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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

By Mark | March 30, 2013

I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol, Axel Rose, balding, big women, black licorice, Brian Eno, bubbles, Canton, Charles Slick, Charlie Slick, childhood, childhood memories, circuit boards, comedy, Detroit, Downtown Home and Garden, drugs, Drum Buddy, Dustin Diamond, electrical engineering, exit interviews, flipping coins, glitter, Global Warming, Green Acres, hair, hair and tooth loss, Hotel California, I Dream of Genie, infomercials, inventing, inventing our way out of disaster, Justin Timberlake, Kentucky, Krampus, lesbians, math, Monticello, Mr. Ed, music, music scenes, Nick at Nite, Oakland, pop music, Puget Sound, Quintron, reinventing, Rock and Roll, Sagittronics, Sherwood Bar, Sigourney Weaver, stand-up, strong women, Totally Awesome Fest, visionary musicians, Washington State, Washtenaw Community College, Water Hill Music Festival, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Dustin Krcatovich

By Mark | March 9, 2013

Local illustrator and writer Dustin “Dusty” Krcatovich will be moving to Portland shortly. Here’s his official exit interview. MARK: Here’s your first question… Were you born in Michigan? And, if not, how old were you when you first moved here, and what were the circumstances surrounding the move? DUSTIN: I was born and raised in [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Media, Michigan, Other, sex, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidental intercourse, Allegan, American Apparel, Ann Arbor loses artists, anonymous sex, Art Alexakis, Austin, baby shower, Bank of Ann Arbor, Brass Tacks Sandwiches, Capitalism, comics, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Concentrate Media, Concentrate speaker series, consumerism, culture jamming, Dave Thomas, Dov Charney, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, Everclear, exit interviews, feet for hands, FM Dust, Forever Stoked, gigolo, growing up, gynecologic imagery, Ian Fulcher, illustration, Jen Munford, Jeremy Wheeler, masturbation, Matthew Altruda, non-local banker, Otsego, Pete Larson, Portlandia, punk, R.S. DeLucco, selling out, Slacker, Smegma, Starbucks, suicide, The Ann Arbor Paper, University of Michigan, Wendys, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 29 Comments

Ann Arbor’s vegan food cart The Lunch Room to evolve into a brick-and-mortar Kerrytown restaurant

By Mark | February 5, 2013

Yesterday, the owners of Ann Arbor’s favorite vegan food cart, The Lunch Room, formally announced that they would be following in the footsteps of Eat, and making the transition from seasonal outdoor vendor to year-round brick and mortar. Following is my interview with Phillis Engelbert, who, together with Joel Panozzo, owns The Lunch Room. MARK: [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andy Sell, EAT, food carts, Foraging Florist, fortune telling, fried chicken, Homegrown Smoker, Joel Panozzo, local economy, local food, local food production, Mark's Carts, meat, Michigan Peaceworks, omnivore, Phillis Engelbert, Portobello, seitan, Synecdoche, tarot cards, The Lunch Room, Traverse City, vegan, vegetarian, Washtenaw County Public Health Department, Washtenaw Food Hub | 13 Comments

David Landrum on the launch of Two James…. the first distillery in Detroit since Prohibition

By Mark | January 31, 2013

As you may have heard, a new distillery will soon be opening in the Corktown section of Detroit, not too far from where our friend Lisa Waud will be opening the new flower shop I told you about a few days ago. From what I’m told, it will be the first legal distillery to operate [...]

Posted in Detroit, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business | Also tagged absinthe, Acetaldehyde, Acetone, American Liquor Company, bootlegging, bourbon, Cafe Felix, Calvados, Camp James, Canada, Chattanooga, cider vinegar, cocktails, Colorado, Corktown, Corktown 500, David Landrum, David Pickerell, Detroit River, Distilled Spirits Producer, Dry Fly, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Ethanol, Farm to Bottle, Fred McLaren, Frederick Myll Co., George Washington, Hiram Walker, Lake St. Clair, Leopold Brothers, liquor, Lisa Waud, Makers Mark, martinis, Mercury Bar, Methanol, Michigan Avenue, Milk & Honey, Mount Vernon, Peter Bailey, Phyllis Diller, Pot and Box, prohibition, Purple Gang, Robinson and Aronheim, Rodney Dangerfield, rye whiskey, Sasha Petraske, scotch, smuggling, St. Clair River, Stone House, Thornsby, Todd Leopold, Two James Distillery, Volstead Act, Washington State, whiskey | 17 Comments

Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?

By Mark | January 29, 2013

For those of you who didn’t notice, I’ve added a link at the bottom of the right hand column. When clicked, it will take you to a page where I’ve started collecting all of our Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews. I may have missed a few, but I’ve tried, as best that I could, to aggregate them [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Annie Palmer, Becca Keating, Casey Dixon, Chicago, Christine Schultz, Christopher Leggz Pierce, Cincinnati, Detroit, Erie, exit interviews, Florida, Forest Juziuk, Hollis Knight Coats, Josh Chamberlain, LA, Los Angeles, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, NYC, Oakland, Pennsylvania, polls, Seattle, Stephen Jolley, Stevo Doccerson, Thomas Kula, Vinnie Massimino, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zach Pollock | 30 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Dustin Krcatovich

Ann Arbor’s vegan food cart The Lunch Room to evolve into a brick-and-mortar Kerrytown restaurant

David Landrum on the launch of Two James…. the first distillery in Detroit since Prohibition

Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?

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