Tag Archives: New York City

Danny Fields… the man who signed the Stooges, discovered the Ramones, and changed the world

By Mark | January 26, 2015

Almost a year ago now, I received an email from a reader of this site by the name of Bob Nolan, who, knowing of my love for the Ramones and Stooges, suggested that I talk with a friend of his named Brendan Toller. Brendan, he told me, had been working on a film about Danny […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History | Also tagged 16 Magazine, A Day In The Life, acid, Andy Warhol, animation, archives, bible belt, Bob Nolan, Bob Rudnick, Boswell, Brendan Toller, Brian Epstein, Brooks Brothers, butts, CBGB, Christmas cards, crowdfunding, Danny Fields, Danny Says, Datebook, David Bowie, Dennis Frawley, documentary film, Dolly Parton, Edie Sedgwick, Elektra, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Fred Sonic Smith, Funhouse, Harvard, Harvard Law, Hedwig, I Need That Record, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Jesus, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Judy Collins, Kickstarter, LBJ, Lenny Bruce, Linda Stein, Lou Reed, Mark's big ideas, Max's Kansas City, Mayor of the Sunset Strip, MC5, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Nico, Paul McCartney, public relations, punk rock, Ramones, Rock and Roll, Rodney Bingenheimer, San Remo, Search and Destroy, Seymour Stein, slacks, Stooges, The Beatles, The Doors, the music business, The Stooges, Timothy Leary, Tommy Goodwin, Velvet Underground, WFMU, Yale, Yale University, Younger Jewish Set | 48 Comments

If Washtenaw Avenue were a taint, would that make Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti the anus?

By Mark | January 17, 2015

I’d like to preface my comments by saying that I like the Ann Arbor News. I may, on occasion, disagree with their corporate

Posted in Ann Arbor, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged analogies, Ann Arbor News, breast implants, breasts, Brooklyn, future of journalism, Melissa Gilbert, New York, taint, the sad state of journalism, Washtenaw Avenue, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment | 19 Comments

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Emergency Manager takeover of Michigan, and how we allowed it to happen

By Mark | July 29, 2014

I had the good fortune a week or so ago to attend the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit. Among the people that I met while there was attorney Alec Gibbs, who, in recent years, has been keeping busy representing retired public employees left without adequate insurance in the wake of the Emergency Manager takeover of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1990, ACLU, Alec Gibbs, Ardesta, bankruptcy, big banks, busing, Chris Christie, corporate takeover of politics, David Koch, David Sirota, Dayne Walling, Democracy Defense League, Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, Ecorse, Elliott Management Corporation, Emergency Financial Control Board, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Manager, Flint, grand experiment, Greg Kaza, Headlee Amendment, Highland Park, Jennifer Granholm, John Engler, looming receivorship, Louis Schimmel, Mackinac Center, MEDC, MERS, MI Partners LLC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Municipal Employees Retirement System, Michigan's aging cities, Miliken v Bradley, money in politics, Municipal Assistance Corporation, Municipal Loan Board, Nayyirah Shariff, NERD fund, New Jersey, Oakland County, P.A. 72, PA 4, pensions, Pontiac, privatization, Public Act 4, Public Act 72, public pension crisis, race and poverty, revenue sharing, RGA Michigan 2010, Rich Baird, Richard Dunn, Rick Snyder, Robert Perry, SAC Capital Advisors, socializing loss and privatizing gains, steel, Steve Cohen, suburbs, The Plot against Pensions, Tom Zernick, unfunded mandates, union busting, venture capital, water, Wendy Baxter | 41 Comments

“Why should I move from New York to Ypsi instead of Ann Arbor?”

By Mark | April 11, 2014

Earlier today, a reader of this site – a Michigan expatriate living in New York – left the following comment in response to my exit interview with Terri and Meghan Eagen-Torkko. As he’s only received one response thus far, I thought that I’d bump it up here to the front page. And here’s the one […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged community schools, immigration, public education, Richard Murphy, Ypsi immigration interview | 26 Comments

The sprouts are coming up on the Water Street Commons!

By Mark | June 3, 2013

On Sunday afternoon, when the rain finally stopped coming down, the kids and I walked over to Water Street to do some weeding, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that a good number of our nearly 3,000 seed bombs had begun to sprout… I have no idea how long it will take before we […]