Our friends at Concentrate are celebrating the publication of their 500th issue, and, as part of the festivities, staff photographer Doug Coombe has put together a collection of his favorite 300 photos. If you can get beyond the horror of watching me age over the past decade, it really is an incredible document, as it […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Tortilla Company, Beatles, butcher cover, Capitol Records, Chris Sandon, Concentrate, Concentrate Media, Doug Coombe, embarrassing photos, Jeff Meyers, Jermaine Dickerson, Jesse Kranyak, Machete, Melissa Dettloff, Melvin Parson, Riverside Park, Shadow Art Fair |
By Mark | December 7, 2017
[Ypsi community activist and Southside resident Bryan Foley, seen here in a photo by Doug Coombe taken at Parkridge Community Center, will be on a December 15 panel hosted by On The Ground Ypsilanti about “Ypsi’s rich past, and visions for a vibrant future.”] Earlier this year, the folks at Issues Media Group, having identified […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, Ann Arbor News, art, Brianna Kelly, Bryan Foley, Concentrate, David Rutledge, Decky Alexander, Doug Coombe, equity, future of journalism, gentrification, International Village, Issues Media Group, journalism, Kingdom Builders, Landline Creative Labs, Lynne Settles, MLive, news desert, On The Ground Ypsi, Parkridge Community Center, Patrick Dunn, Paul Schutt, sense of place, sex cat, sexy photos of Mark, Ypsilanti Freighthouse |
As of this morning, we still have one office available at Landline Creative Labs. Here, in case you know of a designer, illustrator, web architect, writer, photographer, or filmmaker that might be interested, is a photo of the office in question, as well as a few other shots of the space taken by our friend […]
I somehow got cited as being one of the Detroit area’s “most influential independent journalists” in Metormode today, alongside Curt Guyette, of the ACLU, and Steve Neavling, of Motor City Muckraker, both of whom do fantastic, serious work. I’m not sure why I was selected for this honor. Maybe I was meant to represent all […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Media, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, ACLU Michigan, Curt Guyette, Doug Coombe, future of journalism, independent journalism, journalism, Metromode, Motor City Muckraker, OCD, Patrick Dunn, Steve Neavling, the sad state of journalism, underwear |
By Mark | February 3, 2016
The management of AM 1700 just marked the one year anniversary of my radio program, The Saturday Six Pack, by posting the following graphic to Facebook, along with a comment about how, almost every week, I wear the same filthy, brown sweater. I know I should either thank them for having hosted the show for […]
