By Mark | January 24, 2017
So, yeah, today’s the day Arlo found out that his grandparents were responsible for cutting off the “safety part” of his father’s penis, something I’m sure they’ll hear about come Sunday, during our weekly call… If you’re reading this, mom and dad, you’ve got five days to come up with a good explanation. For what […]
By Mark | October 5, 2015
Beezy’s opened up for dinner last week as part of First Fridays and we decided to check it out. I think everyone enjoyed it, at least up until the dessert course, when Arlo shared the following about the apple crisp. [To those who have wondered why I don’t post more quotes from Arlo, it’s not […]
If you missed the last episode of The Saturday Six Pack on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, you missed one hell of a good time. I don’t want to give too much away, as I think you should listen for yourself, but here are a few of the highlights. [If you’d like to listen to the episode […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bias, blackface, Brandon Mitchell, Charlie's Angels, Chris Sandon, Colin Moorhouse, Cross Street Station, cults, Dabrye, Degrassi Junior High, Derek Whitaker, discrimination, Encoded Flow, FLY Children's Art Center, George Lucas, hip hop, Iggy Pop, Jason Youngs, Jim Cherewick, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Kyle Kipp, Leonard Nimoy, MC Kadence, Morgan Cox, Oddside Ales, Pete Larson, Pete Townsend, Pylon, race, rap, sausage, science fiction, smeet, smeet penises, Sprout, Tadd Mullinix, Wurst Challenge, Ypsi Underground |
By Mark | February 25, 2014
And, yes, this post is in response to the bullshit legislation coming out of Arizona, which would allow business owners to deny service to those they suspect to be homosexual.
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-homosexual nonsense, Arizona, engorgement, gay, gay agenda, gay porn, gay rights, homophobia, Mark's big ideas, new ideas in retail, pop-up retail, Retail |
By Mark | January 16, 2014
In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged 8-Track Heaven, 8-Track Mind, 8-tracks, angels, art-damaged pop, audio equipment, audio formats, Brigham Young, car culture, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chicago 18, cognitive dissonance, community building, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Death, Detroit, Disney World, Douglas Federal, End Result, energy conservation, exercise tapes, Gordon Van Gelder, hospice, impermanence, infinite loop, King Strang, Lear Jets, legends, Love Story, masturbation, misshapen penises, misshapen penises of zine publishers, Mormon, Museum Of Contemporary Art, music, Noble Truths, obsolete technology, origin myths, performance art, Positive Force, punk rock, recycling, ritual castration, Russ Forster, The Untold History of Zines, thrift stores, trackers, ugly duckling, underground press, VHS, Voree Tablets, zines |
