A few nights ago, Linette wanted show me something in the book that she was reading. “It’s the new book by poet Amy Berkowitz,” she said, “and it mentions the Pleasuredome.” She handed me the book, telling me how, among other things, the narrative centered around fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and noise music… Here, for those […]
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The ongoing influence of Ypsilanti’s Pleasuredome
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amy Berkowitz, fibromyalgia, house shows, Linette, Mondo Bummer, noise music, Patrick Elkins, Pleasure Dome, poetry, Tender Points, Thom Elliott 11 Comments
Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Lindsay Garinger
I believe I first met Lindsay Garinger a few days after Arlo was born, at an Occupy Ypsi teach-in. She was pregnant, and, if I’m not mistaken, she was knitting. I’d seen her around before, and always assumed that she was a local. That, apparently, wasn’t the case, though… Here, with the whole story, is […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged abortion, adoption, Ben Miller, Dreamland Theater, EMU, eye eating robots, home birth, Leggz, morning after pill, Nature Maid, Oxgyn Network, Patrick Elkins, Polliwog Farm, reality television, roller disco, Thom Elliot, twins, Vinyl Joe's, Water Street, Yoder, Ypsi immigration interview 36 Comments
Totally Awesome Fest 5, this weekend in Ypsilanti
All hell breaks loose in Ypsi this weekend, in a good way… I was going to say that Totally Awesome Fest is, “Like Woodstock, but more intimate and without the hippies,” but, in all honesty, there will likely be lots of hippies. I wouldn’t let that stop me, though. The Totally Awesome Fest is a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, Dreamland Theater, Free Furniture, Gigi Allyn, Gold Cat, hippies, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Manhole, Patrick Elkins, Totally Awesome Fest, Woodstock 27 Comments