Tag Archives: Patrick Elkins

Reframing Frida Khalo as a performance artist, taking calls from sex-hungry robots, discussing vampire incest in children’s theater, and cooking deer meat in front of the local strip club… all on this episode of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 31, 2015

This past Saturday night’s episode was a weird one… and, strangely, I don’t say that because we attempted to have a serious conversation about the work of Frida Kahlo with respected University of Michigan professor Maria Cotera while simultaneously grilling illegally processed deer meat in front of the strip club next door. No, I say […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, basketball, Ben Connor Barrie, Bill Cosby, Brian Robb, deer, Deja Vu, DIA, Diego Rivera, eating challenges, Frida Kahlo, grilling, horny robots, Kate de Fuccio, Kyle Kipp, Maria Cotera, micro-aggressions, performance art, Pericles, Shakespeare, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Fest, venison, Ypsilanti Cosby, Ypsilanti Youth Theatre | 9 Comments

Like the groundhog emerging from his hole to announce the coming of spring, Patrick Elkins ascended Ypsilanti’s Thompson block yesterday and announced the coming of Totally Awesome Fest 11

By Mark | March 29, 2015

Yesterday Patrick Elkins finally gave in and agreed to answer questions from City leaders and members of the press concerning the local pagan holiday he presides of over – Totally Awesome Fest. Several in our community, it would seem, had been pressing him for information about the event, which every year grows not only larger […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, bands, basketball, beards, dogs playing sports, free events, free music events, local bands, press conferences, puppetry, spring, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Feast, Totally Awesome Fest | 9 Comments

Preparing illegal deer meat, talking about Frida Kahlo with professor Maria Cotera, eating foods that shouldn’t be eaten together, and sharing cringe-worthy stories on this week’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 26, 2015

If nothing else, this coming Saturday’s program promises to be eclectic. Remember the illegally-butchered deer we discussed during the last show? Well, its owner (Ben Connor Barrie) and I will be cooking it in the studio this weekend and handing out samples to passers by. And, as if that weren’t enough, we’ll also be joined […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, Ben Connor Barrie, cooking, Cringe, deer, DIA, Diego Rivera, El Museo del Norte, Frida Kahlo, Jessica French, Maria Cotera, Oberon, Patric Elkins | 5 Comments

Obscure recordings, eating the leftovers of others, and sex ed puppetry for kids… on the Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard

By Mark | February 8, 2015

On our very first show, a young boy called in from Ann Arbor to proclaim, somewhat inexplicably, “I have no regrets.” Well, unlike him, I do have regrets. This week, mistakes were made. I won’t list them here, as doing so would be both painful and tedious, but I did want to acknowledge that lessons […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Courier | Also tagged Andrew W.K., Bulb Records, California, Chris Sandon, Couch, Cre Fuller, David Anthony, Dos Hermanos, electronic music, Greg Scoggin, Hungry Collector, Isla Vista, Jason Wright, Kenya, leftovers, Marty Flint, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Quintron, Refuse Stealing Kukana Kuba Band, sex education, shadow puppets, Shortwave Mystery, twincest, vinyl, WindrumScoggin | 31 Comments

On the upcoming “Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard”…. episode four preview

By Mark | February 5, 2015

I won’t bore you with the background. Now that we’re about a month in, I suppose most of you know that I’ve got a Saturday evening radio program on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, during which I invite people into the studio to share a six pack with me, and take calls from strangers, right? Well, if […]