Mark Maynard | Neutral Zone

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By Mark | April 18, 2011

I took tomorrow off from work. I’ve got a friend flying in from Minnesota to see the big Ron Asheton memorial concert with me, and our plan is to bum around Ann Arbor all day, visiting the bars that still exist from 20 years ago, when we lived together on Catherine Street, and talking about […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1974, Henry Rollins, I Wanna Be Your Dog, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, James Osterberg Jr, Love Jones and the Extra Toes, Metallic K.O., Michigan Palace, Nazi uniforms and the men who wear them, Ron Asheton, Ron Asheton Foundation, Scott Asheton, the Joe Piscopo of punk, The Stooges | 26 Comments

Seeing Iggy Pop on April 19

By Mark | February 16, 2011

I wasn’t planning to go to the Stooges show at the Michigan Theater on April 19, even though they’re probably the band, next to the Ramones, that made the biggest impact in my life. As I’d seen them play before, back when Ron Asheton was still alive, I didn’t see a point in going back […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, concerts, Dinosaur Jr., Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, Metallic K.O., Michigan Theater, Ramones, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Ticket Master | 8 Comments

The lowdown on Ypsi’s B.Side

By Mark | August 19, 2009

Over the past week or so, I’ve been exchanging emails with Eastern Michigan University’s Jessica “Decky” Alexander about a youth entrepreneurship program called B.Side, that’s run through the university’s Office of Academic Service-Learning. Here, for those of you interested in entrepreneurship, local job creation and local opportunities for young people, is our mini-interview. MARK: So, […]

Posted in Education, entrepreneurism | Also tagged Angelina Broderick, Artists for Humanity, B Green Garden, B.Side, BBQ sauce, Boston, Bside Records, Bstore, catering, Community Records, Community Youth Mapping, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Decky Alexander, Digital Inclusion, Eastern Michigan University, Etsy, ezine, Gear Up, Generation E, interviews, Jack Bidlack, Kathy Stacey, Michigan Works, Miller House, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Office of Academic Service-Learning, Ozone, skill-based workshops, social issue theatre, spoken word, Summer Youth Employment Program, Toledo, Upward Bound, Washtenaw Cultural Plan, Young Moguls, Youth Artists At Work, youth programs, YYEA | 3 Comments

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