By Mark | October 30, 2018
With momentum slowing for Republican candidates after the racist killings in Louisville, the anti-Semitic mass murder in Pittsburgh, and the attempted assassination of several prominent Democrats by a Trump supporter, the leaders of the far-right are doing everything in their power to turn things around before next Tuesday’s midterm election. They’re telling lies about protections […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 14th amendment, allegations of rape, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, birthright citizenship, caravans, Cesar Sayoc, distraction, extremists, Gateway Pundit, hate crime, Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl, Jennifer Taub, Louisville, mass shootings, middle class tax cuts, midterm elections, October surprise, preexisting conditions, racism, rape, Republican lies, Rick Gates, Robert Bowers, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Roy Moore, Russia, Russiagate, Seth Rich, sexual misconduct, Surefire Intelligence, threat of assassination |
By Mark | February 14, 2018
Shortly after moving to Atlanta in 1993, Linette and I started publishing our zine, Crimewave USA. We didn’t have many friends, and it gave us a reason to leave the apartment and actually do things. We’d wonder around, having little adventures, and meeting new people, and then we’d scurry home to scribble everything down before […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Uncategorized | Also tagged Atlanta, Crimewave USA, encouragement, Linette, Mark's birthday, Mark's self-image, Steph Green, the meaning of life, writing, zines |
By Mark | September 25, 2016
What follows is our official exit interview with Amanda Sari Perez, who just recently left Ann Arbor for Pittsburgh. MARK: OK, let’s start at the beginning. What’s your name, where were you born, and what kind of kid were you? AMANDA: All right then. My name is Amanda. Or Salamanda. Or YakYak. Or AmandaPanda. I […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged All Hands Active, Amanda Sari Perez, amputation, Bilal Ghalib, biomedical engineering, Breaking Protocol, Burning Man, Care Bears, China, DIY, Float Fest, Fool Moon, geodesic dome, Hong Kong, Houston, Indonesia, insects, kayaks, Kentucky, Lakes of Fire, Maker Works, makers, Monticello, paralysis, rehabilitation, shopping cart races, Syncytium, Texas, Trudi Cooper, yaks |
Along with a lot of my social media friends, I spent a good deal of this evening reading and thinking about an article in The Atlantic titled The Miracle of Minneapolis, about how the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the United States had accomplished what so few American cities have been able to… which is to […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged affordable housing, Mark Dayton, minimum wage, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Rick Snyder, Salt Lake City, social mobility, threats to the middle class, unemployment |
By Mark | November 16, 2015
After fleeing Ypsilanti for Chicago several years ago to pursue fame and fortune in the lucrative field of birthday party entertainment, the man who now calls himself Misha Tuesday has returned home to Michigan. This is his formal re-entry interview. MARK: What’s your name? MISHA: For me, that’s a complicated question. I used to change […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adam Winnie, birthday parties, Chicago, children's entertainers, clowns, conspiring against adults, Dizzy the Clown, Dreamland Theater, Emperor Chadness, farming, fatherhood, fortune telling, Ice Cream Team, Magic, Magister Freud, mind reading, Misha Grey, Misha Tuesday, Naia Venturi, outwitting adults, Patrick Elkins, Pennsylvania, pirates, potatoes, Rathbone the Pirate, Tony Randall, Trumbullplex, Ypsi immigration interview |
