college, faithless Electors, fascism, FBI, founding fathers, fraud, gay rights, Hamilton, homophobia, immigration, James B. Comey, James Madison, Javier Muñoz, John Jay, Mike Pence, news, populism, Publius, reality, settlement, social media, The Federalist Papers, Trump University, West Virginia 35 Comments
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz
As we’ve been posting a lot of exit interviews lately, I though that we’d mix things up a bit and post an interview with someone who, like me, consciously chose to return to Ypsilanti. Here’s my immigration interview with poet, writer and performer Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz. MARK: I first saw you, if I’m not mistaken, […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor Art Fair, Austin, Bob Denver, Bob Seeger, Bowery Poetry Club, Brady Bunch, bras, Chicago, Chicago Comics, comics, Crimewave USA, Cross Street Station, Dave Koresh, Def Poetry Jam, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EVERY SPECK OF DUST THAT FALLS TO EARTH REALLY DOES MAKE THE WHOLE PLANET HEAVIER, forensics, Gilligan's Island, graphic novels, hippies, immigration interview, Jeff Seasholtz, Living Newspaper, nerds, newspapers, Night Moves, open mic, poetry, poetry slam, porn, pot, punks, Quimby's, Rennie Sparks, Shappy Seasholtz, Spin ½, Steppenwolf, The Handsome Family, The Phantom Tollbooth, theater, Tijuana bibles, whip-its, WPA, Ypsi immigration interview 6 Comments
Bringing the Ypsilanti community through the fine art of sweding
Inspired by Michael Gondry’s film Be Kind Rewind, I mentioned to a few friends and neighbors recently that I’d like to explore the possibility of rallying our community to the task of sweding a film. (To “swede” a film, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, means to recreate a famous movie […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Be Kind Rewind, Film, fourth wall, Hedley Lamarr, horses, Michael Gondry, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Star Wars Uncut, sweded films, Water Street, Westerns, Xanadu 23 Comments