By Mark | September 30, 2014
By the time Rage Against the Machine came on the scene, I’d already stopped listening to contemporary music, so it didn’t break my heart today when I learned that the band’s frontman, Tom Morello, may have outed himself as an entitled little prick in Seattle a few nights ago. As is often the case these […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 15 Now, anti-worker, David Meinert, entitlement, heroes, minimum wage, Pancake Gate, Rage Against the Machine, rock stars, Seattle, The 5 Point, Tom Morello, Twitter, waiting in line |
From an outsider’s perspective I realize that this video, shot over a few days during last April’s Totally Awesome Fest, probably makes Ypsi look like some kind of post-apocalyptic nightmare, but I find it really quite beautiful. I specially love the footage of Patrick and his crew walking single-file through downtown, behind a wheelbarrow full […]
Since last week’s press conference, Ypsilanti has been in the grip of Totally Awesome Fest fever. You can’t leave your home, it seems, without getting tangled up in drunken beard, wet lips smacking against your ear, speculating as to what Patrick Elkins may have up his sleeve this year. Well, earlier this morning, a bit […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amanda Krugliak, Andara, Animal Magic, Annie Palmer, B.S.R.B., Ben Miller's take-home fashion show, Brian R. Tucker, Buffalo Coven Party, Chemical Valley, Chit Chat, chocolate tampons, Community Rebirth, Creode, Croidoid, croquet, Curtains, Dan Florida, Deadbeat Beat, Dear Darkness, Disinformants, DJ Buffalo Coven Party, DJ Homonormal Park, Dreamland Theater, Easter, Easter eggs, Emily Jane Powers, Girth, Growth Spert, Happy Campers, Hollis Coats, House of Mole, Izzy Johnson, JAV, Jessie Bott, Jo Pie Whyld, Joey Molinaro, Jovantoes, Juniper Baby, Little Weasel House, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Magic Markers, magical events, Man vs. Indian Man, Manhole, May Pie, MC Trashpedal, Ministry of Boredom, Minus 9, Nausea Valley, Nick Painter, noise music, Oak Openings, Ooze Dude, Pajama Party, pancake parade, Patrick Elkins, Pie Reading, pizza, Poetry Eating, Princess Xanthipe, Public Urination, Rebel Kind, Richard Album, Riverside Park, Salt City, Sam Finch, secret brunch, Sex Police, Shells, Snesi, Stef Chura, Surprise in the Woods, tampons, Telepathic Telephone, The Blob, The Jols, The Lovelies, The PreMadonnas, The Real Spicollis, The True Love Story of the Wizard & the Swamp Witch, The Understorey, Thom Elliott, Totally Awesome Fest, Truman, Ugly Mug, Unicorn, Van Houten, VG Kids, Video Games, Vomit Express, Voss Acres, Voss's Zas, Water Street Commons, weed, White Dwarf, Woodruff's, Ypsilanti Downtown Library |
By Mark | October 5, 2013
I’m not at liberty to tell you where I’ve been the past few days, but I was able to smuggle out a few photos. In the top one is the pancake-making robot whose job it was to follow me around all day, providing me sustenance. And, in the bottom, is a small device that I […]
By Mark | August 18, 2013
I know I’m probably unusual in this regard, but I love small town parades. While I can see the attraction of big, overly-produced parades, like the one they have every year on Thanksgiving Day in Manhattan, I’d much prefer a little parade with rickety, homemade floats, where you can find the local Christian motorcycle gang […]
Posted in Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged beauty contest, Black Metal Bicycle, Booty Don't Stop, creationism, Darwin, David Lynch, Elmo, evolution, Heritage Festival, Jesus, Jim Varney, John Dingell, parades, Paul Schreiber, Rosie the Riveter, Tim Schreiber, Willow Run Bomber Plant |