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Donald Trump v. Stephen Colbert on balls, mouths, October surprises

By Mark | October 25, 2012

Damn it, Stephen Colbert, you magnificent bastard. I’d vowed that I wasn’t going to mention Donald Trump’s latest in a long a line of pathetic, racist, conspiracy-laden stunts directed toward the President, and then you come along, jump into the fray, insert your balls, and make it absolutely irresistible… Enjoy! BACKGROUND: For the past several […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged allegations, ball gargling, balls, birther, challenges, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorist, divorce, Donald Trump, insinuation, Larry Flynt, Obama, October surprise, Romney, Romney's taxes, startling non-revelations, Stephen Colbert | 11 Comments

Little Winsor in Ypsilanti

By Mark | October 15, 2012

Today marks the 107th anniversary of former-Yopsilantian Winsor McCay’s surrealist, illustrated masterpiece Little Nemo in Slumberland, and, to mark the occasion, the folks at Google have rolled out an incredible new, interactive header, which you can see in action in the following video. The following is from the Christian Science Monitor. The Google homepage today […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animation, Arlo, Captain Nemo, Cleary Business College, comics, dime museums, Disney, dream interpretation, dream sequence, Dreamland Theater, dreams, Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, Eastern Michigan University, famous people, Gertie the Dinosaur, Google Doodles, John Goodison, Laura Bien, Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland, marketing, Michigan State Normal School, Naia Venturi, New York Herald, rarebit, Sackett and Wiggin’s Wonderland, serendipity, Spring Lake, stained glass, surrealism, vaudeville, Winsor McCay, Ypsilanti Commercial | 8 Comments

Elvis Costello carries Ypsipanties in his pocket

By Mark | June 23, 2009

I’m really burning through my 15 minutes of fame this week. First there was the DeNiro thing showing up on Maxim, and now it seems as though Elvis Costello is making news with our Ypsipanties… Here he is yesterday, on stage at Amoeba Records in LA, holding a pair of our panties while reminiscing fondly […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Marketing, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amoeba Records, appalachian slave panties, brushes with panty fame, Elvis Costello, flim-flam-man, Here in Ypsilanti they don’t wear any panties, Johnny Cash, LA Times music blog, Marty Robbins, Never a rip, never a tear, pocket full of panty, Profane and Sugarcane, Secrets, Sugarcane, T Bone Burnett, Tom Jones, Ypsilanti Underwear, Ypsipanti | 14 Comments

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